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Currently I am a senior engineer at Marvell Semiconductor. I have always been curious about technological innovations and therefore graduated in electrical engineering & computer science. I still strive for a complete understanding of computers, from the lowest level—i.e., the bare integrated circuits—to the highest—i.e., user space—, and am therefore always eager to learn something new. I enjoy writing small programs in my free time, either to automate everyday problems, or simply for the sake of fun, and get excited by the seemingly endless possibilities of Linux. Furthermore, there is always time for a good read, also on non-tech subjects like economics, anthropology, or (geo)politics.
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<p>Do you want to get in touch? <a class="smoothscroll" href="#contact">Click here to get to the contact section of this page.</a> There I provided my phone number, email address, PGP Key ID, Matrix ID and several other ways to reach me!</p>
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<h3>RWTH Aachen University</h3>
<p class="info">M.Sc. Electrical Engineering and Computer Science<span>&bull;</span>
<em class="date">October 2015 - November 2018</em></p>
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<li><i>Specialization</i>: Micro- and Nanoelectronics</li>
<li><i>Final project</i>: "<a href="https://git.dennispotter.eu/Dennis/masters-thesis/releases">Implementation and Analysis of an InfiniBand based Communication in a Real-Time Co-Simulation Framework</a>"&mdash;An analysis and subsequent implementation of the Virtual Interface Architecture Infiniband, using the OpenStack verbs, in order to achieve high throughput and minimal latency between nodes of the real-time co-simulation framework VILLASnode. (Grade: A+)</li>
<li><i>Modules included</i>: lectures on VLSI architectures, computer arithmetics, mixed analog signals, neural networks, new materials and devices in information technology, numerical device simulation, and operating systems. Lab training on VLSI design, FPGA programming in VHDL, and on the production of FeRAM cells.</li>
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<h3>RWTH Aachen University</h3>
<p class="info">B.Sc. Electrical Engineering and Computer Science<span>&bull;</span>
<em class="date">October 2011 - September 2015</em></p>
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<li><i>Final project</i>: “Analysis of Concepts for Power Reduction in Arithmetic Units of MAP Decoders”&mdash;A mathematical, bit accurate implementation of a decoder in MATLAB and C++, to find techniques that will potentially reduce the switching activity (and thus the power) in the arithmetic units of the decoder. (Grade: A+)</li>
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<em class="date">September 2005 - July 2011</em></p>
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<li>Comparable to a university-preparatory school with Latin as additional language.</li>
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<p class="info">Senior Engineer<span>&bull;</span> <em class="date">September 2019 - Present</em></p>
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<li>Design of digital logic for an automotive Ethernet product.</li>
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<p class="info">Member of Technical Staff II <span>&bull;</span> <em class="date">December 2018 - September 2019</em></p>
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<li>Design of digital logic for an automotive Ethernet product.</li>
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<p class="info">Consultant<span>&bull;</span> <em class="date">August 2017 - November 2018</em></p>
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<li>Development of a synthesizable layer 2 Ethernet switch in SystemC and evaluation of DV & synthesis capabilities of a high-level synthesis suite.</li>
<li>Support and further development of the FPGA user interface and the power analysis environment which was developed during the internship.</li>
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<p class="info">Web developer and server administrator <span>&bull;</span> <em class="date">April 2012 - November 2018</em></p>
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<li>Responsible for the restaurant's IT, the development of several websites, and the maintenance and security of their Linux based VPS.</li>
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<p class="info">Headwaiter <span>&bull;</span> <em class="date">September 2010 - October 2016</em></p>
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Below, I listed skills I acquired during my professional work or during work in my free time. Besides the skills I have listed below, I have basic
knowledge about photography and photo editting, front-end web development with HTML5, CSS, and JavaScript, and back-end webdevelopment with PHP/Python and MySQL/PostgreSQL.
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<p>NWS forms a worldwide network of Dutch students enrolled at foreign universities.</p>
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<h4>Board member of K.A.V. Alcuinus</h4>
<p>In my time with K.A.V. Alcuinus I was treasurer &amp; later president. I helped to initiate Studeren in Aken, which was set up to promote RWTH Aachen University among Dutch students, recruit them, and support them during their enrollment at a German university. The project was initiated by K.A.V. Alcuinus in 2012, but was as of 2018 backed by RWTH Aachen University, the Dutch consulate in Aachen, and several government institutions in the Netherlands.</p>
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<p>NWS forms a worldwide network of Dutch students currently, formerly and prospectively enrolled
at foreign universities or professional schools. It offers a platform for joint activities and
bridges the gap to the government, private sector, academic sector and society of the Netherlands.
NWS currently has more than 4500 members.<br />
<b>Responsibilities</b>: Setting up the new online environment on a Linux based VPS
including a new front-end website, an online member management system, a new newsletter
system, and a Microsoft Office 365 email environment. The given requirements are more user-friendliness
and improvements in terms of design and security.
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<p>Beauty Corner Vaals is a beauty salon in Vaals (NL), ran by my lovely mother. Since her old website was
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