About Me

Stefan Schmidt

Occupation: Software Engineer @ SpringSource, a division of VMware

Location: Australia > Sydney > Abbotsford

About Me:

Software engineer and architect for enterprise systems with background in the finance sector. Strong understanding of enterprise application development concepts, patterns, processes and technologies. Capable creator of viable e-Business solutions from concept to implementation. Proficiency in scalable distributed systems, AI, enterprise database systems and management, and programming concepts and languages.

I also speak at international conferences, teach subjects at the University of Technology, Sydney, and provide advice and guidance around programming related topics.

Outside of work, I am interested in photography (my online albums: http://picasaweb.google.com/stsmedia). I also take a keen interest in sports, nature, travel and sometimes even politics.

I am interested in startup business ideas, new ventures and entrepreneurship.

Interests:

Professional:

Agile software development methodologies, domain driven design, aspect oriented programming, dynamic programming languages, cloud computing; Spring framework, NoSQL, Fuzzy logic, trust assessment in social networks, blogging, community development

Private:

Photography, Volleyball, Sea kayaking, Cycling

Photo Equipment:

Camera: Canon EOS 50D

Lenses:

Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
Tamron AF 17-50mm F/2.8 XR Di-II LD SP ZL Aspherical (IF) Zoom
Canon 70-200mm EF f/4L IS USM

Filters: Hoya UV Multi Coated, Hoya Circular Polarising

Tripod: Dolica AX620B100