CV

General

Born in 05.12.1955

Grew up in Hannover (Lower Saxony) and Münster (North Rhine-Westphalia).


Education

Finished school in 1974

After compulsory military service started studying electro-engineering at Ruhr-Universität Bochum. Finished with a diploma degree in 1982.


Professional practice

July 2022retired
Januar 2009 — June 2022Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co.KG; Radiocommunication Systems, Stuttgart-Weilimdorf / Germany
working experience:
system specification and system architecture of radio communication systems.
development of measurement methods and algorithms
concepts /specifications for digital signal processing equipment
collocation studies and interference analysis
supervision of students working on a bachelor or masters degree
February 2006 – Dezember 2008Ericsson GmbH (successor of Marconi GmbH), Backnang / Germany
working experience:
system design and system architecture of radio relay systems
January 2000 — January 2006Marconi GmbH (sucessor of Bosch Telekom); Backnang /Germany
working experience:
development engineer of radio relay systems
mathematical modelling of system components, digital signal processing, specification/simulation of digital processing on ASICs
definition and planning of field trials
contributing to studies
July 1984 – January 2000Bosch Telekom (successor of  ANT Nachrichtentechnik); Backnang /Germany
working experience:
system engineer radio relay systems (low and high data rates)
February 1983 – July 1984AEG Telefunken Nachrichtentechnik / ANT Nachrichtentechnik
working experience:
development engineer / satellite communication development




Special assignments

  • supervision of students working on an internship
  • supervision of students working on a bachelor / masters degree (topics: digital signal processing, system identification, adaptive predistortion/linearization)
  • contribution to workgroups
  • definition , planning and evaluation of field trials (radio communication systems)
  • carrying out studies
  • contribution to conferences

Skills

  • signal processing
  • algorithms
  • programming:
    • Matlab (> 20 Y) but changed to Python ( > 15 Y)
    • XML, HTML, Javascript, Databases

Other interests

  • bike tours
  • learning computer vision / image processing