Master of Science at University of Applied Science Cologne (2009 - 2011)

Diploma in Business Information Technology at University of Applied Science Cologne (2002 - 2007)

Graduation from the Technical College for Business, Cologne (1999 - 2002)

Vocational training as a legal assistant at the Cologne District Court (1997 - 1999)

Additionally:

Certification as “Oracle Database SQL Certified Expert” at ORACLE Duesseldorf (2011)

Certification "ITIL Version 3 Foundation" for IT Service Management (2012)

Lecturer at the Institute for Automation & Industrial IT, University of Applied Sciences Cologne (2014 - 2021)

Teaching assignment in English “Database Systems” Compulsory subject Master’s degree program MAIT

Lecturer at the Institute of Computer Science, University of Applied Sciences Cologne (2007 - 2021)

Department: Database and information systems.Planning, supervision, organization and implementation of lectures, exams, events, projects and theses.

Founder and Managing Director, City2Be GmbH (2015 - 2016)

Development and marketing of smartphone applications for Android and iOS and a “Mobile Marketing Presence Management Platform”

Chairman of the Advisory Board of the IT-Forum Oberberg e.V. (2013 - 2015)

Planning, organization and implementation of events, lectures, panel discussions, workshops and public relations

Board member of the Institute of Computer Science, University of Applied Sciences Cologne (2011 - 2014)

Elected voting member for the strategic direction of the institute

Guest lecturer at the Dortmund University of Applied Sciences (2011 - 2014)

Teaching position in the Department of Databases and Information Systems

Guest lecturer, Berufskolleg Deutzer Freiheit in Cologne (2014)

Co-creation of a school subject at the Business School on the topic of “Mobile App Development with HTML”

Software-Provider, municipal administration Oberbergischer Kreis and Rhein-Erft-Kreis (2009 - 2015)

Licensing of a database-based application used by local authorities for the administration, measurement and documentation of the target values ​​for the criteria of the “RAL Quality Association for SME-Oriented Local Government”

IT-Consulting, Wise Versand GmbH in Cologne (2014)

Development of a web application for the mass creation of DHL parcel labels from Excel data according to dynamic rules

IT-Consulting, Brandidee GbR in Gummersbach (2014)

Planning and implementation of an employee training course on the topic of “Software development with PHP and MySQL”

IT-Consulting, Berufskolleg Wipperfürth (2013)

Presentation of a concept for the modernization and merging of Internet presences

Software-Provider, Bergischer Bote - Verlag am See (2013)

Development of a web application “QR Code Manager” for creating, managing and measuring QR code campaigns

Visiting Lecturer at the University of Tampere, Finland (2013)

Topic: “Development of database-based smartphone applications”

Visiting Lecturer at the Norwegian School of Information Technology, Oslo (2013)

Topic: “Development of database-based smartphone applications”

Co-organization of the "Database Days", DOAG (2013)

Specialist conference on database systems

IT-Consulting, RSP Unternehmensberatung GmbH in Wiehl (2013)

Conducting an employee training on the topic of “Mobile Application Development for Android”

Establishment of a development team, University of Cluj-Napoca and University of Burgos (2010 - 2012)

Conception and development of cross-platform smartphone apps

Co-organization of the 5th IT trade fair Oberberg, IT-Forum Oberberg e. V. (2011)

Planning and structure, moderation of the specialist lectures

IT-Consulting, Deutsche Bank AG (2009 - 2011)

Requirements determination, conception and development:

- Credit card billing system with rules as Oracle PL/SQL packages

- Recursive commission billing for connected merchants

- Enterprise-capable sales report generator with filter functionality

Project provider, NXG WEB & IT CONSULTING Limited, Hong-Kong (2008)

Handover of a software concept for an integration tool “xt2X” and outsourcing of the development

Software-Development, InteractiveM GmbH in Cologne (2007 - 2008)

Development of an individual content management system for use in the Futjitsu partner portal and the Acronis webshop

IT-Consulting, Swedex AG in Essen (2007)

Conception and implementation of a website with integrated webshop

Participant in the OpenSource Project os/xt:commerce (2006 - 2008)

Development and marketing of extensions for the web shop software , including leasing calculators, contribution margins, tiered prices, product options, file upload, multi-free text, additional items, gift items, Whois for domain providers, PDF catalogs, customer products, product as news article, friend referrals, discounts

Software-Developer, brainbits GmbH in Cologne (2004 - 2006)

- Development of a workflow management system for the nationwide regional marketing of T-Com, T-Systems, the T-Punkt companies and various advertising and media agencies integrated into the system.

- Development and implementation of a remote interface (Remote Procedure Call) to dynamically bring events from the KölnArena onto the website and into the newsletter.

- Redesign and further development of user administration in the content management system “MAKEweb” with search and filter options, import and export functions and data synchronization from external sources.

2015 - International press article about using Mobile Apps offline

www.n24.de/n24/Themen/Details/t6211342/damian-gawenda.html

Focus,

www.ksta.de/digital/im-ausland-und-im-funkloch---apps-offline-nutzen,15938568,29976302.html

www.nwzonline.de/person/gawenda,damianwww.rundschau-online.de/digital/im-ausland-und-im-funkloch---apps-offline-nutzen,16065252,29976302.html

www.shz.de/incoming/apps-im-offline-modus-vorbereitung-ist-alles-id8605746.html

www.saarbruecker-zeitung.de/sz-spezial/internet/art371089,5574055

www.fr-online.de/digital/im-ausland-und-im-funkloch---apps-offline-nutzen,27395004,29976302.html

web.de/magazine/digital/ausland-funkloch-apps-offline-30473428

borneobulletin.com.bn/abroad-offline-apps-will-still-work/

fortunaweb.com.ar/2015-01-20-156153-aplicaciones-utiles-que-funcionan-sin-conexion/

www.neckar-chronik.de/Nachrichten/Viele-Apps-erlauben-das-Vorabspeichern-von-Inhalten-55183.html

www.rionegro.com.ar/diario/muchas-apps-tambien-funcionan-sin-conexion-a-internet-5660227-9528-nota.aspx

www.heise.de/mac-and-i/meldung/Apps-Offline-First-Ansatz-hilft-Daten-sparen-2511285.html

2015 - Native Smartphone App for iOS and Android „City2Be“

itunes.apple.com/de/app/city2be/id998879505 (n/a)

play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.city2be.app (n/a)

2015 - Native Smartphone App for iOS and Android „Chat2Be“

itunes.apple.com/de/app/chat2be/id1011315761 (n/a)

play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.city2be.chat2be (n/a)

2015 - Smartphone App for iOS „FORUM Gummersbach“

itunes.apple.com/de/app/forum-gummersbach/id1048387243?mt=8 (n/a)

2015 - Lecture "Database Days", DOAG and University Cologne

Topic: “NoSQL with Postgres” Presentation slides as pdf (german)

2014 - German press article “How much can the web know about me?”

www.rga.de/rhein-wupper/podiumsdiskussion-viel-darf-internet-ueber-mich-wissen-4004249.html

www.anzeigen-echo.de/rag-oae/docs/892064/gummersbach

www.oberberg-nachrichten.de/wieviel-darf-das-web-ueber-mich-wissen-informationsveranstaltung-des-itforums-20140318.html

www.oberberg-aktuell.de/index.php?id=144&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=155349

2014 - German press article "The whole city in your pocket"

www.oberberg-aktuell.de/index.php?id=144&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=157311

www.wiehl.de/aktuelles/neuigkeiten/nachrichten/4130-die-neue-wiehl_app-fuers-smartphone.html

www.rundschau-online.de/oberberg/neue-app-die-ganze-stadt-in-der-tasche,15185498,27131170.html

foerderverein-campus-gummersbach.de/sites/default/files/CGA_2014-03_Internet_0.pdf

2014 - Smartphone game for iOS and Android “Seminar Gamer”

itunes.apple.com/de/app/seminar-gamer/id835869551 (n/a)

play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.damiangawenda.seminargamer (n/a)

2014 - Smartphone App for Android „SearchBird“

play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=it.gawenda.searchbird&hl=de (n/a)

2014 - Smartphone App for iOS „IT-Forum Oberberg

itunes.apple.com/de/app/it-forum-oberberg/id936184636?mt=8 (n/a)

2013 - German press article "Your company on the Internet: Corporate marketing, social media and mobile apps"

www.mittelstand-digital.de/DE/Veranstaltungen/veranstaltungsarchiv,did=600548.html

www.exzellenz.nrw.de/exzellenznrw/termine/view/data/wertvolle-impulse-informationstag-ihr-unternehmen-iminternet/backpid/termine-3/

www.go-mit.net/config/incl/images/UnternehmenImInternet_14_11_2013%281%29.pdf

www.wisnet.de/index.php?id=1606&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=8553

www.wisnet.de/index.php?id=1629&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=8549

2013 - German press article “Experts explained the risks on the Internet”

www.oberberg-nachrichten.de/experten-klaerten-ueber-risiken-im-internet-auf-20130227.html

www.mittelstand-nachrichten.de/verschiedenes/risiken-im-internet-erkennen-und-vermeiden-20130227.html

2013 - German press article “Surfing safely: IT forum informs about uploads and downloads”

www.oberberg-nachrichten.de/wieviel-darf-das-web-ueber-mich-wissen-informationsveranstaltung-des-itforums-20140318.html

www.elektromeister-aktuell.de/experten-des-it-forum-oberberg-klarten-uber-risiken-im-internet-auf-20130302.html

2013 - Smartphone App for Android „SQL Trainer“

play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=air.com.damian.edbmobile (n/a)

2013 - Smartphone app for the city of Wiehl

play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.wiehl.apps.news&hl=de (n/a)

itunes.apple.com/de/app/stadt-wiehl-app/id964923065?mt=8 (n/a)

2013 - Seminar „Mobile Database Systems“, Universität Tampare, Finnland

www.uta.fi/sis/tiedostot/Overview_databasesOct2013.pdf

2013 - E-Learning conference DeLFI, Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V.

www.gi.de/fileadmin/redaktion/2013_LNI/lni-p-218.pdfsubs.emis.de/LNI/Proceedings/Proceedings218/285.pdfdblp.uni-trier.de/pers/hd/g/Gawenda:Damian

2011 - Smartphone App „IT-Messe 2011“

itunes.apple.com/de/app/it-messe-2011/id467202842 (n/a)

play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=air.com.damiangawenda.itmesseapp (n/a)

2011 - Smartphone App „MensaApp“

play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=air.com.damian.kstwMensaApp (n/a)

itunes.apple.com/de/app/mensaapp/id703650462 (n/a)

2011 - Published theses in the Master of Science program

"Fractal mathematics - similarity of natural structures"

"IT value management - value creation"

"Semantic Web - methods and potentials"

"Security of web-based applications"

"E-business - Internet service providing"

"Portfolio management according to ITIL v3"

"Modeling of workflows"

"Project management - comparison of practical methods"

"Business intelligence on campus - development of an information supply for management"

"TruthSeeker - finding the truth in the crowd with software"

"NoSQL databases - Google Big Table"

2009 - Datenbankspektrum Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V., Springer Verlag

www.datenbank-spektrum.de/v2/aktuell/aktuell/beitrag.html?key=dbspektrum/RakowFWSVW09&nummer=29

2009 - German press article "Computer controls the district administration"

www.ksta.de/region/guetesiegel-computer-kontrolliert-die-kreisverwaltung,15189102,12877180.html

www.rundschau-online.de/oberberg/computer-kontrolliert-die-kreisverwaltung,15185498,15473410.html

2009 - German press article "No more data confusion"

www.oberberg-aktuell.de/index.php?id=144&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=99120

2009 - German press article “District administration and university of applied sciences work together for small and medium-sized businesses”

www.obk.de/cms200/aktuelles/pressemitteilungen/2009/08/artikel/2009-08-17_fachhochscule_ral.shtml

2008 - eCampus-Symposium, LOGOS2008

vm057.rz.uni-osnabrueck.de:8080/virtpresenter/VirtpresenterClient/VirtpresenterClient.html?seminar=logos2008&simple=true&lecture=logos08_dw_2008_10_9_12_0__131_173_197_123#

2007 - Workshop slides Object-Relational Databases and JDBC API 4.0, Competence Site

www.competence-site.de/jdbc-api-4-0/ (n/a)

2006 - Lecture, Institute for Technology in the Tropics in Cologne (ITT)

Topic: “Web Map Service - Geographic Information Systems with OpenSource”

docplayer.org/7420865-Makologa-toure-damian-gawenda.html