Bernd Wechner
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Professional: | Software Engineering, Project management, Training course design, preparation and delivery (staff training) |
Personal: | Learning (particularly in the
engineering, science, mathematics and communication
areas), Communication (am very active in writing and on social media), Creation (am actively working on projects spanning software and hardware and have a growing GitHub presence. |
Programming Languages: | Python, Javascript, C#, VBA, PHP, HTML, Perl, Visual Basic, C, C++, ADA, Pascal, FORTRAN, Intel Assembly and Machine Code |
Common Software: | Eclipse/PyDev, PostgreSQL, Visual
Studio, Mediawiki, LibreOffice MS-Office |
Operating Systems: | MS-Windows (10/8/7/XP/NT/98/95), Unix (Linux Debian/Ubuntu/Mint, Sun-OS, Xenix, HP-UX), VAX/VMS, RSX |
Computer Networks: | Internet, Windows NT networks, PC-nfs, DECnet |
Computer Platforms: | Desktop PCs, Raspberry Pi's Arduinos, Sun workstations, MicroVax, HP9000 |
Wireless Standards: | GSM |
Spoken Languages: | German (native), French (mediocre), Esperanto (fluent) |
Period | Role |
Mar 2019- | Quality Assurance Engineer, Echoview Software Pty. Ltd. |
Jan 2011-Mar 2019 |
Sales Manager, Echoview Software Pty. Ltd. |
Apr 2006-Jan 2011 | Project Manager Myriax Software Pty. Ltd. |
May 2003-Jan 2011 | Manager, Quality assurance and documentation SonarData Pty. Ltd. |
Jul 2002-May 2003 | Manager, User support and training SonarData Pty. Ltd. |
Jun 2002-Jul 2002 | Test Engineer Dytech Solutions Pty. Ltd. |
Dec 2000 - Dec 2001 | Traveller Australia |
May 2000-Jun 2002 | Software Engineer Larrisun Pty. Ltd. |
Jan 1998-Apr 2000 | Customer Support Engineer Landis and Gyr Communications |
May 1997- | Company Director Larrisun Pty. Ltd. |
May 1997 - Jun 1997 | Technical Consultant BHP Research |
Dec 1995 - Jul 1996 | Telecommunications Engineer Swiss Telecom PTT |
Sep 1995-Feb 2003 | Contributing Editor Suite101.com |
Sep 1993 - Feb 1995 | Traveller Asia and Europe |
Apr 1992 - Sep 1993 | Research Engineer/Liaison Officer BHP Sheet and Coil Products Division |
Apr 1991 - Apr 1992 | Traveller Europe |
Nov 1986 - Apr 1991 | Research Engineer BHP Sheet and Coil Products Division |
Feb 1983 - Nov 1986 | Mechanical Engineering Trainee BHP Coated Products Division |
Quality Assurance Engineer,
Echoview Pty. Ltd. 2019
Sales Manager, Echoview, Echoview Pty. Ltd.
2011- 2018
Project Manager, Eonfusion, Myriax Pty.
Ltd. 2006-2011
Manager, Support, quality assurance and
documentation, SonarData Pty. Ltd. 2003-
Manager, User support and training,
SonarData Pty. Ltd. 2002-2003
Brought on board to manage user support and training
requirements for the Echoview product. Developed,
delivered and maintained a very successful three day
training course on Echoview. Managed end-user support of
a global client base. On the arrival of our first child
moved internally to a role with fewer travel
commitments, managing quality assurance and
documentation needs for SonarData. Re-acquired customer
support as a responsibility and grew the SQuAD (Support,
Quality Assurance and Documentation) team from three
people servicing one project to eight serving two
projects. As the SQuAD team matured, requiring less
supervision I took on project management of a new
product, and a team of nine (five programmers, three
test engineers and one documenter) in parallel to SQuAD
management. Having brought Eonfusion to market, moved
back into Echoview to replace retiring sales manager in
managing sales of that product - responsible for
securing $1.7million revenue in first year of tenure. In
2018 keen to move back into technical role, and
participating in the restructure of our sales team
negotiated a role as Quality Assurance Engineer and a
drop to a 25 hour week (with the arrival of two young
boys keen to spend more time raising them).
In managerial roles I continued to provide significant
coding (C#, VBA, Perl), documentation, testing and
customer
support contributions to my teams in the
contexts of both leadership/mentoring and simple
productive contribution where load demanded such. Back
in a technical role my focus is on QA automation and
innovative solutions to quality delivery.
Test Engineer, Dytech Solutions Pty. Ltd. 2002
Software Engineer, Larrisun Pty. Ltd. 2000-2002
Customer Support Engineer, Landis and Gyr Communications 1998-2000
Two major products and a few minor products with around 30 active customers (national Telecoms in Europe, Asia, North Africa and Latin America). Delivered courses on site predominantly in English and German, occasionally in French, produced documentation in English.
Technical Consultant, BHP
Research 1997.
Company Director, Larrisun Pty. Ltd. 1997-
Telecommunications Engineer, Swiss Telecom 1995-1996.
Contributing Editor, Suite101.com 1995-2003
Independent Traveller, 1991-2001
Research Engineer, BHP Sheet and Coil Products Division 1986-1993.
Responsibilities included:
Mechanical Engineering Trainee, BHP Coated Products Division 1983-1986.
Extensive publication of end user documentation including SonarData's Echoview help, Eonfusion Help and AQ1 documentation.
Many internal and confidential research reports were published as well as design documentation, user guides, course material and travel articles (on-line and in zines).
The following co-authored papers:
W.Y.D. Yuen, A. Duval and B. Wechner, A New Formulation for the Analysis of Strip Flatness in Strip Rolling, 7th International Conference on Steel Rolling, 1998
W.Y.D. Yuen and B. Wechner, A Physical Model for On-Line Roll Bending Set Up in Cold Rolling, 5th International Steel Rolling Conference, 1990
Master of Engineering (Information Technologies and Telecommunications), Flinders University of South Australia 1995-96 |
Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical), Honours class II, University of Wollongong 1983-86 |
Higher School Certificate, Physics prize, Engadine High School 1981-82 |
Junior School Certificate, German prize, Mount Isa State High School 1978-80 |
Robotic Vision MOOC, Queensland
University of Technology, 2015 |
No nonsense web
intelligence, Online
Impressions, 2010 |
People in Projects,
The Training
Consortium, 2008 |
High Performance Communication, High Performance, 2005 |
High Performance Sales,
High
Performance, 2005 |
Practical Project Estimation, SEA Education services, 2004 |
Project Management Advanced, SEA Education services, 2003 |
The Landmark Forum, Landmark Education, 2003 (corporate sponsored management program) |
CMMI-SE/SW for Senior Managers, European Software Institute, 2003 (part of the SoftwareMark program) |
Steel Group Management Course, BHP Steel (now Bluescope steel), 1992 (in-house program) |
Priority Manager training, Priority Management, 1992 (personal time management skills) |
Bronze Medallion, Surf Life Saving Australia 1992 (rescue and first-aid skills) |
Classic Challenge Course, Outward Bound Australia 1991 (a world famous personal development course) |
Date of Birth: | November 12, 1965 |
Place of Birth: | Kempten, Bavaria, Germany. |
Nationality: | Australian, Swiss |
Marital Status: | Married (de facto) with three child (2003, 2013, 2017) |
I am a keen creator on-line, working extensively with
Python, Javascript, Postgresql, Celery, run a home LAN
with a good many servers (router, firewall, web, NAS,
HTPC, Nextcloud and more, and a handful of registered
domain names pointing to my basement IT sector).
I am also an environmentalist, a cyclist, a swimmer, an
in-line skater, a gamer, and enjoy small team sports
though lost all time to indulge in them since children
arrived.
I held a long lasting passion for travel, social and
cultural exchanges, international contacts, language, and
philosophy all on the back burner while raising children.
I founded the Hobart
Games Society (HoGS) in 2004, which we incorprated
in 2009 and I presided over for 2 years before focusing on
special interest subgroup of Competitive
Gamers (CoGs). I have been treasurer for the Hobart Bike
Kitchen since 2017.
Have participated in two Tasmanian Men's Gatherings
(2006 and 2008) and particpated in and hosted a men's
group from 2009 to 2013 (that is a weekly gathering of men
in a safe confidential context encouraging all to speak
openly about their lives and learn sharing and listening
skills).
Provided on demand. All former employers available for comment.