I studied hard throughout my adult life believing like many of us that education and prosperity are somewhat interlinked. Ironically in my new role I can neither read nor write. German that is.
I have moved to Aachen to start as a Program manager for Microsoft working largely in the areas of Security, Privacy and their application on Embedded systems. The EMIC centre which I will be based is the first Windows embedded R&D in Europe. It is lead by John Lefor and a number of research engineers working on the embedded product group and various research projects.
Leaving the academic life may seem somewhat strange but I believe i am closer to what I envigased doing. It is a challenge in many respects but I look forward to it. I love that this is a new start for me. I am planning to take Germans lessons and learn to drive anew :)
If you want to email me try my name.surname at Microsoft.com
I will write more soon.