About Me

Technology has fascinated me for as long as I can remember. Computers already caught my interest back in first grade, and over the years that curiosity kept growing. Today, after many years working in IT, that early fascination has turned into a profession that still gives me real joy.

What I enjoy most about my work is creating entire IT infrastructures. Networks, servers, storage, backup, and firewalls each have their own job to do. The real challenge lies in building an environment where everything meshes together and works reliably as a whole. Planning and building that has, for me, a lot in common with a craft. You create something.

What excites me most about it is the combination of logical thinking and creativity. I enjoy developing standards, simplifying systems, and designing them so that, in the end, only what's truly needed remains. Everything unnecessary goes, and what's left gets implemented cleanly, thoughtfully, and properly. For me, that's often where the real creativity lies: turning many possibilities into a solution that ends up feeling simple and self-evident. I enjoy projects most when I can bring my experience to the table while still learning something new.

Honest collaboration on equal footing matters a lot to me too. If something affects the client, I address it openly. For me, trust isn't built by nothing ever going wrong, but by how you handle it when it does.

I also like planning and building things in my private life. A few years ago I bought an old Mercedes fire truck and spent six years converting it into a long-distance travel vehicle. I planned and built almost all of it myself. It was a project where I got to learn a lot, experiment, and ultimately create something entirely my own.

I originally came from Germany; in the mountains, I found my new home. They're the perfect counterbalance to technology for me. Precisely because I can work from many places, I want to live somewhere that truly feels right.

What drives me is actually pretty simple: understanding things and creating something from them. That's exactly what good IT means to me.