Dr. Dominik Renzel

Dr. Dominik Renzel

Scientist • Engineer • Maker

Curriculum Vitae

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Dr. rer. nat. Dominik Renzel (Dipl.-Inform.) aka nmaster is passionate computer scientist and engineer, located in Aachen, Germany. After his BI-focused doctoral studies at RWTH Aachen University, Dominik is now leading the software development department at Thinking Networks, producing state-of-the-art BI software for operative and financial planning in SMEs while applying Scrum and DevOps wherever possible. Not only in his freetime, Dominik loves to be a creative maker. In particular, he actively composes, codes, and performs with his post-industrial space core band Individualverformer.

    Employment

Starting Mar 2017
Software Development Lead

image-right Thinking Networks, Aachen, Germany. Software development lead for BI software focused on corporate planning.

Aug 2016 - Mar 2017
Project Researcher & Manager in H2020 Project WEKIT

image-right Advanced Community Information Systems (ACIS) Group, Chair of Databases & Information Systems (DBIS), RWTH Aachen University, Germany. Dissemination of project results on hardware and software standardardization in industrial AR-enhanced and wearable learning.

Aug 2016 - Mar 2017
Project Researcher & Manager in ERASMUS+ Project VIRTUS

image-right Advanced Community Information Systems (ACIS) Group, Chair of Databases & Information Systems (DBIS), RWTH Aachen University, Germany. Research & development of VIRTUS virtual VET center platform, a hybrid learning platform merging learning management systems and personal learning environments for adult learners on the European labour market.

Nov 2012 - Mar 2017
Project Researcher & Manager in EU FP7 Large-Scale Integrating Project Learning Layers

image-right Advanced Community Information Systems (ACIS) Group, Chair of Databases & Information Systems (DBIS), RWTH Aachen University, Germany. Research, development, data analysis, evaluation, and dissemination on highly scalable federated infrastructure for workplace learning in healthcare and construction clusters. Focus on decentralized P2P architecture, DevOps methodology & learning analytics

Apr 2009 - Sept 2013
Project Researcher in EU FP7 Large-Scale Integrating Project Responsive Open Learning Environments (ROLE)

image-right Advanced Community Information Systems (ACIS) Group, Chair of Databases & Information Systems (DBIS), RWTH Aachen University, Germany. Research, development, data analysis, evaluation, and dissemination on open source management platform for widget-based personal learning environments. Focus on real-time communication & collaboration, social requirements engineering & learning analytics

Apr 2009 - Apr 2012
Project Researcher in DFG Excellence Cluster Ultra-High Speed Mobile Information & Communication (UMIC)

image-right Advanced Community Information Systems (ACIS) Group, Chair of Databases & Information Systems (DBIS), RWTH Aachen University, Germany. Research, development, data analysis, evaluation, and dissemination on multimedia metadata management services & tools in cultural heritage preservation. Focus on mobile multimedia metadata management & non-linear storytelling

Jun 2002 - Apr 2009
Student Researcher

image-right Advanced Community Information Systems (ACIS) Group, Chair of Databases & Information Systems (DBIS), RWTH Aachen University, Germany. Student development lead on lightweight application server. Mobile Web service & application development. Scientific publication

    Education

Apr 2009 - Jul 2016
Computer Science Dissertation (Dr. rer. nat.)

image-right Thesis: Information Systems Success Awareness for Professional Long Tail Communities of Practice. RWTH Aachen University. July 2016, magna cum laude (1.0)

Mar 1999 - Apr 2009
Computer Science Diploma (Dipl.-Inform.)

image-right Databases & Information Systems & Psychology. Thesis: MobSOS - A Testbed for Mobile Multimedia Community Services. RWTH Aachen University. April 2008, very good (1.2)

    Skills & Expertise

    Natural Languages

                German (native)
                English (fluent)
                French (good command)

    Certificates

  • Arbeitssicherheit - Grundlehrgang A (Work Place Health & Safety)
  • Harmonized Amateur Radio Examination Certificate (HAREC) according to CEPT T/R 61/01; callsign: DL9KDR

    Technologies

operating systems (Windows, UNIX/Linux), programming languages (Java, C, bash, JavaScript, Lisp, R), software project management (JIRA, Bugzilla, git, Subversion, CVS, Jenkins, JUnit), Virtualization (Docker, VMWare), databases (relational, noSQL, graph), Web (HTML5, S/CSS, JSON, XML, AJAX, REST, microservices, bower, grunt), protocols (TCP/IP, HTTP, SOAP, REST, XMPP), multimedia metadata standards (MPEG-7/21, Dublin Core, etc.), data analytics (R, SPSS, Matlab), Raspberry Pi & Arduino hardware & software prototyping, document editing (LaTeX, Microsoft Office suite), 2D/3D artwork (blender, inkscape, SVG, gimp, Adobe Creative Suite, etc.), open source licensing (OSI, Creative Commons), agile methodologies (Scrum, DevOps)

    Academic Expertise

databases & information systems (IS), requirements engineering (RE), software engineering (SE), Web engineering & analytics, business intelligence & analytics (BIA), computer supported cooperative work (CSCW), ubiquitous computing (UbiComp), technology enhanced learning (TEL). Extensive teaching experience in multiple formats (seminar, lab course, thesis supervision, webinar, hackathon)

    Initiatives

  • http://las2peer.org: Open Source P2P-based community information system platform (design & development lead)
  • http://istarwiki.org: Wiki on i* modeling language (community management & maintenance)
  • http://xmppresearch.org: Science blog around XMPP (authorship & maintenance)
  • https://requirements-bazaar.org: Open Source social requirements engineering platform (design & development)

    Hobbies

        open source software, coding, DIY hardware design
        music, composing, live performance, guitars
        cooking, haute cuisine, whisky & wine tasting
        drawing, modeling, montage, crochet, paper engineering