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Klaus Meffert

My Resume

Education and career

  • 1995 - 2001: Studied computer science with master degree at the Technical University Ilmenau.

  • 1997 - 2001: Active as entrepreneur in the field of software consulting and development; foundation of a small ISV. Head of a small team with two permanent colleagues. 

  • 2001 - today: Employed as consultant for organizations with focus on SAP and Java with various domains.

  • 2003 - today: Dissertation at the Technical University Ilmenau about software architecture.

Print Publications

  • Numerous publications in the German journal Java Magazin.

  • One publication in the German journal Objektspektrum.

  • One publication in the German journal Der Entwickler.

  • One publication in the German journal Java Starter.

  • Book JUnit Profi-Tipps: Software erfolgreich testen.

  • One published academic publication (conference contribution with presentation).

  • Two accepted academic publications (conference contributions, to be published).

  • Several publications in the former German magazine PC Amstrad International.

Online Publications

  • Keeping a weblog at the SAP Developer Network (SDN).

  • Keeping a personal weblog about software development, automated software tests and genetic algorithms.

  • Administration of the JGAP-Homepage. Realization of the project JGAP.

Software projects

  • 2007: Building of an Internet supplier portal: Completely new development, project management, integration of existing systems, among them SAP and Lotus Notes. methods: Java (Java 5 SE, NetBeans, several libraries and frameworks), web technologies (RIFE, Javascript, HTML, CSS, AJAX, AJAX frameworks), SAP, SAP Java Connector, ABAP.

  • 2007: SAP SRM: Consulting regarding processes and documentation; support in escalating issues to SAP; Adaptation of standard functionality to customer needs. Techniques: SAP R/3, SAP ITS, BSP (Business Server Pages), BHTML (Business HTML), ABAP, Javascript, HTML, OCI (Open Catalogue Interface). 

  • 2007: Extending the grid functionality of JGAP

  • 2006: Implementation of numerous different maintenance views for BW info objects with ABAP Web Dynpro

  • 2006: Import, conversion  and export of complex business partner data. Methods: SAP R/3, ABAP

  • 2006: Extending a product for complex address management. Methods: SAP R/3, ABAP, Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0.

  • 1997 - 2001: Design, implementation, and maintenance of a complex warehouse management system for a big manual center of distribution. Methods: Borland Delphi 5, Oracle 8, Windows NT, Multi-Tier-Architecture.

  • 2005 - 2006: Customer extension of a hospital system for the rehabilitation sector; Porting of the legacy system (Java) to the new system (SAP). Methods: SAP R/3, ABAP, ABAP/Objects, module: IS-H; Java, Oracle 9.

  • 2005: Installation and Evaluation of SAP NetWeaver for Java. Methods: SAP NetWeaver 6.4, NetWeaver Developer Studio for Java, SAP R/3.

  • 2003 - 2004: Implementation of and bug fixing for a customer-made hospital system. Methods: Java, Oracle 8, Windows, Linux.

  • 2002: Customer support for material management; creation of sales forms for a foreign  subsidiary of a customer. Methods: SAP R/3, ABAP, Module: QM, MM, SD.

  • 2001 - 2002: Design and implementation of a web shop as well as a system for electronically communicating dysfunctions by the customer from the driven enterprise resource planning system. Methods: Borland Delphi 6, Java, Windows, Linux, MySQL, BTrieve database.

  • 2001: Divers SAP-customer exists  for physical probes. Methods: SAP R/3, module QM, ABAP.

  • 2000: Consulting for a mid-size logistics service provider: Diverse tasks, from consulting to profiling to implementation.

  • 2000: Design of a new platform for a fashion channel; prototyping and supervision of the previous platform. Methods: ASP, Borland Delphi 5, Oracle 8, Windows NT.

  • 1998 - 2002: Miscellaneous smaller maintenance tasks for computer centers of multiple companies.

  • Pre 1997: Many small projects,  among them several months working for a plant constructor. Methods: Assembler, Basic, Delphi, Lotus 123, Paradox.