Thomas Grill Curriculum Vitae

Thomas Grill
Curriculum Vitae
Dr.ThomasGrill
DateofBirth
PlaceofBirth
HomeAddress
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August15,1971
Eisenstadt,Austria
Katzbachweg10,4040Linz,Austria
[email protected]
http://www.uxfocus.at
+4369910128544
Education Record
03/2003–12/2009
07/2001–06/2002
10/1991–04/1999
1990
PhD-Study attheSOWI faculty,JohannesKeplerUniversity-Linz
Topic:DesigningInteractionsinMixedInteractionEnvironments
Spanishcourse inEcuador.StayabroadinSouthAmericaforlanguageimprovement.
Studyofbusinessinformatics (Wirtschaftsinformatik)attheTechnicalUniversityofVienna
Graduationdiploma atHandelsakademieEisenstadt
Employment Record
04/2014–current
12/2009–03/2014
04/2007–11/2009
10/2005–01/2006
10/2002–09/2006
07/2001–06/2002
01/2000–09/2001
02/2000–01/2001
03/2000–06/2000
03/1998–06/1998
10/1997–12/1999
1991–1997
1990–1991
UXfocus,Humboldstrasse40,4020Linz
Post-docResearcher attheChristianDopplerLaboratoryforContextualInterfaces,Sigmund-Haffner-Gasse18,5020Salzburg
Lecturer attheUniversityofSalzburgandtheJohannesKeplerUniversityLinz
UsabilityEngineer/Designer atFrequentis,Innovationsstraße1,1110Wien
Lecturer for web-design at the University for Applied Sciences Hagenberg,
Hauptstraße117,4232Hagenberg
ResearchAssistant inComputerScience,TelecooperationDepartment,JohannesKeplerUniversityLinz,Altenbergerstraße69,4040Linz
VarioussidelinejobsduringmystayabroadinSouthAmerica.VoluntaryWork
inBolivia.
UsabilityEngineer atCURE,Hauffgasse3-5,1030Wien
CivilserviceatAmnestyInternational,Moeringgasse10,1150Wien
Tutor for “Mensch-Computer-Kommunikation” at “Sozial- und Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät”, Universität Wien, Dr. Karl-Lueger Ring 1, 1010
Wien
Tutorfor“PlanungundRealisierungvonInformatikProjektenI” at“SozialundWirtschaftswissenschaftlicheFakultät”,UniversitätWien,Dr.Karl-Lueger
Ring1,1010Wien
Researchassistant at“InstitutfürAngewandteInformatik”intheareaofusability,UniversitätWien–CURE,Lenaugasse2,1080Wien
Varioussidelinejobswithanextentof20–30hoursperweekduringmystudies
(e.g.IT projects,inventorymanagement,audioandlightengineering,. . . )
Software engineer at Sozialversicherung der Bauern, Ghegastraße 1, 1031
Wien
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Teaching Record
Myteachingexperiencecoverstutorials,lectures,coursesandthesupervisionofdiplomathesis,baccalaureateprojectsandinternshipsintheareaofhumancomputerinteraction,multimedia,usability,
networks,interactiondesign,webauthoringandwebdesigngivenattheParisLodronUniversity,Salzburg,theJohannesKeplerUniversity,Linz,andtheUniversityforAppliedSciencesinHagenberg.
Languages
German
English
Spanish
French
Portuguese
Croatian
writtenandspoken(fluent),nativelanguage
writtenandspoken(fluent)
writtenandspoken(fluent)
writtenandspoken(highschoollevel)
mediumknowledge
basicknowledge
User Experience – Software development - Software
HumanComputer
Interaction
Software
Development
Software
OperatingSystems
InteractionDesign,UserInterfaceDesign,UserCenteredDesignprocess,User
requirements, Personas, User tests, lab & field studies, prototyping, surveys,
questionnaires,quantitativeandqualitativedataanalysis
MS VisualStudio,MS SQL Server,Eclipse,XCode,Oracle,MySql,Apache,etc.
C++/C#/ObjectiveC,.NET,Java,OSGi,VisualBasic/VBA,Pascal,Cobol
HTML,CSS,JavaScript,PHP,JSP,Servlets,Perl,MacromediaFlash
AdobeCreativeSuite,Balsamic,Omnigraffle,MS Visio,MS OfficeProfessional,
OpenOffice,Latex,MS Project,GanttProject,Merlin,Adonis,etc.
MicrosoftWindows,MacOS X,Linux,iOS,Android,MicrosoftMobile,Arduino,Phidgets
Academic and Professional Activities
My responsibilities in industrial projects include activities like prototyping, wire
framing,requirementselicitation,definitionofuserrequirements,evaluationofuserinterfaces,andthe
iterativedevelopmentofuserinterfacesintheareaofsoftwareengineeringfordesktop,mobile,andweb
applicationsaswellashardwaredesign.
Industrial projects.
IndustrialprojectsincludeprojectsduringmyworkatFrequentisandCURE aswellasfreelancingprojects.
I amleading,organizing,andworkinginresearchprojectsinhumancomputerinteraction and software engineering related topics. My activities cover managerial activities including
project planning, team-leading, organization of meetings, preparation and presentation of results, as
wellasactivitiesliketheelicitationofuserrequirements,interactiondesign,informationarchitecture,
prototyping,toolselection,usabilityevaluationanddataanalysis.
Researchprojects.
ExamplesforsuchprojectsincludetheWINPAR FP7project,VERITAS FP7project,AIR K-project,and
theChristianDopplerLaboratoryforcontextualinterfaces.
Further Activities
– I actedasarefereeforseveralinternationaljournals,conferencesandworkshops.
A selection of recent activities contains following conferences: UbiComp 2012, MobileHCI 2012,
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APCHI 2012,IJWIS Journal,TEI 2011,ANT 2011,Interact2011,JournalofBehaviorandInformation
Technology,etc.
– OrganizeroftheTwUC 2006,2007,and2008workshop.
– SinceJanuary2005I amamemberin“ArbeitskreisUsabilityEngineering”,OCG (WorkingGroupfor
UsabilityEngineeringIssuesinAustria).
– Foundationandestablishmentoftheassociation“SportvereinCapoeira-Linz”.
Further Interests
Hobbies
Furtherinterests
Sports(foundationoftheassociation“SportvereinCapoeiraLinz”),running,guitarplaying,reading
Travelling, audio- and multimedia technology, photography, arts&computing,
cooking
What you should know about me . . .
I am
acreativeandanalyticalpersonthatlikestolearnandinvestigatenewthings
withahighdegreeofgoal-orientation.I liketocommunicateandI amopen
fornewideasthatcomeupinamulti-disciplinaryteam.Myworkininternationalindustrialandacademicprojectspreparedmeformultiplechallengesin
ademandingenvironment.
I can
makecomplexproblemstransparent.Mypro-activeattitudemotivatesmyteam
toworkoninnovativesolutions.Newchallengesandtaskssupportmyabilityto
adoptnewsituationsquicklyandtoaddresstheminanefficientway.Planning
andprojectmanagementknowledgehelpsmetocopewithsuchchallenges.
Presentingideasandnewsolutionstotheteamaswellastocustomersaremy
strengths.
I have
experienceintheindustryandtheacademicworld.Tasksanddutieslikeproject
managementaswellashands-ontasksallowmetoobtainanoveralloverview
aboutcomplexsystems.Goal-orientationandkeepingsuccess-factorsinmind
allowmetoaddressrequiredtasksattheappropriatelevel.Myexperiencesin
internationalprojectswithdifferentculturesandlanguagessupportmyability
toworkininternational,heterogenousteams.
I want
aresponsibleandinterestingtask.I wishtohaveclearorganizationalstructures
thatarebasedonloyaltyandtrustasafundamentalorganizationalvalueinordertoallowtogiveandobtaintruefeedback.WithmyworkI wanttocontribute
anddefineanimportantpartofyoursuccess.Mobilityaspectsunderdefined
conditionsbuildanimportantpartofanadequateworkingplace.
Linz,4. Mai2014
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