Justin in 1998
		Work
1967		Born in San Francisco, California, USA.
1977		Move to Wuppertal, the city with the most unique rail system world-wide, the "Schwebebahn" (click here for more information).
1989		Finished apprenticeship as electrician and passed the German exam.
1990		Worked for Kaufhof Schwelm and several small electric companies.
1996		Started IT career at "ITK Telekommunikations AG" Dortmund as 1st level support engineer, moved to 2nd level support engineer three months later.
1998		"Digi International Inc." acquires ITK, opening the oppertunity to turn hobby to a career by moving to the IT department as help desk admin.
2000		Promotion to "Senior Network Administrator" (or "Senior System Administrator"), doing IT infrastructure work, European wide.
2003		Got Microsoft Certifications starting with Windows 2000 (MCSA and MSCE) and upgraded these to Windows Server 2003 a year later.
2010		Upgraded certifications to Windows Server 2008 (MCITP Enterprise Admin) and added new certifications for Cisco (CCNA) and ITIL Foundations.
2013		New position as "International System Administrator" at "ELG Haniel" in Duisburg, Germany.
2014		Upgraded Microsoft certifications to MCSA Server 2012 and completed VmWare Certification VCP5-DCV Esxi 5.5
2014		New position as "IT-System/Networkadministrator" at Taprogge Gesellschaft mbH in Wetter Wengern (Ruhr), Germany, a world leader for its tube cleaning systems for steam turbine condensers and heat exchangers. Find out more on their homepage www.taprogge.de
2016     to 2022		Upgraded VmWare Certs for Esxi v6.0, v6.5 and v7.0 (VCP6-DCV 2021), training for Ivanti DSM Foundation and Packaging Profi, upgraded Microsoft certification to MCSA Server 2016 (the last true MS On-Premises certification!)
2023		New position as "IT-Systemadministrator for VmWare and Veeam" at Kirchliche Zusatzversorgungskasse Rheinland-Westfalen (KZVK), a suplementary pension fund for the German Protestant church and Diaconia located in the city of Dortmund. Find out more on their homepage https://www.kzvk-dortmund.de
		Family
1995		Met my wife Heike.
1996		Moved with her to the city of Bochum .
1999		Married on the crazy date of 9.9.1999. It was huge a surprise to see ourselves on the local title page of the WAZ newspaper on the following day.
2002		Our daughter Chelsey is born.
2005		Our son Garreth is born.