Christian Becker

Current

• Researcher at DBpedia
• Owner at MediaEvent Services GmbH & Co. KG

Past

• Project Manager at MediaEvent Services GmbH & Co. KG
• Consultant XBRL at Umanis France SA
• Developer Mobile at VerdiSoft (Yahoo! Go)

• Trainee, then Developer at Lufthansa Systems Network

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Education

• Freie Universität Berlin
• Université Paris X Nanterre
• Freie Universität Berlin

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Connections

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Industry

Computer Software

Christian Becker’s Summary

Graduate student in economics and business with a significant background in software development.

Christian Becker’s Specialties:

Semantic Web, Mobile development, Streaming media, Web applications

Christian Becker’s Experience

• Researcher

  DBpedia

  (Computer Software industry)

  June 2009 — Present (7 months)

• Owner

  MediaEvent Services GmbH & Co. KG

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  September 2008 — Present (1 year 4 months)

• Project Manager

  MediaEvent Services GmbH & Co. KG

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  December 2003 — August 2008 (4 years 9 months)

  * Lead Mobile Streaming Platforms (4 developers, 2 mobile operators)
  * System architectures, proposal drafting and budgeting
  * Developer interviews
  * Streaming productions and client meetings throughout Europe

• Consultant XBRL

  Umanis France SA

  (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  January 2007 — April 2007 (4 months)

  * Consulting and user trainings at the French central bank on the subject of XBRL/Basel II
  * Preparation of marketing materials for Business Intelligence offerings, assistance at sales meetings
  * Drafted complete proposal for a national XBRL processing system

• Developer Mobile

  VerdiSoft (Yahoo! Go)

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

  October 2002 — December 2003 (1 year 3 months)

  * Developed critical client components on a multitude of platforms: Push EMail components, HTTP/1.1 client stacks, Symbian EMail client foundations and more
  * Worked closely with US colleagues, spent 2 weeks at US headquarters

• Trainee, then Developer

  Lufthansa Systems Network

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Computer Software industry)

  1999 — 2000 (1 year )

  * Independently developed fully working prototype of an MPEG4 video mail terminal (C++, MFC/DirectShow)
  * Database-driven generation of Flash content (C++, ImageMagick, ming)

Christian Becker’s Education

• Freie Universität Berlin

  Diplom-Kaufmann , Economics and Business , 2005 — 2008

  Specializations: Information Systems, Marketing, Accounting and Auditing

  Activities and Societies:

  DBpedia

• Université Paris X Nanterre

  Erasmus / 1st year Master , Economics and Business , 2006 — 2007

• Freie Universität Berlin

  Vordiplom , Economics and Business , 2003 — 2005

Additional Information

Christian Becker’s Groups:

ACM, IEEE

•    Semantic Web
•    Linked Data Web

Christian Becker’s Honors:

Semantic Web Challenge 2008: 2nd place
WWW2008 Travel Award ($700)
ACM STAP Travel Award ($500)

Christian Becker’s Contact Settings

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