Qualifications in a Nutshell

• Diploma in Geographic Sciences (Cartography) from the Centre of Geographic Sciences (COGS)
• Master's Degree in Geographical Information Science & Systems (passed with distinction)
• Applied Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science
• Strong advocate of clean code, refactoring and usability
• 11+ years of work experience in Software Development (front- and backend development)
• 2+ years of work experience in GIS
• Multilingual: advanced in English, fluent in German and native in Swiss German

Other Qualifications

• Trained IT technician (4-year apprenticeship, see more about the Switzerland's apprenticeship system)
• Diploma in Essential Skills for Hospitality, Service and Tourism Co-Op
• Work Experience as a Café Bakery Server

Awards

• 2020 President's Prize / Prix du Président (2020)
  awarded by the Canadian Cartographic Association
  for Digby Area · Trails, Lighthouses and Open Spaces
• Walter K. Morrison Award for Cartography Award (2020)
  awarded by the Centre of Geographic Sciences, NSCC
• Arthur Robinson Print Map Award (tie, 2020)
  awarded by the Cartography and Geographic Information Society
  for Vancouver and Surrounding Area
• 2019 President's Prize / Prix du Président (2019)
  awarded by the Canadian Cartographic Association
  for Flying Bluenose
• Award for Excellence in Geographic Sciences (2019)
  awarded by the Centre of Geographic Sciences, NSCC

Technologies, Software and Skills

Below is a list of a few technologies, software and skills I have learned and/or used in the past (but not limited to).

• Geographic Information System and Cartography
  • ArcGIS Pro 2.9 and 3.0, ArcGIS Online, ArcGIS Enterprise 11
  • Python 2.7 and 3.8+, C# 7+, Tkinter, Flask, Arcade
  • Arcpy, ArcGIS API for Python, ArcGIS Pro SDK for .NET, ArcGIS API for JavaScript
  • leaflet.js, OpenLayers, GeoPandas, Shapely and other GIS related libraries
  • Bootstrap 5.3, Calcite Design System
  • QGIS, FME
  • ArcGIS for Desktop 10.7
  • Authoring Maps, Mapping, Cartography
  • Adobe Illustrator 2019, Adobe InDesign 2019, Adobe Photoshop 2019
  • AutoCAD 2018, AutoCAD Civil 3D 2018
  • GPS Pathfinder Office 5.90
  • OGC Standards (such as WMS and WFS)
  • Collecting Spatial Features, Geoprocessing and Transforming Spatial Data
  • GIS related web development: JavaScript, HTML, CSS, XML, SQL,SVG
• Information Technology
  • Java, JavaScript, Angular, TypeScript, Python 2.7 and 3.6+, C#, R, C, C++, PHP, Ruby, Pascal, Delphi, Basic
  • Tkinter, Geoprocessing with Python, Flask, Pandas
  • HTML, CSS, LESS, SASS, XML, SQL, PHP, SVG
  • JSF, JSP, Servlets, JPA2, Java Swing, JDBC
  • Maven, ANT, JUnit, JMeter, CSV, SVN, GIT, Intellij
  • Design Pattern, Refactoring, Usability, UX Development
  • OOA/OOD, UML, Scrum, Project Management
  • PostgreSQL, PostGIS, Oracle, SQLite, Sybase, MySQL, MS SQL Server
  • Crystal Reports, Jasper Reports
  • Wildfly, Tomcat
  • REST Webservices
  • Bootstrap, Semantic UI, Calcite Design System, UIKit, jQuery, dojo.js, RxJS, Lodash, OpenFaces, RichFaces
  • (Worked with a large variety of software libraries)
  • JIRA, Confluence
  • Symantec DLP
  • Linux, MacOS, Windows, DOS
  • Customer Service, Customer Support, Training, On-Site Installation, Onboarding Employees
  • Repairing Printers, Assembling Computers
  • Microsoft Office, Open Office
  • Latex, RMarkdown, Markdown
• Soft Skills
  • Customer Service and Support
  • Team-minded
  • Communicative
  • Multilingual
  • Friendly
• Other Achievements
  • Technical co-responsibility for usability and UX development
  • Optimized user interfaces to increase usability and user satisfaction.
  • Assembled computers for a whole department.
  • Implemented a reporting component to extract information from a database and reduce costs in customer service department.
  • Produced a video using ArcScene to visualize Salzburg castle.
  • Improved code quality through refactoring.
  • Trained new employee to onboard them.
  • Planned meetings with co-workers and external consultants to discuss a user interface of an existing software in order to improve its usability.
  • Performed requirement engineering with internal and external customer to implement features in a software.
  • Trained business partners across Europe in using a software.
  • 1st, 2nd and 3rd level Support (for software and hardware)