About me
Computer scientist by training, data scientist by practice, query tuner by spirit. Thomas is a fast learner with lots of curiosity, passionate about investigating mechanisms, causes and outcomes.
Currently, his position is Data Evangelist at Swiss Mobiliar in Bern, Switzerland. When he is not in his office, trying to get the most out of databases, he is somewhere lecturing on database optimization, database risk management or on applying machine learning techniques.
Thomas holds a master degree in computer sciences from ETH Zurich and is certified as CISA and CRISC.
He has been presenting at most EMEA IDUG conferences since 1994, and at every North American IDUG conference since 1997. Thomas was elected into the IDUG Speaker Hall of Fame in 1998