Andreas Strebel

Communication systems engineer (dipl. ing. EPFL sys. com.)


Nationality: Swiss
Date of birth: August 27, 1972

astrebel@gmx.net
Experience
Nov 2005+ Microsoft, Zurich (CH)
Program Manager in the Unified Communications Group
Mar 2005 - Oct 2005 media-streams.com, Zurich (CH)
Senior software engineer
Acquired by Microsoft in October 2005.
Sept 2004 - Feb 2005 Cisco Systems, Parsippany (NJ, USA)
Senior software engineer
2001 - 2004 dynamicsoft, Parsippany (NJ, USA)
Senior software engineer
Acquired by Cisco System in September 2004.
2000 IBM Zurich Research Lab, Zurich (Computer science dept. - Telecommunications group)
Integration of a publish/subscribe interprocess communicatin mechanism into a distributed platform for creation, deployment and execution of advanced telecommunication services.
Design and implementatino of a H.323 RAS server for load balancing.
1999 Lucent Technologies, Nice (France) (8 months, professional thesis)
Integration of voice/video over IP in Lucent's unified messaging platform: participate in the design and verification process. Implementation of the H.323 stack in the prototype.
1997/98 W-SOFT, 5622 Waltenschwil (25 weeks)
Consulting and realization of Internet projects: design and implementation of Web sites, installation of mail/Internet gateways.
1996/97 W-SOFT, 5622 Waltenschwil (21 weeks)
Software development with Delphi 2.0: Address manager, DB applications. Installation of PCs, end user training, support (Windows 3.11/95, Office)
Education
1998/99 Eurecom Institute, Sophia Antipolis, France
Curriculum in communication systems,
Majoring in Multimedia Communications
1996-98 Communications Systems Division (SSC),
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne (EPFL)
1996 Undergraduate in Electrical Engineering, EPFL
1992 Matura type C (scientific high school diploma), equivalent to ‘A’ level,
Kantonsschule Wohlen/AG
Languages
German Mother tongue
English Written and spoken, 2 years in USA
French Written and spoken, 4 years of study at Lausanne, 1.5 years in France
Italian Basic knowledge
Japanese Beginner
Computer skills
Operating systems UNIX (Linux, SunOS), Windows XP/2000, OS/2
Programming Languages C++ (VC++, Visual Age C++, GNU C++), Java, C#, Delphi, C, Pascal, JavaScript, SQL, Perl
Networking SIP, H.323, IPv4, IPv6, TCP, Ethernet
Software packages MatLab, Rational Rose, Informix Illustra, IDEAS Master CAD, MS Office, Corel Draw
University projects
1998 Multimedia Communications Division, Eurecom:
MS TAPI voice server program for online audio newsgroup application.
1998 Corporate Network Division, Eurecom:
Specification and C implementation of a Transport Protocol over IP.
1997/98 Signal Processing Lab (LTS), EPFL
MPEG4 encoder in Java: Design and implementation of the structure; implementation of basic functions.
1997 Audio Visual Communication Lab (LCAV), EPFL
Collaborative research and teaching environment in Java: development of the basic elements for a distributed multi-user application (graphical user interface and transport/control protocol).
1996/97 Audio Visual Communication Lab (LCAV), EPFL
Web based application for collaborative research: creation of an interface between the Web and a database to handle multiple types of data.
Activities, interests
  • Traveling: Australia, Asia, Africa, Equador, USA, Europe, Egypt
  • Sports: Hiking, Rock’n’Roll, Squash, Roller-skating
  • Music: Playing the guitar (13 years)
  • IEEE member