Sep 2008 to
PresentCurrently working for FDLV, doing Powerbuilder and Oracle contract work for BNP Paribas Securities Services (BP2S) in Luxembourg.
Oct 2006 to
Aug 2008Worked for FDM Luxembourg, doing Powerbuilder and Sybase SQL Server contract work for the Luxembourg Stock Exchange.
Sep 2004 to
Sep 2006Worked for ConceptWare. Used Powerbuilder, Sybase SQL Anywhere and InstallShield to create reporting applications for banks and financial institutions.
Feb 2004 to
Apr 2004Worked 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 2004Employed by Genesi s.à.r.l. My duties included documentation and web development.
Sep 2001 to
Dec 2003Worked 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).
Feb 2006 to
PresentFreelance sports photographer (weekends and some evenings) for Luxemburger Wort, Luxembourg's biggest-selling daily newspaper. I've shot all kinds of sports, covering both national and international events.
Dec 1996 to
Dec 2006Creator 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 2000Creator 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.
On these two, as well as several smaller websites, I sold advertisement space to a number of ad agencies between 1998 and 2006, 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:
All my current websites are non-profit and not supported by advertisers.
I'm currently working as an IT consultant (Powerbuilder/Oracle) in the fund administration department of BNP Paribas Securities Services (BP2S).