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About the author

Hello! My name is Jörg Hau, and I'm living in one of the most beautiful parts of Switzerland: Near Lausanne.

I have a solid scientific education as analytical chemist (holding a Dr. rer. nat. - Ph.D. equivalent), a strong background in IT (especially Linux and related software) and a solid training in Bioinformatics. After my university education, I worked 14 years in industry; I am (among other things) certified Project Management Professional (PMP by PMI.org), and trained in IT Service Management (ITIL v3 Foundation).

My "technical" passion is to contribute in the development, application and improvement of high-tech products in the broadest sense: chemical/pharmaceutical as well as electronics, software and engineering, including concept, design, realisation, documentation and all related communication aspects. You can download a list of my publications here.

Since 2009 I offer consulting services, in particular related to Quality Management Systems: I am working with QMS since 1997, and I am qualified Auditor for ISO9001:2008. In addition, I have formal training in ISO 17025, ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001, and hands-on experience in a number of related fields, such as GLP, GMP and Food Safety.

I have a well-developed capability to bring people from very different horizons together to discover, foster and use synergies ... think of Project Management, Quality Systems, R&D and your suppliers on the same table, and making sure they understand each other.

If you feel that this sounds interesting and that we should get in touch, feel free to contact me.

You can also find me on LinkedIn. I am not on facebook.

On the private side, there are things like ballroom dancing, bicycling, cross-contry skiing ... but not everything needs to be on the Web ;-)

Contact

To get in touch with me, simply write an e-mail:

• You can use English, French or German; I speak all three languages fluently.
• Make sure your e-mail has a valid "subject" line, and a valid return address which is delivered to an actual human being.
• If you need encryption, get my PGP Public key.

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Donations

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FAQ

A few questions that I receive pretty regularly:

Gibt es auch eine deutsche Version dieser Website?

Nein. Der Hauptteil meiner Leserschaft kommt aus dem englischsprachigen Raum, und die englische Fassung kann ich noch bequem in meiner Freizeit warten. Wenn ich dazu aber noch eine französische und eine deutsche Fassung machen wollte ... nein, es gibt besseres, als jeden Abend vor dem Rechner zu verbringen ;-).

Is there another language version of this website?

No. Most visitors of this site are from english-speaking countries, and this is the version that I can keep updated fairly easily. Adding one or more versions in other languages would consume too much of my free time ... life is more than just sitting in front of a computer ;-).

I am trying to open a file from your website, but I'm getting an error message like "Error reading header ...". What am I doing wrong?

Most of the archive files that I make available on my site are in gzipped tar format, either with the extension .tar.gz or .tgz. From time to time I get reports that these files "do not open" in Winzip under Microsoft Windows XP; the reason is apparently that either Windows XP or Winzip breaks the filenames if you try to open a file on-the-fly. As a workaround: Right-click on the link, "Save Target as ...", and most important: make sure that the file extension is preserved correctly! You can then open the downloaded file normally (Winzip will probably unpack the .tgz to a .tar first, which you have to unpack further).