Curriculum Vitae/Résumé for Uwe Tilemann
Personal Details:
Summary:
I am a German citizen living in Bonn, the former capital of Germany. In January 2001 I have founded even-u software with the mission to create good software, that is easy to use and make fun to work with. Started in 1979 with my first programming experiences, I began in 1989 with object-oriented software development on a NeXTcube running NeXTSTEP, the early predecessor of Mac OS X.
From January 1999 through December 2000, I was employed as a Division and Development Lead by DV-ORG GmbH. My work was focused on a wide variety of WebObjects projects and the development of WAPobjects, a server runtime extension and development tool for WebObjects.
From 1986 through 1998, I was employed by Tools GmbH. My time was been divided up between project management and software development. I worked on a long-term project for Deutsche Bahn AG and serveral other UNIX-based customer projects. I was involved in the design and product development of PaperOut, a cross-platform retrieval software and several other products.
Product experience:
- 2011 onwards, doo GmbH
Involved in development of doo for Mac OS X, to realize the vision of a paperless world. - 2011 onwards, even-u software
Development of Transruler for iOS (iPhone, iPod touch and iPad), a universal tool to visualize and play musical scales. - 2010-2011, Heise Zeitschriften Verlag
Development of the digital version of c't Magazin, Mac&i, iX Magazin, Technology Review, c't Digital Photography, c't Digitale Fotografie for iOS (iPad). - 2009-2011, Heise Zeitschriften Verlag
Development of the news platform for heise online and heise Autos for iOS (iPhone & iPod touch). - 2007-2011, IP Labs GmbH, Fujifilm
Development of PhotoGenieX for Mac OS X and PhotoGenie Touch and PhotoGenie Touch HD for iOS (iPhone, iPod touch and iPad). - 1997-2007, even-u software
Design and development of even-t, a calendar application for Mac OS X. - 1999-2000, DV-ORG GmbH
Product management, design and development of WAPobjects, a runtime extension and development tool for WebObjects. WAPobjects makes it very easy to add user interfaces to exstisting Web applications to run on mobile devices using the WAP protocol and WML standard. WAPobjects was used by major telecoms like T-Mobile, France Telecom, British Telecom and others. - 1992-1998, Tools GmbH
Involved in design and development of the NeXTSTEP version of PaperOut, a retrieval software for electronic books and newspapers. This product is a cross-platform retrieval, production and server solution for Sun Solaris, Windows NT, Mac OS, NeXTSTEP, NetBSD and others. - 1990-1992, Tools GmbH
Design and development of ToolsSQL for NeXTSTEP, a graphical database administation tool for Informix database systems. - 1988-1989, Tools GmbH
Design and development of FileViewer, a graphical file system management tool for SunOS. - 1986-1988, Tools GmbH
Involved in development of ST-TeX for the Atari ST. ST-TeX was a port of TeX, a typesetting system created by Donald E. Knuth.
Project experience:
- 2009-2011, Heise Zeitschriften Verlag
Design and implementation of various mobile applications for iOS (iPhone, iPod touch & iPad). - 2004, Accantas GmbH
Design and implementation of a variety of WebObjects applications to order customizable plastic cards on the Internet. One Intranet WebObjects application uses WebServices to process print jobs on demand on a HP Indigo digital printer. - 1999-2000, DV-ORG GmbH
Design and implementation of various WebObjects applications with simultaneous Web/WAP user interfaces. - 1988-1998, Deutsche Bahn AG
Design and implementation of a variety of modules of the Kurs90 project, a ticketing system running on ~2000 devices installed on all railway stations in Germany. - 1997-1998, Deutsche Bahn AG
Project management, design and implementation of the Pegasus Prototyp, a new universal carrier and distribution system implemented in Java. - 1996-1998, TLC GmbH
Project management, design and implementation of a complex test system for validating EDIFACT messages. This application had a rich graphical user interface and was running under OpenStep for Mach and Windows NT. - 1993-1997, Neue Zürcher Zeitung
Involved in the production on the yearly editions 1993-1997 on CD-ROM and the NZZ-Web-CD. Design and implementation of a Java applet to visualize database content on cartographic/satellite image maps. Designed a tutorial on HTML and hold a workshop for editors. - 1996-1997, Süddeutsche Zeitung
Involved in the production on the yearly editions 1996-1997 on CD-ROM. - 1996-1997, Franzis Verlag
Involved in the production on the yearly editions 1996-1997 on CD-ROM. - 1995, NeXT Computer GmbH
Project management and production of the Third Party Catalog and the NeXTAnswers database on CD-ROM for CeBIT'95.
Technical experience:
- Mac OS X, Mac OS X Server, iOS
- UNIX, Windows NT, NeXTSTEP, OpenStep
- Languages: C, Objective-C, Java, PostScript
- XPath, XML, XSL, HTML, WML, SGML
- HTTP, WebDAV, WAP
- Frameworks: UIKit, Cocoa, AppKit, Foundation, WebKit, DotMacKit, DAVKit, SyncServices, Security, AddressBook, AppleScriptKit, WebObjects, Enterprise Objects
- JDK, AWT, Swing
- Informix, SQL, 4GL, ESQL-C
- MVC, OMT, UML
Interests:
Creating and developing software with innovative and easy to use interfaces by integrating modern Web technologies.
I enjoy working in teams and helping to drive folks to a consensus, as well as influencing the timing and direction of work as part of corporate objectives.
I have very much enjoyed travelling during my work and have been a participant of fairs in New York, Los Angeles, Paris and various locations in Germany.
I am very interested in art, design, architecture and music. I love to create clean layouts and realistic 3D computer graphics and animations.