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Last updated: July 2025

Name: Ulrich Abele

Nationality: german, swiss

Schooling: Engineer with focus on Information Technology

Function/Position: Consultant / Software Developer

Languages: german, english









Professional life:


Juni 2022: Projectmanagement Certification: IPMA-D Level
June 2013:MCTS Certification: MS-Application Development with .NET 4.0
January 2005 : SUN Certification "SUN certified Java Developer"
January 2004 : SUN Certification "SUN certified Java Programmer"



July 2025 - today: Glencore

  •  PowerBuilder and PL/SQL Development


March 2004 - April 2025: ETH-Zurich 

  • Software development for the administration of the "Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich" (Department IT Services)

Projects/Functions:

  • 21 years of PowerBuilder application development (n-tier architectur) for the maintenance of students- and regulationsdata as well as exams planning. IT-sided support of the implementation of new programs of studies.

Tools/Technologies:

  • PowerBuilder V7 - V 2017.3
  • Oracle / PL/SQL
  • TOAD

Schoolings:

  • 2014: WCF (Windows Communication Foundation) with .Net 4.0
  • 2013: Windows Application Development with .Net 4.0
  • 2010: Spring Framework 



January 2001 - End of 2003 : at Opus5 Interaktive Medien GmbH, Dreieich 

Focusses:

  • Development of web applications in JAVA,
  • Oracle database administration

Technologies:

  • JDK 1.2 - 1.4, JSP, Apache, Jakarta-Tomcat, XML, Linux-Shellscripting, OpenJMS
  • Oracle(Tools: Toad, DBAStudio), PL/SQL, Interbase, MySQL
  • Caché, CachéScript, Caché Server Pages

Projects/Functions:

  • 2 months development of a B2B web application with the object oriented database Caché: Caché Server Pages, CachéScript
  • 1/2 year development of a JAVA backend application for the forwarding of newsletters via SMS, MMS and Email: DB data modelling,JAVA-Objectmodelling and implementation, connectivity using JDBC
  • 3/4 year development of a web application for the banking business: Visualisation of stock- and assetdata in div. charts, XML-Interface for dataimport
  • 3/4 year Oracle database administration in the same project: Design of datamodels, Administration of distributed datenbases, PL-SQL-Programming

Schoolings:

  • Oracle DBA
  • Oracle Backup & Recovery
  • Caché Introduction



January 1999 - December 2000 : at Sybase Professional Services

Focusses:

  • Consulting and application development using PowerBuilder and PowerJ in a
  • Client/Server environment

Operating Systems:

  • Windows95, WindowsNT, Linux

Programming Languages:

  • PowerScript, Java, JavaScript, C / C++, HTML, SQL, Fortran

Projects/Functions:

1-3/4 years application development in the telecomunication branch in the area of
riskmanagement, workflow and customercare.

  • Good knowledge of the Powerbuilder Foundation Classes (PFC).
  • OO-analysis, -design and programming.
  • Usage of the Model-View-Controller objectmodel.
  • Experience in using and programming of Stored Procedures and Triggers in relational databases (Sybase ASE 11.9.2 and Oracle 8.1.4).
  • Datamodelling using PowerDesigner and the Entity-Relationship model.
  • Usage of PowerBuilder V6.5 and V7.0 .

Schoolings:

  • Fast Track PowerBuilder
  • Advanced PowerBuilder + Advanced Controls
  • Fast Track Jaguar CTS (Sybase Applicationserver)
  • Workshop: Advanced Enterprise Java Beans
  • Fast Track Adaptive Server Enterprise
  • SAFE-Architecture
  • PFC

Beyond:

  • Assignments as a trainer for PowerBuilder courses at Sybase
  • Short-term project in the banking business using PowerJ/JaguarCTS

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