I have been programming computers since age 12. In my career I have programmed everything from 8-bit home computers (C64, MSX) to IBM big iron systems (COBOL and JCL, VM/CMS and CICS), various Unix systems, OpenVMS, Windows NT in its various incarnations, the Mac (classic Mac OS and OS X), to embedded devices and iPhone/iPad. I have a diploma (MSc. equivalent) in Computer Science from the University of Linz, Austria.

My current main interests are embedded systems, cross-platform C++ development, JavaScript and, foremost, the Internet of Things.

I am the founder of the POCO C++ Libraries and macchina.io open source projects.