Curriculum Vitae:

This page is a Curriculum Vitae for the author of the book "Make money on stocks", and the software programs; "Amateur Invest", "Keep It (a) Secret", and "DataShow".

More personal pages can be found here.

Personal data:

Name.................: R. Michael
E-mail................: site @ amateur-invest.com
Date of birth.....: 17th. December 1964
Family...............: Married to Gitte, 2 children: Sara (8) and Daniel (5).
Countries.........: See list of countries visited here.

Theoretical background:

1988-1991:
Master of Business Administration and Computer Science degree (Cand. Merc.-dat) at the Copenhagen Business School.

1984-1988:
Bachelor of Business Administration and Computer Science degree (HA-dat) at the Copenhagen Business School.

1984-1985:
Computer Science (Datalogi 0) at "Datalogisk Institut", University of Copenhagen.

1982-1984:
HF (higher preparation exam, gymnasium level) at "Rødovre Statsskole", extra courses in English, Mathematics and Physics.

1981-1982:
Junior at "Fletcher Senior High School" in Jacksonville Beach, Florida, USA.

-1981:
The Danish Folk School 10. grade extended graduation exams.

Practical background:

1998- Present: Large software company for banks.
(Oct. 1998 - ) Project Manager. In the department for PC-development, responsible for Lotus Notes development / programming. Projects like: www-web applications integrated with back-office programs, credit rating applications, Customer task management system, and integration to mainframe systems.

1996-1998: International production company in the oil business.
(Sep. 1996 - Jun. 1998) IT-Manager. With reference to the board of directors, responsible for IT-strategies, projects, and budget. Day to day operation and backup of an AS/400 and NT network. Lotus Notes installation, Win 95 PC's, Lotus Smartsuite, Delphi programming, Internet homepages, Bonus Club, year 2000 project, Economy- and production planning system (BPCS). Personnel responsibility: 3.

1996-1996: Techotel A/S. Scandinavian based software company for Hotels and Restaurants.
(Jan. 1996 - Sep. 1996) Development Manager. Resposible for development and maintenance of a program used in all parts of hotel management. Hot-line function, customer service, and responsible for creation of an internet site. Personnel responsibility: 6.

1989-1996: Unibank A/S. Large danish based international bank.
(Apr. 1995 - Jan. 1996) Group leader and deputy section leader for a section called "support". Includes the above mentioned responsibilities. Personnel responsibility: 3 direct in group, 14 as deputy in section.

Autumn 1994 to January 1995, I have as part of the management team been a considerable contributor to organisational change / ressource optimizing / process reenginering.

(Jan. 1994 - Apr. 1995) Section leader for a section called "user coordination", that took care of the contact to the central EDP organisation and external suppliers for all of the EDP area in the foreign exchange department. The responsibilities included short and long term planning for resource pull, gathering, structuring and prioritising user demands, security administration, management information and extract/statistics development, participant in strategic projects, and budget responsibility for two-figure million EDP expenses. Personnel responsibility: 5.

(Sep. 1992 - Dec. 1993) Group leader and responsible for an EDP system with 60 users in an area (special foreign exchange) that each year contributes with a large positive result to the bank. The work has consisted of building up security (speed, access and backup), user administration, integration to mainframe from a Novell network. The work continued with strategy planning, comprehensive productivity improvements and automations. Personnel responsibility: 3.

(1990 - Aug. 1992) The trading division in the planning and management office. Conducted tasks such as EDP coordination between users and EDP suppliers, planning of developments as well as building management information (EIS/MIS).

From 1989-1991 employed as an assistant, 20 hours per week, and with the finishing of my exams in 1991, employed as assistant manager on full time.

(1989-1990) In charge of a EDP system for trading options, futures, FRA's, SWAP's and commodities in the bank (former Privatbank).

1987-1989: Epson Center Copenhagen ApS.
Programmer, teacher, technician and EDP sales person.

Programmed a membership accounting program (4. generation) for a dentist union and a video rental program (3. generation) for video rental stores. Ran seminars in spreadsheets and databases, among others for "Superfoss Informatic". Sold and installed PCs, Printers, Networks, administrative systems, word processors, databases and spreadsheets.

1985-1988: EDP-counsellor and educator at the Copenhagen Business School.
Wrote book as teaching material: Dbase II. The book has been published by "Samfundslitteratur".

Courses:

Introduction to SQL
Several courses in OS/2
Project management, DIEU 1, 5 day course
Introduction to management, 5 day seminar, May 1994
The Role of IT in BPR, 2 day seminar London, March 1995
AS/400 for IT Professionals, 5 day course, October 1996
Lotus Notes Application Development 1, November 1998
Lotus Notes Application Development 2, December 1998
Lotus Notes introduction to script, February 1999
Professional sales techniques, September/October 1999
Develloping interactive web application in Notes/Domino, December 1999
Lotusphere, Berlin, September 2000
Lotus Notes R5, Developper / Programmer / Web update, September 2001
Java programming, J2EE programming, October 2001

Languages:

Danish, English - fluently written and spoken
German - somewhat fluent in writing and speaking
Swedish, Norwegian - understand, and can be understood
Spanish - 1/2 year of evening class

Books written:

"Make money on stocks, 2. edition", ISBN: 87-7900-093-2
"Make money on stocks", ISBN: 87-7900-078-9
"DBase II", ISBN: 87-593-5038-5

Spare time activities:

Badminton, jogging, socializing / family / friends, EDP / Programming, cooking, travelling.
Has been member of the board in an association of flat owners for 3 years ('92-'95).
Has been member of the board in a badminton club for 3 years ('96-'99).

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