About

Brief Bio
Obsessed with literature, enthusiastic about technology.

Fig. 1: Me at Zeche Zollverein, Essen, Germany - Late Summer 2022

Fig. 2: Images generated by DALL-E 2 based on the brief bio above

Contact
The preferred method of contact is through email. Alternatively, you can reach me on X (Twitter) or LinkedIn.

Education etc.

• Resume as PDF (30.09.2024)

• University and certificates

  • 05.2020 - 02.2022: Rochester Institute of Technology (RITx @ edX): MicroMaster in Design Thinking
    • Learn Design Thinking
  • 05.2021 - 12.2021: Technion – Israel Institute of Technology (IsraelX @ edX): Professional Certificates in MBSE (Systems Engineering, OPM, ISO 19450)
    • OPCloud Website
  • 2009 - 2019: FernUniversität in Hagen: Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Cultural Studies (KuWi > Philo. > th. Philo. > Linguistic Philo. (Thinking & Language, Use Theory) and Heuristics)
    • Website of the FernUni in Hagen, Germany, Cultural Studies
    • Bachelor Thesis
    • Homework Assignment

Hobbies

1. Fiction Literature

Fig. 3: My DIY bookshelf in the background and a Sheldon figurine upside down in the foreground

The following list of books I’ve read and thoroughly processed is not random, but incomplete and spontaneously reconstructed from memory. Like the photo, it is intended to provide only a first impression.

• Joyce: Ulysses
• Melville: Moby Dick
• Bible
• Bulgakow: The Master and Margarita (Мастер и Маргарита / Master i Margarita)
• Goethe
  • The Sorrows of Young Werther (Der Werther)
  • Elective Affinities (Die Wahlverwandtschaften)
  • Wilhelm Meister’s Apprenticeship (Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre)
  • Novella and Fairy Tale (Novelle und Märchen)
  • Hermann und Dorothea
  • Poetry and Truth (Dichtung und Wahrheit)
• Kafka
  • The Castle (Das Schloss)
  • The Man Who Disappeared (Der Verschollene)
  • The Trial (Der Prozess)
  • Short Stories (Erzählungen)
  • Letters to Milena (Briefe an Milena)
  • Letters to Felice (Briefe an Felice)
  • Office Writings (Amtliche Schriften)
  • Diaries (Tagebücher)
  • Stach’s Biography (Stachs Biografie)
• …
• Helbig: Remembered Life (Erinnertes Leben)
• Proust: Remembrance of Things Past (À la recherche du temps perdu)
• Both ‘The Time Library of 100 Books’ and many of the works listed therein have been read, some multiple times, others only partially.

2. High-End Audio

Fig. 4: My Tin Hifi T2 in-ear headphones

The latest equipment is at the top. Of course, the quality is descending.

• Planned: Campfire Audio Satsuma In-Ear Monitors and iPhone
• 2021 Apple MacBook Pro and Tin Hifi T2 IEMs
• Huawei MateBook D & Beyerdynamic DT 770 Pro 80 Ohm
• Mobile Music Setup: Huawei P30 Pro, AudioQuest DragonFly Black DAC, Samsung S6 & Bowers & Wilkins P3 On-Ear Headphones
• Asus Laptop & AKG K 272 HD
• DIY and Music System: VISATON CLOU Speaker Kit, Udo Wohlgemuth (Acoustic Design) Vota 1, BPA Needle and Onkyo 5.1 Receiver
• Home Theater: Onkyo 5.1 Receiver, Sony MiniDisc-Player MDS-JE510, Quadral 5.1 Sound System
• Sony MiniDisc Portable MZR with Earbuds
• SONY MDR-CD270 Headphones @Aiwa NSX 999 4.0 Stereo System
• Sony WALKMAN WM FX415 with Radio and Earbuds
• Aiwa WM MC Cassette Stereo Walkman with Earbuds