Citizen of the World - "Pare que continue viviendo al 100%." (Y.S.S. 1996)
www.matthiasworldwide.com or matthias@matthiasworldwide.com
Fun, fun, fun... To pursue a hedonistic lifestyle on land, on water, and in the air; a lifestyle that tolerates and respects others, yet emphasizes the ultimate natural goal to maintain yourself and a person's own interest. Not richness but financial independence, not formal bindings but fulfilled relationships, not work as a means but work as an expression, not selective communication but ultimate truth. Never stop thinking, never stop believing, never stop planning, never stop exploring. The ride is too wild and too short not to go along with it.
Global citizen with proven track record of cross-cultural experience, long-term ex-patriate stays, and multi-lingual abilities.
Original globetrotter with many years of intercontinental and independent travel experience.
Intellectually agile European with intense international track record of university studies, who always stays multi-laterally informed.
Foreign language knowledge in English, German, Spanish, French, Russian.
Recently eligible and in-demand single with complex character and high standards, yet normal attributes and faults like all people.
(current)
Retirement
But I am likely to return to work.
The Big One
The incredible 7-times-around-the-world trip to fulfill a lifelong dream.
- Europe Summer 2004: Black Sea and more Greek islands to relax.
- Arctic Circle Summer 2004: Icebergs and glaciers at 66 degrees north.
- Near East Summer 2004: Amazing contrasts of history and current violence.
- East Africa Summer 2004: Gorillas and game parks for the last frontier adventure.
- Indian Ocean Spring 2004: Intense island hopping through cultural worlds.
- Southern Africa Spring 2004: Cultural contrasts and awesome game parks.
- Australia Spring 2004: Indulging in my animalistic boink boink boink desires.
- Europe Winter 2004: Just a quick break from Australia.
- South Pacific Winter 2004: My favorite playground... all the islands you can handle.
- Japan via Europe and Mexico: Whirlwind tour of half the world.
- South America Fall 2003: Living in Buenos Aires and exploring the continent.
- Europe Summer 2003: The amazing InterRail one more time with a lot of add-ons.
Since 06/2003
(previous)
San Francisco Bay Area, California, U.S.A.
Life and work in Silicon Valley.
- Milpitas (08/2000-06/2003)
- San Jose (06/1999-08/2000)
- Sunnyvale (08/1997-06/1999)
08/1997-06/2003
Corvallis, Oregon, U.S.A.
American college fun and an MBA.
- Rogue Wave Software (04/1997-08/1997)
- Oregon State University (09/1996-08/1997)
10/1996-06/1997
Living the good life.
- Paxos and Antipaxos, Ionian Sea (07/1996-08/1996)
- Rome and Conversano (06/1996-07/1996)
La vida, la noche, las latinas, la marcha.
- Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, E.T.S.I.A.
Banks and university - boring stuff.
- Universität Hohenheim (09/1993-02/1996)
- Deutsche Bank AG Stuttgart (02/1993-08/1993)
Banking work - really boring stuff.
- Deutsche Bank AG
Travelers' Century Club (Aspirant Member)
- To date, I have visited 95 countries according to TCC/DXCC standards.
- Expert-level programming of 800XL/XE and 130 XE models
- Mostly C152 and C172-type aircraft.
- Fair-weather diver in awesome vacation locations.
- San Francisco Bay weekend fun.
- Topless in any weather... the true automobilisto drives with fresh air.
- Fluent in quite a few, brushing up on more.
- Real railroads: Fan of any special train ride.
- Model railroads: Design and construction of N and TT-size circuits.
- Over 11,000 pictures taken in last 14 months.
- No tan lines on this body. Bonny Doon rocks!
- Mostly at Lake Tahoe or in the Alps.
- Park the car on the street; I need the garage!
- Celebrated food for celebrations: Feuerzangenbowle anyone?
United States FAA (Private Pilot ASEL)
- Nice Air (02/2002-06/2003)
- West Valley Flying Club (04/1998-09/1998)
Since 04/2003
- Sensation Divers Zanzibar (07/2004)
- Abyss Diving Malta (07/2003)
- Ao Nang Divers Thailand (11/2002)
- Ron of Argyll, Airlie Beach, Whitsundays
- Unlimited power certification and harbor mooring rights.
Beta Gamma Sigma
Member of the honor society of students in business.
Since 05/1997
Scholarship to study at the Oregon State System of Higher Education. One-year full-time graduate tuition waiver plus travel expenses.
Scholarship to study at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, E.T.S.I.A., Madrid, Spain. Six-month full-time graduate tuition waiver plus travel expenses.