Resume

Holger Knublauch
20395 Silverado Ave
Cupertino, CA 95014
USA

holger@knublauch.com

http://www.knublauch.com

   
 
 
07.07.1971 Born in Berlin (West).
 
 

August 1981 -
June 1991

Ricarda Huch Schule, Hagen. Abitur.
 
 
July 1991 -
June 1992 		Programmer during the mandatory military service.
Various projects in object-oriented Borland Pascal.
 
 
October 1992 -
March 1997		 University of Dortmund and University of Ulm.
Diplom Informatiker
(Master of Computer Science, minor: Business Administration)
Grade: "sehr gut" (1.4)

Master's Thesis (Diplomarbeit): "Objektorientierte Software-Entwicklung am Beispiel des probabilistischen wissensbasierten Systems SPIRIT" (1.0). Supervisors:
    Prof. Dr. H. Partsch (University of Ulm)
    Prof. Dr. W. Rödder (FernUni Hagen)
 
 
September 1993 -
December 1999		 FernUni Hagen, Department for Economy (especially Operations Research), 10 - 19 hours per week as a student assistant, later as a scientific assistant. Design and (Java) implementation of a knowledge-based system, a library database system, and various research projects.
 
 
April 1997 -
December 1997 		Chief developer in the start-up company Maria's Midnight Maths, Tauranga, New Zealand. Development of teachware for highschool mathematics in Java.
 
 
January 1998 -
December 2002

Researcher at the Research Institute for Applied Knowledge Processing (FAW) at the University of Ulm.

Projects (among others):

  • KBeans (Implementing semantic transparency for components and domain models)
  • AGIL (Agent-based Information Logistics for emergency patients in Anesthesia)
  • ANIS (Anesthesiological Information System)
  • POWM (Process-Oriented Knowledge Management/CSCW)
  • Cardio-OP (Teachware for cardiac surgery)

PhD in Computer Science (Dr. rer. nat.) completed October 2002.
Grade: "sehr gut" (magna cum laude).
Topic: An Agile Development Methodology for Knowledge-Based Systems.
Supervisors:
    Prof. Dr. H. Partsch (University of Ulm)
    Prof. Dr. Dr. F.J. Radermacher (FAW Ulm)

 
October 2001 and
April 2002		 Lecturer, project leader and coach in two Extreme Programming courses at the University of Ulm, Germany.

 

October 2001 -
March 2003

 Lecturer for Application Development (with Java) at the University of Applied Sciences (Fachhochschule) Neu-Ulm, Germany.
 
 
February 2003 -
July 2005

Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at Stanford Medical Informatics (SMI)
Major project: Protégé-OWL
 
 
July 2005 -
December 2005

Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Manchester
Major project: Protégé-OWL
 
 
January 2006 -
current

Vice President, Product Development of TopQuadrant
Major project: TopBraid Composer

Further Information:
   
Languages: German, English (fluently), French (highschool knowledge)
   
Marital status: Married, 2 children Darwin and Ruby
   
Hobbies: Traveling, Cycling, Hiking, Reading, Cooking, Table tennis