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Michael Pointner

Education

Oct. 2018 - Nov. 2021

University of Vienna

Master Teacher Training Program

Subjects: Computer Science and Mathematics Academic titel: BEd
Thesis: Supporting students in beginner programming courses through user-oriented syntax error messages

March 2018 - June 2020

TU Wien

Master Program Visual Computing

Degree with honors Academic titel: Dipl.-Ing. (≙ MSc)
Thesis: Human-centric best image selection on photo series

Okt. 2014 - July 2018

University of Vienna

Bachelor Teacher Training Program

Subjects: Computer Science and Mathematics Academic titel: BEd
Thesis Computer Science: Privacy compliant alternatives to Facebook, WhatsApp, Google & Co. for Austrian schools in Moodle
Thesis Mathematics: Public Key Cryptography

Okt. 2014 - Sep. 2017

TU Wien

Bachelor Program Media Informatics and Visual Computing

Degree with honors Academic titel: BEd
Thesis: All-in-Focus Image Generation using Automatic Depth-Based Focus Selection

Aug. 2011 - Jun. 2012

Armando Dufey Blanc High School, Temuco, Chile

Student exchange program Chile

Music and art high school

Sep. 2008 - June 2013

Technical College, Braunau/Inn

Technical college

Specialization: Media Engineering und Communication
Thesis: Android app for controlling the settings of musical instruments

Programming skills

Web

HTML_E, CSS_E (Less_A), PHP_E, JavaScript_E (ReactJS_A, Angular_B, D3_B), JavaEE_A (REST_A, Thymeleaf_A, JSP_A, Servlets_B), SQL_E (MySQL_A, PostgreSQL_B), CMS (WordPress_A, Joomla_B)

Desktop

Java_E (Spring_A, JPA_A, Flyway_B), Kotlin_A, C++_A (OpenGL_A, OpenCV_B), C#_A (Unity_A, SteamVR_A), Python_A (Tensorflow_B), Matlab_E, Latex_E, Docker_A, Halcon_A, R_B, Labview_B, Ansible_B

Mobile

Java (Android)_A, Swift (iOS)_A

Git_E, SVN_B, Gradle_A, Maven_A, Scrum, Crud,
Windows_E, Linux_A, Macintosh_B

B=Basic
A=Advanced
E=Extended

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Employment

Mid Dec. 2021 - Present

TGM, Wien

Teacher (Technical College)

Department: Higher information technology Usage title.: Prof.
Subjects: Software Development, Systems Engineering, Media Engineering

Aug. 2020 - Present

Cloudflight Austria Ltd., Vienna

Software Entwickler

Project: Digital filing system

July - Aug. 2018, Sep. 2017, July - Aug. 2016

Catalysts Ltd., Vienna

Software developer

Projects: Restructuring and building Docker containers of Web-APIs for the b2b interface of DB Schenker for better maintainability; Web-based membership administration software for Austria`s industrial association

Sep. 2013 - Aug. 2014

Weitblick systems Ltd., Gurten

Software developer

Software Development on industrial camera systems
Foreign assembly of finished project at Nemak Ltd. in Mexico

July 2011

Liwest Ltd., Linz

Data analyst

Data analysis and reporting

July 2010, July 2009

BOM Ltd., Aspach

System administrator

IT-infrastructure management for small and medium-sized enterprises

Awards and scholarships

2014 - 2018

Catalysts Ltd., Vienna/Linz

Catalysts coding contest

Awards: 3x silver medal, 1x bronze medal

2016 - 2019

TU Wien (3x), University of Vienna (1x)

Merit-based scholarship

Social activities and community work

Jan 2017 - Present

Dance school Chris, Vienna

Ball opening committee

Jul 2013

La Salle Polytechnic Institute, León, Nicaragua

Development aid and interpreter (Spanish)

School year 2010/11, 2012/13

Technical college, Braunau/Inn

Publicity work

School year 2011/12, 2012/13

Technical college, Braunau/Inn

School magazine author

Languages

German (Mother tongue), English (C1), Spanish (B2)

Apart from school and university, English knowledge was also expanded on three different language courses (2 in Austria, 1 in UK) and Spanish on the student exchange program in Chile, the development aid program in Nicaragua and at work in Mexico. Levels: A1 and A2: Basic user - B1 and B2: Independent user - C1 and C2: Proficient user - Common European Framework of Reference for Languages