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name: Menger, C.-Matthias
age: 42
nationality:
German
     
     
education    
1995 – 1997   Postgraduate Master in 'Environmental Engineering': Dipl.-Umwelttechniker UWT (TU)
    Technical University (TU) of Dresden
    diploma EMAS / ISO 14001 in the service sector, in co-operation with G.U.T. Consulting, Berlin
     
1987 – 1995   'Mechanical Engineering': Dipl.-Ing. (TU)
    Technical University (TU) of Braunschweig, studies in the section of construction
    diploma Environmental Management Systems
     
professional skills and expertise
field of expertise:

consulting and capacity building in environmental management, information systems, assessment

consulting in environmental information technology, management, engineering and technologies;

project management of international projects

computer literacy: professional in the fields of information technologies
interpersonal skills: team player while being independent and able to work autonomously; reliable and responsible personality; flexible; capacity to work under demanding professional circumstances and in an international environment; liase with partners; excellent communication skills; client oriented; building trust; anticipate / resolve conflicts
communication skills : prepare and deliver presentation on international conferences and workshops (Europe, Africa, Japan)
language skills:   German (mother tongue)  
    English  
    French  
    Italian  
relevant work experience
01/2002- today project manager (Dipl.-Ing.+ Dipl.-UMT)
location:   German Federal Environmental Agency; Berlin  
type of business:  

concept, management and representation of a national environmental IT and eGovernment services: conceptualizing, planning, contracting, co-ordinating, developing, implementing, and representing; Consult and foster cooperation with related projects;

 
    capacity building / consulting on international level, in the field of environmental management, information and assessment for European and accession countries  
area of work:  

# manage development and implementation of environmental IT-projects

 
    # oversee and conduct developments  
    # consult in the area of technolgies  
    # liase with and co-ordinate project partners  
    # oversee work carried out by partners  
    # presentation of goals and developments on international level  
    # marketing and representation of the project  
    # developing new project proposals  
    # preparing technical and informational materials  
    # drafting articles and papers  
    # planning and conduct meetings  
additional occupation:
ongoing   member of the DCMI Advisory Board  
ongoing   moderator of the DCMI Environment Community  
ongoing   consultant in the field `MBA-Programme for Business Ethics Management`and `Environmental cross-sector issues` for IWU  
2009-2010   consultant / national Short-Term Expert (STE) in the EU-Twinning project with Egypt: Development of Integrated Hazardous Substances and Waste Management System for the EEAA  
01/-06/2009   consultant / national Short-Term Expert (STE) in the EU-Twinning Light project with the Czech Republic: `Towards Environmental Outlooks - Capacity Building in CENIA's Environmental Assessment Centre`  
02/-06/2008   consultant / national Short-Term Expert (STE) in the EU-Twinning Light project with the Czech Republic: `Establishment of an Environmental Assessment Centre in CENIA (Czech Environmental Information Agency)`  
2007-2008   consultant / national Short-Term Expert (STE) in the EU-Twinning project with the Republic of Serbia: `Capacity Building of the Directorate for Water`  
2004-2006   consultant / national Short-Term Expert (STE) in the EU-Twinning project with the Czech Republic: 'Environmental Information and Management System - CENIA  
       
03/1998-12/2001 project manager (Dipl.-Ing.+ Dipl.-UWT)
location:

ETC/CDS European Topic Centre on Catalogue of Data Sources; Hannover; topic centre of the European Environment Agency dealing with concepts and implementation of environmental locator systems and European R&D projects

type of business: project management (contracting, co-ordination, conceptualisation) in European R&D ICT projects; consulting in ICT and software projects; co-ordinate software development from the concept / user requirements to implementation; consult customer (content-driven) versus developer (technology-driven)
area of work:

responsible for the tasks of ETC/CDS in the European IT project ‘EEIS – European Environmental Information Services’ (DG 13 ‘Telematics Programme’; not available anymore)

responsible for the tasks of ETC/CDS in the European Information Society Technologies (IST) project ‘CoastBase – The European Virtual Marine and Coastal Datawarehouse’

responsible for contracting/co-ordination/implementation of the web-based software developments of the ETC/CDS (access, search/retrieval WebCDS, JCDS and input/update of databases via the World Wide Web UpdateCDS)

involved in the European task forces of the EEA to establish an European software project in the framework of the ‘European Environmental Reference Centre’ according to the needs of EEA;
daily tasks of ETC/CDS supporting the work programme of the EEA;
participation at numerous international workshops and meetings concerning IT projects, environmental information systems, harmonisation of data exchange
responsible in the joined IT project with UNEP to conceptualise a ‘Global Environmental Marketplace’
1997/98 Dipl.-Ing. (TU); Engineer
location: G.U.T. Consulting, Berlin
type of business: Environmental Management Systems EMAS / ISO 14001
area of work:   analyse and exploit the potential benefits of EMAS and ISO 14001  
    # identify and interview potentila clients  
    # compare EMAS and ISO 14001  
    # survey of possible benefits in case of adoption of the 'EAMS II draft"  
    # analyse the local market for further G.U.T. activities in the service sector  
    # liaise with partners from industry  
   
1994 mechanical engineering, studies
location: BAUM Engineering+Design 3 months design project
1994 /1992 /1988 mechanical engineering, internship

locations:

ALCATEL France 1 month in Paris (construction)

 

ALCATEL France 3 months in Paris (R&D; economics; management), Pacy sur Eure (project office), Trignac (construction)

 

ALCATEL 3 months in Hannover
       
other activities
sparetime activities   passionated outdoor sportsmen, languages, politics, travelling  
1995 - 1997   German National Telemark Team, F.I.S. Telemark Ski World Championships  
1988 – 1997   graduate instructor for the German Ski Association  
1989 – 1995   instructor at the University ‘sport centre’  
       
publications
Menger/Jahnke/Eiblmaier   Migrating to Modern Web Technologies - Redesign of a Substance Retrieval System  
    in Environmental Informatics and Systems Research; 21st International Conference on Informatics for Environmental Protection; Warsaw 2007  
Bandholtz/Ruether/Menger   SNS Environmental Vocabulary - From Terms to Ontology  
    in Semantic Systems: From Vision to Applications - Proceedings of the SEMANTICS 2006 The Paradigm Shift in IT; Wien 2006  
Menger/Ruether   The Semantic Network Serice - Harmonising Heterogenous Environmental Information Systems  
    in DC-2006 Metadata for Knowledge and Learning - Proceedings of the International Conference on Dublin Core Metadata Applications; Manzanillo/Mexico 2006  
Menger   The Harmonisation Process - Content matters  
    in Networking Environmental Information; 19th International Conference on Informatics for Environmental Protection; Brno 2005  
Menger/Jahnke   Sharing Substance Information  
    in Sharing; 18th International Conference on Informatics for Environmental Protection; CERN; Geneva 2004  
Menger/Jahnke   FINDEX - Metainformtion System for Substances  
    in DC-2004 Metadata across cultures; Shanghai 2004  
Menger/Jahnke   Eintauchen in den Datenpool  
    in Umweltmagazin 7-8/2004  
Menger/Jahnke   'GSBL-Concept + Software Suite on an Information System for Chemical Substance';  
    in Gnauk/Heinrich (eds): The Information Society and Enlargement of the European Union, Part 1: Concepts and Methods, 17th International Conference on Informatics for Environmental Protection; Cottbus 2003  
Menger/Pick  

'A Survey on the Usage of Dublin Core in the Environmental Domain';

 
DublinCore Environment Interest Group; Berlin/Hannover 2002
Pick/Menger   Access to Environmental Information – Towards a Digital Knowledge Marketplace;  
    UNEP Discussion Paper on INFOTERRA 2000 - Global Conference on Access to Environmental Information, Dublin 2000;  
    in Cremers/Greve (eds): Computer Science for Environmental Protection’00 ,Environmental Information for Planning, Politics and the Public, Volume II; Bonn (2000);  
Lethen/Menger/Pick   Guide to tools – European Topic Centre on Catalogue of Data Sources;  
    European Environment Agency, Technical Report No. 44, Hannover (2000);  
Pick/Menger   Access to Environmental Information – EEA’s WebCDS 2.6;  
    in Tochtermann/Riekert (eds): Hypermedia im Umweltschutz; Ulm (2000);  
Menger/Kazakos   Use of XML in the European Metainformation Locator System of ETC/CDS;  
    in Arndt/Günther (eds): Environmental Markup Language EML; Berlin (1999)  
       
international conferences / workshops
09/2007 Warsaw   21th International Conference on Informatics for Environmental Protection; September 11th-14th 2007; Warsaw [Poland]  
10/2006 Manzanillo   Dublin Core Metadata Initative - Knowledge and Education October 2nd-6th 2006; DCMI; Manzanillo [Mexico]  
09/2006 Graz   20th International Conference on Informatics for Environmental Protection + I-Know - annual Knowledge Management conference; September 6th-8th 2006; Graz [Austria]  
09/2005 Brno  

19th International Conference on Informatics for Environmental Protection; September 7th-9th 2005; Brno [Czech Republic]

 
01/2005 Brussels   Conference on Customs and Chemicals 'Towards a new European Customs Inventory of Chemical Substance'; Janurary 20th-21st 2005; European Commission; Brussels [Belgium]  
10/2004 Geneva   18th International Conference on Informatics for Environmental Protection 'Sharing'; October 21st-23rd 2004; CERN; Geneva [Switzerland]  
10/2004 Shanghai   International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications 2004 - 'Metadata across cultures'; October 11th-15th ; Shanghai [China]  
09/2003 Cottbus  

17th International Conference on Informatics for Environmental Protection 'The Information Society and Enlargement of the European Union'; September 24th-26th 2003; Cottbus [Germany]

 
03/2003 Riga   Baltic Environmental Forum ‘Possibilities and Opportunities for Management of Data on Chemicals’; March 27 th -28 th 2003; Riga [Latvia]  
03/2003Düsseldorf  

LÖGD-6th Yearly Conference of the Public Health Services; March 20th 2003; Düsseldorf [Germany]

 
10/2001 Tokyo DC-2001 Dublin Core and Metadata Applications 2001; Workshop + Conference; October 22nd-26th 2001; Tokyo [Japan]  
10/2001 Zürich   Environmental Informatics 2001; October 10th-12th 2001; Zurich [Switzerland]  
10/2001 Thun   CDS and e-EIONET Work Conference 'Building Enviornmental Web Services'; October 6th-9th 2001; Thun [Switzerland]  
10/2000 Bonn   Environmental Informatics 2000; October 4th-6th 2000; Bonn [Germany]  
09/2000 Hannover   ETC/CDS Symposium 'Environmental Information Infrastructure - Bringing together the Providers', September 28th-29th 2000; EXPO 2000 Hannover [Germany]  
09/1999 Oslo   ETC/CDS Symposium 'Metainformation - Target Groups and User Value'; September 8th-9th 1999; Oslo [Norway]  
09/1998 Dublin   ETC/CDS Workshop; September 23th-24th 1998; Dublin [Ireland]  
       
09/ 2007
 
       
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