My Resume


Personal Details
Given nameJan
SurnameBuchholz
Date of birth3rd of November, 1977
NationalityGerman
Experience
Since 01/2006 Application Developer for Ableton Inc. Berlin
08/2005 - 12/2005 RWTH Aachen University, Media Computing Group
Research Assistant
   · Supervision of students in a seminar
   · Management of a practical course
   · Management and co-ordination of the Sun-Softwarepreis 2005 (programming contest)
Tertiary Education
24th of May, 2005 Graduation with the German degree Diplom
Diploma thesis: A Software System for Computer-aided Jazz Improvisation
since 10/1998 Studies of computer science, RWTH Aachen University
Field of specialisation: Software construction
   · Object-oriented software construction
   · Software quality assurance
   · Software project management
Practical computer science
   · Introduction to/implementation of databases
   · Operating systems
Theoretical computer science
   · Automata theory & reactive systems
   · Compiler construction
Minor subject: Business studies
   · Controlling

Workings accompanying the studies
10/2004 - 03/2005 Student assistant at the Media Computing Group
Porting a multimedia application in Max/MSP to Mac OS X
09/2003 - 02/2004 Student assistant at the Department of Computer Science III
Support of students in a practical course on development of web applications
10/2000 - 12/2002 Student assistant in the field usersupport and administration
IT department of the "Fraunhofer Institut für Produktionstechnologie"
Schooling
1988 - 1997 Burgau Gymnasium, Düren
Graduation with the German degree Abitur
1984 - 1988Elementary school Niederau, Düren
Civilian Service
1997 - 1998 St. Augustinus Krankenhaus, Düren
computer-based managment of medical records
IT Skills
Programming languages C/C++, Objective-C, Python, Java/JavaScript, Modula 3, SQL
Software engineering Object oriented analysis, -design, and -programming, design patterns, refactoring
Development processes Agile software development (in particular Scrum), TDD
Environments & APIs Win32, Cocoa, QT, Max/MSP
Win32 Multimedia API, CoreMIDI, Alsa, LADSPA,
Applications XCode, Visual Studio, Eclipse, KDevelop,
Microsoft Office(97/2000/MacOS), OpenOffice, iWork,
Photoshop, The Gimp
Operating systems Mac OS X, GNU/Linux(Debian, Suse, RedHat, Mandrake), MS-DOS, Windows 3.11/95/98/NT/2000/XP
Miscellaneous HTML, CSS, UML, TeX/LaTeX
Publications
· Jan Buchholz. A Software System for Computer-aided Jazz Improvisation. Diploma thesis, Media Computing Group, RWTH Aachen University, May 2005.
Language Skills
GermanMother tongue
EnglishFluent in speech and writing
FrenchBasic knowledge
JapaneseBasic knowledge
Personal Interests
MusicSinging, keyboard, software
SportsJogging, billards
JapanTradition, culture, language
Science FictionBooks & movies