Chris Milaster

aka chrism ['kri-z&m] aka Christian

Born, raised and educated [http://www.fh-wedel.de] in and near Hamburg, Germany.
Since mid-1998 temporarily resident and employed in Columbus, Ohio, USA.
Since mid-2000 resident in Spring Valley, MN, USA (30 minutes south of Rochester, MN)
Moved to Lanesboro, MN, USA in 2006 (45 minutes south-east of Rochester, MN)
Employed by the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN as Principal Engineer in the Division of Engineering.
Founded Ingenium Excellentia, Inc., an Excellence Consultancy, in March of 2007

Fascinated and interested in object-oriented development since 1992, starting with Turbo Pascal (erinnert sich noch jemand an Heimsoeth? ;)
Learned juggling on an OO proof-of-concept and prototype project in Leipzig, Germany while working for IBM Global Services - Banking, Finance and Security.
1998-2000: Consultant for international IT consulting company as an on-site technical project lead at a large bank in Columbus, Ohio.
- Java-based user interface over virtual private network with Oracle Database 8i
- Lotus Domino R5 based inter-office service requests workflow system, accessible through Java-based user interface over Intranet.
2000-2003: Technical Specialist & Team Lead of the Mayo Clinic Development Support Center
2003-present: Back to the roots (Engineering). Software Lead, Software Architect, Investigator, Facilitator, Process Improvement Specialist..
2007 and beyond: Coach, Consultant, Contractor, and Trainer