Oliver Thylmann
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About me
- Finished school at the DSB in Bruxelles, Belgium
- Moved to Aachen, Germany to study Physics at the RWTH Aachen
- Got my first computer in 1995, Windows, 10mbit bi-directional laser to the university backbone on the roof
- 6 months later, joined the sysadmin team, built up the network, managed SunSparc mail and dns server, setup shared web hosting, ...
- Co-Founded STATSnet sprl in the internet statistics space, later also SEO
- Started writing for BeOS related websites like BeNews and infoSync World in the Mobile Space, blogging on a personal site since 2001
- Even though Biomedical Technology and Physiology interested me, quit Physics and started an MBA at the Open University Business School in 2001.
- 2003 started working at OnVista Media GmbH to gain more experience in bigger companies
- Started building up what is today Ligatus GmbH from the technology side being first employee after Henning Lange.
- 2005: finished the MBA, married, quit, co-founded Ormigo GmbH with Henning Lange (sold to one of the biggest yellow pages company in Germany in 2010)
- 2008: co-founded Adcloud GmbH (sold to Deutsche Post DHL April 2011) as a sister company to Ormigo GmbH.
That should be a good rough overview. other than that I would suggest you follow me on Twitter, subscribe to the Blog or simply want the homepage to see what is going on in my life. This will most likely allow you to learn a lot more about me than a CV could ever do.