Hi there, friend – my name is Felix Rieseberg. I am a Developer Evangelist for Microsoft Germany, web enthusiast and alumni of the Oxford University’s Internet Institute and Düsseldorf’s Heinrich Heine University. I’ve been a consultant for many web and cloud projects and executive editor at Apfeltalk.de.

I’m on Twitter, Facebook, XING & LinkedIn.

 

Professional Career

2007 – 2011 Developer Evangelist
Microsoft Germany
Developer Evangelist within Microsoft Germany’s DPE department, focusing on various technologies.
2007 – 2011 Executive Editor
Apfeltalk GmbH, Witten / Media
Managing the editorial staff of apfeltalk.de with 10 million page impressions, 1.5 million unique visitors per month and 62.000 registered members. Exemplary interview partners: Steve Wozniak (Apple founder), Bryan O’Neil Hughes (Photoshop Manager), Gary Cosimini (“Inventor” of PDF).
2006 – 2011 Freelancer
Felix Rieseberg Media
Creation and consultancy in the area of web 2.0 and general web communication.
2006 – 2009 Direction Web
two for you, Mülheim an der Ruhr / Creative Agency
Planning and creation of websites and web applications, consultancy.
2005 – 2007 Editor
Ministry of Innovation, Science, Research and Technology of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia (MIWFT) (for Zenit GmbH)
Summarizing and explaining technologies of local StartUps.

Academic Career

2010- 2011 Student (Master of Science)
Oxford Internet Institute
University of Oxford, United Kingdom
Master of Science in Social Science of the Internet
2009 – 2010 Visiting Lecturer
Institute of Social Sciences
Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Germany
Seminars about the communicative and technical aspects of Web 2.0 in general,publishing systems, the blogosphere, social software and 1:1:n-communication on the web.
2009 – 2010 Member of the Commission of Information and Media
Faculty of Humanities and Sciences, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Germany
Betreuung von eLearning-Angeboten, Konzeption und Umsetzung digitaler Arbeitsabläufe
2008 – 2010 Research Associate (Started as Student Assistant)
Department of Information, Communication and Media
Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Germany
Development and realization of web 2.0-concepts for optimization of workflows and general technology consultancy.
2009 – 2010 Student Assistant
Chairof Communication and Media Research
Prof Dr Vowe, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Germany
2008 – 2010 Elected representative of the Communication and Media Research students body
Communication and Media Resarch, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Germany
2007 – 2010 Student (Bachelor of Arts, Grade 1.4)
Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Germany
Communication and Media Research & German Language and Literature.
2004 – 2007 School Captain
Otto-Pankok-School Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
1998 – 2007 Pupil (Abitur, Grade 1.6)
Otto-Pankok-School Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
Abitur (German A-Levels)

Awards

2010 “Stepping Stone Scholarship”
St Hilda’s College, University of Oxford
Scholarship for for high-ranked students accepted for an MSt, MSc, BPhil or MPhil in Humanities and Social Science subjects, whose stated intention is to go on to doctoral work at the University of Oxford.
2007 “Clear Head”
Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom
Award for development and creation of a web 2.0 portal with information and education about and against racially-motivated violence. Laudation by Justice Secretary Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger, MdB.

Other activities

Sport Swimming
competitive swimmer
Swimmer for the Oxford University Swimming TeamFormer competitive swimmer at the Olympic Sport Center Essen (SG ESSEN) from 2000 to 2008, former member of a federal selection for preperation for the Summer Olympic Games 2010. (Talentteam NRW).
Interests Design, Photography, Sailing