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Post by Swampy on Aug 18, 2012 1:47:59 GMT -5
Many of us know you, but we have some others from the Pacific region who would like to know more about you. Can you post something about yourself?  |
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Post by mcnoch on Aug 18, 2012 16:01:50 GMT -5
Hello, I’m Matthias C. Noch, aged 39 from Hamburg, Germany, but now living in the South of Germany, Nuremberg, Germany.
I’m a former hacker who switched sides and studied history and law at the University of Hamburg. Working for a number of IT-companies and organizations since, I’m now since more then six years head of the global and national incident, escalation and crisis management of one of the big IT companies worldwide. In other roles I serve as Global Service Architect, responsible for all 15 Enterprise Monitoring Centers around the globe and am the German operations manager for our operations in Malaysia. So I’m very busy nowadays and so unfortunately didn’t have the amount of time I had back then in the old days of the Compuserve Military Forum, where I was the section moderator for “NATO and European Military Issues”, especially during the Balkan wars of 1995-1999. I still enjoy reading military history books and am specialist in the Hundred Years War between France and England, the early Prussian campaigns like Fehrbellin 1675 and colonial wars like the Boxer Rebellion of 1899-1901. I like to travel around the world on private or business matters. If there is some time to spare you can find me around historic or technological sites, or out and about with my Nikon to take some shoots, in most cases of buildings, especially skyscrapers.
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Post by tim on Aug 18, 2012 16:04:38 GMT -5
Wecome to the new forum Mcnoch. I look forward to reading your contributions.
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Post by Swampy on Aug 18, 2012 16:20:05 GMT -5
He hasn't told you how qualified he really is - he's trained in law as well.
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Post by jerryfmcompushaft on Aug 18, 2012 18:00:27 GMT -5
I'm a bit late, but I'd like to add my welcome to the forum. I am very interested in fostering comments from a wide variety of people with varried experiences. Non-US members are particularly welcome because we tend to become pretty self centered unless we get 'fertilization' from outside sources. I did spend two tours of duty in Germany and married a German girl (who just recently passed on). First in 1956 in Goeppingen and then Bad Kreuznach the second in 1969 in Heidleberg and then Heilbron. Some of my most memorable experiences, personally and professionally, come from my time in Germany. Again - WELCOME!!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2012 18:12:24 GMT -5
Me, too. Two tours, one in Schoeningen and the other near Furth. Met and married my wife there (she was also in the Army) and we have MANY fond memories of Germany. We were there when there was East and West Germany and not since.
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Post by Sir John on Aug 18, 2012 18:22:15 GMT -5
Welcome to another member of the United Nations Forum.
The more the better.
SJ
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Post by mcnoch on Aug 19, 2012 2:40:35 GMT -5
Thanks for the warm welcome! I'm looking forward to some interesting debates and nice hours here.
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Post by iyamwhatiyam on Aug 19, 2012 21:20:51 GMT -5
Hello, I’m Matthias C. Noch, aged 39 from Hamburg, Germany, but now living in the South of Germany, Nuremberg, Germany. I’m a former hacker who switched sides and studied history and law at the University of Hamburg. Working for a number of IT-companies and organizations since, I’m now since more then six years head of the global and national incident, escalation and crisis management of one of the big IT companies worldwide. In other roles I serve as Global Service Architect, responsible for all 15 Enterprise Monitoring Centers around the globe and am the German operations manager for our operations in Malaysia. So I’m very busy nowadays and so unfortunately didn’t have the amount of time I had back then in the old days of the Compuserve Military Forum, where I was the section moderator for “NATO and European Military Issues”, especially during the Balkan wars of 1995-1999. I still enjoy reading military history books and am specialist in the Hundred Years War between France and England, the early Prussian campaigns like Fehrbellin 1675 and colonial wars like the Boxer Rebellion of 1899-1901. I like to travel around the world on private or business matters. If there is some time to spare you can find me around historic or technological sites, or out and about with my Nikon to take some shoots, in most cases of buildings, especially skyscrapers. mcnoch: hello and welcome! We hope that your stay here will be fun for you! You mentioned that you are interested in historic or technological sites, and to take some shoots (photos), in most cases of buildings, especially skyscrapers: A word of advice, Friend: we have some nutty people in Washington, D.C., the Homeland Security folks, who don't like people taking pictures of skyscrapers, bridges, and such other infrastructure as may be of interest to "other" people. Just a word of caution. Welcome on board! |
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Post by iyamwhatiyam on Aug 19, 2012 21:24:59 GMT -5
I'm a bit late, but I'd like to add my welcome to the forum. I am very interested in fostering comments from a wide variety of people with varried experiences. Non-US members are particularly welcome because we tend to become pretty self centered unless we get 'fertilization' from outside sources. I did spend two tours of duty in Germany and married a German girl (who just recently passed on). First in 1956 in Goeppingen and then Bad Kreuznach the second in 1969 in Heidleberg and then Heilbron. Some of my most memorable experiences, personally and professionally, come from my time in Germany. Again - WELCOME!! Jerry: please accept my deepest sympathies on the loss of your life's partner, your wife....I'm truly sorry...Herb |
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Post by jerryfmcompushaft on Aug 20, 2012 9:06:05 GMT -5
I'm a bit late, but I'd like to add my welcome to the forum. I am very interested in fostering comments from a wide variety of people with varried experiences. Non-US members are particularly welcome because we tend to become pretty self centered unless we get 'fertilization' from outside sources. I did spend two tours of duty in Germany and married a German girl (who just recently passed on). First in 1956 in Goeppingen and then Bad Kreuznach the second in 1969 in Heidleberg and then Heilbron. Some of my most memorable experiences, personally and professionally, come from my time in Germany. Again - WELCOME!! Jerry: please accept my deepest sympathies on the loss of your life's partner, your wife....I'm truly sorry...Herb In the spirit of full disclosure, Herb, we had been separated for over 30 years at the time, but it was still a loss. The kids and I had to do all the things that need to be done when something like that happens. Things just don't seem the same anymore. Thanks for your sympathies... |
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