Name:     Jürgen Leitner, BSc

Date and Place of Birth:
27^th July 1983 in Lilienfeld, Austria

Citizenship: Austrian

Spoken languages:
German (mother tongue)
English (fluent)
Swedish (intermediate)
Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish (beginner)

1989 - 1993 Elementary School Türnitz, Lower Austria

1993 - 1997 Federal Grammar School Lilienfeld, Lower Austria

http://www.bglilienfeld.ac.at/

1997 - 2002 Higher Technical and Vocational College St. Pölten, Lower Austria, Department of Computer Technology and Organization (EDVO)

http://edvo.htlstp.ac.at/

High School Dissertation: Java Security Concepts within Insecure Networks (written in English)

Oct 2002 - Oct 2003 Mandatory National Service, working for the Austrian Red Cross

Joint European Master
in Space Science and Technology

http://www.spacemaster.eu/

Jan 2009 - Mar 2009: University of Tokyo, Intelligent Space Systems Lab (ISSL), Japan
Sep 2008 - Aug 2009: Helsinki University of Technology (TKK), Finland
Feb 2008 - Jun 2008: Kiruna Space Campus (IRV), Sweden
Oct 2007 - Feb 2008: University of Würzburg (JMUW), Germany

Instituto Superior Técnico
Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, Portugal

http://www.isr.ist.utl.pt/

Jul – Sep 2007: Programming Internship at the “Vision Lab”, ISR
Mar 2007: ATHENS programme “Introduction to Robotics”

Vienna University of Technology
(Technische Universität Wien), Austria

http://www.cs.tuwien.ac.at/

Sep 2007 - ongoing: Computational Intelligence (Master programme)
Oct 2006 – Jun 2007: Teaching Assistant/Tutor, DECO Research Team
Courses: “Usability Engineering” and “User Interface Design”
Jun 2007: received BSc degree in “Software and Information Engineering”
2006-2007: Minor studies in Engineering Physics

Royal Institute of Technology
(Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan), Sweden

http://www.ict.kth.se/

Aug 2005 – Jun 2006: ERASMUS exchange student at the School of Information and Communication Technology

University of Vienna
(Universität Wien), Austria

http://www.astro.univie.ac.at/

2003-ongoing: Minor studies in Astronomy

SpaceMaster Robotics Team
project manager/lead

http://Juxi.net/projects/SMRT/

Jun - Sep 2008 in various locations (Kiruna, Sweden, Türnitz, Austria & Monterrey, Mexico)
Project: xgravler - Experimental Gravity Research with LEGO-based Robotics, done within the ‘HALE 2008’ project; supported & funded by: Austrian Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology (through the Austrian Space Applications Program), NASA Nevada Space grant, LEGO, National Instruments & Energizer

Wyeth Whitehall Export GmbH
consultant/programmer

http://www.wyeth.at/

Mar 2007 - Jul 2007 in Vienna, Austria
Projects: eBusiness solutions, C# programming (Intra/Internet)

MLCompany Personalvermittlung GmbH
CTO/CIO, consultant

http://www.mlcompany.at/

Oct 2006 – Dec 2006 in Wilhelmsburg, Austria
Project: Buying and installing of computer systems and network devices as well as maintenance of the complete computer and network infrastructure

Sphinx Managed Services GmbH
PHP Developer

http://www.sphinx-ms.at/

Aug 2006 - Sep 2006 in Vienna, Austria
Project: development of a PHP reporting/server monitoring tool

Mondi Business Paper Holding
Project Developer

http://www.mondibp.com/

Jun 2006 - Aug 2006 in Vienna, Austria Project: Evaluation & redesign of the company-wide Intranet

EDV-Experts.at
Founder

http://www.edv-experts.at/

2002 - ongoing in Türnitz, Austria
Company overview: Internet services (server maintenance, server housing, website hosting), website creation, development & update, computer hardware services, PC support and problem solving, LAN installation & maintenance

Austrian Payment Systems Service GmbH
SW Developer Intern

http://www.apss.at/

Jul 2001 - Aug 2001 in Vienna, Austria
Projects: Visual Basic and MFC programming; PHP; DB visualizing with LAMP; One Job Parsers/Tools

Austrian University Advisory Board (OeUK)
Datawarehouse Intern

http://www.oeuk.ac.at/

Jun 2000 - Aug 2000 in Vienna, Austria
Occupation: Visual Basic programming, also VB for Applications; MS Excel diagram generation; PDF generation; MS Access reports

Austrian University Advisory Board (OeUK)
Datawarehouse Intern

http://www.oeuk.ac.at/

Jun 1999 - Jul 1999 in Vienna, Austria
Occupation: Visual Basic programming, also VB for Applications; MS Excel diagram generating, Homepage design

Space Exploration (robotic and human, rocketry, Mars/lunar base development...)
Space Sciences & Technology (satellite technology, earth observation, exoplanets ...)
Astronomy, Physics, Mathematics & other natural sciences
Sports (Football/Soccer, Ultimate Frisbee, Snowboarding, Squash, ...) & Exercise
Computers, Electronics, Internet
Books, Music and Motion Pictures, Traveling
Foreign Languages/Cultures and Politics

Driving License (Nov 2000)
Emergency Medical Technician (Dec 2001) and
Member of the Austrian Red Cross (2001-2005)
Austrian Snowboard Instructor (Level 1) (Jul 2005)