Marcus’ Life

From Childhood Till Now

  • 1967

    Born in Bensberg, Germany

    Only son of Wolfgang and Marlene Rickert

  • 1974-1979

    Elementary School

    Gemeinschaftsgrundschule,
    Alte Wipperfürther Straße, Cologne

  • 1979-1987

    Grammar School

    Herder-Gymnasium, Cologne
    with majors in
    Mathematics and Physics

  • 1987

    Jugend Forscht

    3rd Prize at State Level in the Student Competition Jugend Forscht

  • 1990-1993

    Profi.S

    Software Developer for Profi.S with Focus on Route Planning in Turbo Pascal

  • 1994

    Master's Degree in Physics

    Physics Department,
    University of Cologne
    Master Thesis on Simulation of Traffic Flow with Cellular Automata

  • 1995-1997

    Scientific Computing

    Scholarship of Scientific Computing,
    University of Cologne

  • 1996

    Prize for Master Thesis

    2nd Prize for Master Thesis in the Competition KM 92 sponsored by Iveco

  • 1998

    PhD in Computer Science

    Mathematics Department,
    University of Cologne
    PhD Thesis on Traffic Simulation on Distributed Memory Computers

  • 1998-1999

    Traffic Research

    PostDoc Assignment in Traffic Research with TRANSIMS at the Los Alamos National Lab

  • 1999-2013

    Capgemini

    Software Engineer at Capgemini with Focus on Business Intelligence

  • Since 2013

    Accelerated Solutions GmbH

    Consultant at Accso with Focus on Python, Application Architecture, and DevOps

  • Still
    Places
    To Go!