| I work as an independent freelance trainer and develop
and conduct 
COURSES
mainly in Europe and occasionally in North America and Asia. I am author
of the frequently referred to 
JAVA
GENERICS FAQS
, an authoritative source on generic types
in Java. I am co-author of the books 
C++
STANDARD IOSTREAMS AND LOCALES
 published in 2001 by Addison
Wesley and 
JAVA
CORE PROGRAMMIERUNG
 published in 2011 by EntwicklerPress.
I wrote the column 
EFFECTIVE
C++ STANDARD LIBRARY
 for the US magazines C++ Report
and C/C++ Users Journal. For many years I have been writing a series of
articles entitled 
EFFECTIVE
JAVA
 for the German magazine Java Magazin. I am a 
JAVA
CHAMPION
,
 a JCP (Java Community Process) member, and
an observing member of the ISO/ANSI C++ standards committee.  I am
a regular speaker at 
CONFERENCES
all over the world. 
Currently my preferred fields of interest are training, coaching, and
mentoring in the area of software development in C++ and Java. I am most
interested in development of explanatory material, including course material,
multimedia training, books, and articles and I enjoy passing on my expertise
in  lectures, seminars, and workshops. 
 
My area of expertise is advanced C++ and Java programming, the development
of these programming languages, concurrent programming, performance analysis
and tuning, and many more. For further information go to my 
CURRICULUM
VITAE
, or read the 
INTERVIEW
I gave for the 
HEROES
OF JAVA
 
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