Professional resume

Jun 2009 to
Present
Currently working for the Centre des technologies de l'information de l'Etat, doing analysis and development (Visual Studio 2010, SQL Server 2008) as well as user training and support at the Administration Judiciaire in Luxembourg.

Sep 2008 to
May 2009
Worked for FDLV, doing Powerbuilder and Oracle contract work for BNP Paribas Securities Services in Luxembourg.

Oct 2006 to
Aug 2008
Worked for FDM Luxembourg, doing Powerbuilder and Sybase SQL Server contract work for the Luxembourg Stock Exchange.

Sep 2004 to
Sep 2006
Worked for ConceptWare. Used Powerbuilder, Sybase SQL Anywhere and InstallShield to create reporting applications for banks and financial institutions.

Feb 2004 to
Apr 2004
Worked at KeyWest, doing contract work for the Publications Office in Luxembourg. My job mostly involved Perl and XML, and I was part of a team that ported a Perl/SGML application to Java/XML.

Dec 2003 to
Feb 2004
Employed by Genesi s.à.r.l. My duties included documentation and web development.

Sep 2001 to
Dec 2003
Worked as programmer at ConceptWare. Created and maintained applications for companies in the banking sector. Handled development of two applications that were in use at around 150 banks in Luxembourg. Also did 2nd-level support, analysis and deployment as required.

Previous
(1995 to 2001)
Previous work experiences include a helpdesk position at ConceptWare (1 year fulltime, 3 months freelance); phone dispatching at Ecos Office Center (6 months freelance); as well as various student jobs at banks (Chase Manhattan Bank: 9 weeks, Banque Cogeba-Gonet: 15 weeks) and other companies (Cetrel: 4 weeks, DuPont: 4 weeks).

Photography

Feb 2006 to
Present
Freelance sports photographer (weekends and some evenings) for Luxemburger Wort, Luxembourg's biggest-selling daily newspaper. I'm shooting all kinds of sports, covering both national and international events.

Websites

Mar 2008 to
Present
Creator and maintainer of photo.lu, a site that primarily showcases my sports photography in Luxembourg. I'm currently recording over 7,000 visits and up to 70,000 pageviews a month.

Dec 1996 to
Dec 2006
Creator and maintainer of ANN.lu, one of the most popular Amiga websites around the turn of the century. At its peak, it received up to 3,000 visitors a day and delivered close to half a million monthly pageviews.

Dec 1998 to
Oct 2000
Creator and maintainer of Celeblinks.com, a web directory linking to celebrity fansites all over the world. It was sold to X-Line Ltd in 2000.

From 1998 to 2006, I sold advertisement space on my various websites to a number of ad agencies, using impression-based (CPM), click-based (CPC) and text-only advertisements. Past adverting partners include Burst Media, Valueclick, Google AdSense, as well as several other agencies that have since been bought up or closed.

I've also sold direct advertising to other companies, such as Cloanto, Schatztruhe, KDH-Datentechnik and Vesalia.

All my current websites are non-profit and not supported by advertisers.