_vita

.2009...

• continueing to work on Talking-Points and Gallery

.2008.

• internship at the German web 2.0 start-up Woobby.com
• start working for the Gallery open source project
• co-founder of the GROCS funded Talking-Points project

.2007.

• freelance web developer for Zellteilung Media Agency
• assistant on a trip for handicapped people through Florida for Weitsprung Traveling Agency
• Bachelor thesis "Web Annotation 2.0 : How Social Functionality can foster better User Acceptance"
• Bachelor's degree in "Applied Communication and Media Science"
• started a Master's degree at the University of Michigan's School of Information in Human-Computer Interaction and Social Computing

.2006.

• freelance web developer for Zellteilung Media Agency
• assistant on a trip for handicapped people through the U.S. (Route 66) for Weitsprung Traveling Agency

.2005.

• Web Developer for XnX Internet Agency and Zeitspringer Media Agency

.2004.

• job with Zeitspringer Media Agency in Münster
• began my studies in "Applied Communication and Media Science" at the University of Duisburg-Essen (Campus Duisburg)
• started my own internet business: "jk.webservices"

.2003.

• 'Abitur' (German high school diploma) Friedensschule Münster
• 'Zivildienst' (community service) in the Rheumanet at the University Hospital Düsseldorf

.2002.

• freelancer at XnX Internet Agency

.2001.

• high school diploma from Conotton Valley High School, Ohio
• 6 week internship at XnX Internet Agency

...2000.

• finished junior high at the Friedensschule Münster
• exchange year in the U.S.