Dipl-Kfm. Christian Becker
German, 25 years old based in Berlin, Germany Mail: chris@remove.this.beckr.remove.this.org
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Talks and Publications
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- Christian Becker: Linking Spatial Data From The Web. Presented at the European Geodemographics Conference, London, UK, April 2009
- Christian Becker: DBpedia - Un hub de liens dans le web des données. Presented at Solutions Linux, Paris, France, March 2009
- Christian Becker, Christian Bizer, Georgi Kobilarov: DBpedia Linker - Integrating BBC CIS concepts with DBpedia. Presented at the BBC, London, UK, September 2008
- Christian Becker: A Location-Aware Mobile Client for the Semantic Web (Diploma thesis)
- Christian Becker, Christian Bizer: DBpedia Mobile: A Location-Enabled Linked Data Browser. Presented at Linked Data on the Web (LDOW2008) - Workshop at the 17th International World Wide Web Conference (WWW2008), Beijing, China, April 2008
- Ilias Michalarias, Christian Becker: Multidimensional Querying in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks. In Proceedings of the 22nd ACM Symposium on Applied computing- Special Track on Database Theory, Technology, and Applications (SAC-DTTA 2007), Seoul, Korea, March 11-15, 2007
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Projects
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Work experience
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09/2008 - current
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MediaEvent Services GmbH & Co. KG, Partner (Berlin)
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2004 - 08/2008
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MediaEvent Services GmbH & Co. KG, Project Manager, Lead Developer (Wetzlar)
- Lead Mobile Streaming Platforms (4 developers, 2 mobile operators)
- Proposal drafting and budgeting
- Developer interviews
- Assistance at streaming productions (including several MTV Europe Music Awards) and client meetings throughout Europe
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01/2007 - 04/2007
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Umanis France, Consultant XBRL (Paris, France)
- Consulting and user training sessions at the French central bank on the subject of XBRL/Basel II (in french)
- Preparation of marketing materials for Business Intelligence offerings, assistance at sales meetings
- Drafted system specification for a national XBRL processing system proposal
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10/2002 - 12/2003 |
VerdiSoft (Yahoo! Go), Developer (part time, Hamburg / Palo Alto, USA)
- Developed critical client components on a multitude of platforms: HTTP/1.1 client stacks, Push EMail components, Symbian EMail client basics and more
- Worked closely with US colleagues
- including 2 weeks at US headquarters, 1.5 months fulltime
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06/1999 - 09/2000 |
Lufthansa Systems Network, Trainee, Developer (part time, Hamburg)
- Independently developed fully working prototype of an MPEG4 video mail terminal (C++, MFC/DirectShow)
- Database-driven generation of Flash content (C++, ImageMagick, ming)
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Education
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2006 - 07/2008 |
Freie Universität Berlin
Diploma Business Administration: Advanced studies (equiv. Master); final grade: 1.5 (excellent)
Specializations Information Systems, Marketing, Accounting and Auditing
Diploma thesis: A Location-Aware Mobile Client for the Semantic Web, grade: 1.0 (excellent)
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09/2006 - 01/2007 |
Université Paris X Nanterre
Master studies in business (French), Erasmus exchange programme
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2003 - 2005 |
Freie Universität Berlin
Diploma Business Administration: Basic studies; grade in German notation: 2.5 (good)
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1994 - 2003 |
Albert-Schweitzer-Gymnasium (Hamburg)
High school diploma with specializations Computer Science and Maths; grade in German notation: 2.1 (good)
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2000 - 2001 |
Randolph High School (San Antonio, USA) |
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Skills
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Languages: |
English (business fluent), French (fluent), German (mother tongue)
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Programming languages: |
C, C++, PHP, Java/J2EE, Perl, Bash, ASP, JavaScript, MATLAB, UML
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Environments: |
Symbian/Series 60, Windows Mobile, Palm OS 3.0 - 5.0, MFC, Outlook/MAPI, libc, STL |
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Databases |
MS SQL Server (+ Procedures, Analysis Services), MySQL (+ Cluster), DB2 (+ DWE) |
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Streaming Media: |
Windows Media (Encoder, Player, DRM), 3GPP/MPEG4, RTSP protocol
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Standard software: |
Office incl. Project and Visio, Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere, HTML, CSS |
Activities
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- Travel and Languages, Photography, Modern Art
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References and certificates available on request.
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