Andreas Gies

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About me

Gender Male
Industry Technology
Occupation Principal Architect
Location Pilsting, Bavaria, Germany
Introduction I work as a Principal Architect for PROGRESS Software since 2002. Before that I was employed by IONA Technologies and Sterling Software. I began my consulting career in the mid 80's - even before I joined the German Air Force to study computer science. After an officers training and receiving my degree I spent a couple of years in the Air Force programming mainframe applications. In these days I was hooked by middleware components and have never left the field since. I am now in the consulting team dedicated to Open Source Technologies at PROGRESS Software as I believe that's where a large portion of the software market is headed. When I am not into architectures, I enjoy my family life in the Bavarian mountains with my wife, 2 daughters and 3 dogs, teach Yoga and read books (especially those not related to computer science).
Interests Family, Technology, Mathematics, Yoga, Hiking, Dogs
Favorite Movies Dead men don't wear plad (Steve Martin)
Favorite Books Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams), The Last Stand (Stephen King)