My background:

Management :

-	In senior (c-class) management positions since 1992;
-	Negotiated projects and deals with board members of Deutsche Bank, RWE, Mannesmann, CompuServe ..;
-	Multi-million budget responsibilities;
-	Founder of Germany's second largest Online-System; successfully sold company to ARCOR/Vodafone;

-	15+ years design and development of complex IT structures including multi-user environments (> 600,000 users), multi-media, Voice over IP, Internet, Security ..;
-	Numerous contributions to the 'Open Source' community;
-	Special development work for IBM, Hewlett Packard, SUN and others;
-	Inventor of many so called 'Web 2.0' services;

-	Multi-lingual, English and German (Excellent), French, Italian (Basic);
-	Thriving on difficult tasks in challenging environments and under stress;
-	Ability to motivate subordinates to go beyond their duties;
-	Permitted to work within the United States and the European Union;
-	Licensed private pilot with instrument rating;
-	Former lecturer University Of Marburg, Department of Business;
-	Former member of the board DeNIC, Germany's central domain name registry;