CV of Albert Hugo Widmann-Schupak

Dr. sc. techn., Dipl. Informatik-Ing. ETH

• 2002- System Test Specialist, Head of Test Automation (Associate Director since 2004) at SIX Swiss Exchange (a SIX Group company)
  • Test strategy definition in the design team of the new SWXess Platform (introduction of the V-model and design of a test automation framework for all test levels)
  • Implementation of the multi-layered test automation framework (based on Java, C, C++, C# technologies) with up to 6 developers/test specialists
  • Project management for various test automation projects
  • Development of a test automation framework for testing the SWX Platform
  • Team management including planning, resource allocation, and realisation of projects
  • Planning, specification and execution of functional and non-functional test cycles
  • Participation in planning-, specification-, architecture- and design-reviews
• 1998-2002 Technical director (and partner) of MatSim GmbH, established in May 1998
  • Organisation: establishing of the company in an international scientific-technical environment
  • Development: project management for the Palmyra software
  • Marketing: participation in international trade fairs and publications in printed media
  • Sales: acquisition of customers from materials research companies
  • Consulting: planning and execution of computation projects for research companies
  • Training: preparation and performance of seminars in Germany and United States
  • IT: setup and maintenance of a heterogeneous Unix and Windows computer network for development and communication
• 1998-99 back in the group of Prof. Ueli Suter at the Institute of Polymers at ETH Zürich
• 1996-98 Postdoctorate at the University of Leeds (Interdisciplinary Research Centre in Polymer Science and Technology)
  • Computation of electrostatic interactions in systems possessing two-dimensional periodicity
  • Simulation of hyperbranched and dendritic polymers
  • System administration of OpenVMS Alpha Workstation
• 1991-95 Doctoral studies in technical sciences at the Institute of Polymers of the ETH Zürich.
  Thesis: Parallelization in Monte Carlo Simulations of Atomistically Detailed Polymers (January 1996)
  • Simulation algorithms for distributed and shared memory multi-processor computers
  • System administration Unix and networks at the Institute of Polymers
  • Teaching computer science for students in Chemistry and Materials Sciences
  • Supervision of a diploma student
• 1986-87 Flühler Getränkehandel AG: Invoicing software for the beverage trade
  • Requirements analysis, specification, design, development, test, deployment and user training
  • Technology based on dBase II and Clipper

• 2009 PRINCE2 Practitioner (certified): Project Management (4 days)
• 2006 Sun Solaris 10: New Features for Experienced System Administrators (4 days)
• 2005 Communication, feedback, critics - aspects of human-to-human communication (2 days)
• 2005 Microsoft: Updating Systems Administrator Skills from MS Windows 2000 to Windows Server 2003
• 2004 BCS/ISEB/ISTQB: Software Testing Practitioner (certified): Reviews, Techniques, Developer (5 days)
• 2003 Leadership and management by objectives (4 days)
• 2003 IBM: Requirements Management with Use Cases (2 days)
• 2003 BCS/ISEB/ISTQB: Software Testing Practitioner (certified): Process, Test Management, Tools (5 days)
• 2003 BEA WebLogic Server Administration (5 days)
• 2002 Banks and Bourse (4 days)
• 2002 BCS/ISEB/ISTQB: Foundation in Sofware Testing (3 days)
• 2001 Toolkit for IT Project Management (2 + 5 days)

• Techniques: Software testing methodologies based on BCS/ISEB Practitioner, IT Project Management (PRINCE2 Practitioner), UML modelling
• Tools: MS Project, Rational Software Modeller, Merant PVCS (Project Control Management System), HP/Mercury Quality Center (test management), WinRunner, Rational ClearCase, CVS, Oracle RDB, Sybase, MS SQL Server, BEA WebLogic (Web Server), SharePoint, Macrovision FLEX License Management, Edgewall Trac Wiki, MS Visio, MS Office Tools
• Programming Languages: Java, Java EE, C, C++, Modula-2, Oberon, Pascal, Lisp, Prolog, SQL, dBase, Fortran IV and 90, Assembler, Perl, C-Shell, TCL/TK, PostScript, HTML, XML, XML Schema, XSLT, CSS
• Communication protocols: FIX, FAST, X-stream, TCP/IP, UDP, ASN.1, PVM, MPI
• Operating Systems: Windows NT to 2003 Servers, UNIX, (Open)VMS, (IBM) MVS

• 2 months programming in the Migros Genossenschaftsbund, Zürich (Logistics and Civil Engineering)
• 2 months programming at EMS Performance Polymers, Domat/Ems (programming of polymer testing and measuring instruments).
• 1.5 months programming at Sulzer Medica Plc., Winterthur (now: Zimmer, Inc.)
• 9 years (1985-94) administrative and accounting support in the Stadtjugendmusik Winterthur (Youth Wind Band): payment system management on PDP-11.
• 4.5 years (1991-95) conductor of the Youth Wind Orchestra of Bassersdorf/Nürensdorf

1. A. H. Widmann, J. J. de Pablo, M. Laso, U. W. Suter, Parallelization in Monte Carlo simulations of polymers, Polymer Preprints 33, 661-662 (1992).
2. A. H. Widmann, M. Laso, U. W. Suter, Optimized atomic Lennard-Jones 6-12 parameters for simulating pVT properties of a realistic polymethylene melt, J. Chem. Phys. 102(14), 5761-5769 (1995).
3. E. Leontidis, B. M. Forrest, A. H. Widmann, U. W. Suter, Monte Carlo Algorithms for the Atomistic Simulation of Condensed Polymer Phases, J. Chem. Soc, Faraday Trans. 91(16), 2355-2368 (1995).
4. A. H. Widmann, U. W. Suter, Parallelization of a Monte Carlo algorithm for the simulation of polymer melts, Comput. Phys. Commun. 92, 229-251 (1995).
5. A. H. Widmann, D. B. Adolf, A comparison of Ewald summation techniques for planar surfaces, Comput. Phys. Commun. 107(1-3), 167-186 (1997).
6. A. H. Widmann, G. R. Davies, Simulation of the Intrinsic Viscosity of Hyperbranched Polymers with Varying Topology 1. Polymers built by sequential addition, Comput. Theor. Polym. Sci. 8(1/2), 191-199 (1998).
7. M. Utz, A. S. Atallah, P. Robyr, A. H. Widmann, R. R. Ernst, U. W. Suter, Solid State NMR Investigation of the Structural Consequences of Plastic Deformation in Polycarbonate. I. Global Orientational Order, Macromolecules 32(19), 6191-6205 (1999).
8. A. H. Widmann, Neue Verbundmaterialien aus dem virtuellen Schüttelbecher, Swiss Plastics 21(12), 12-14 (1999).
9. A. H. Widmann, Cost-Saving Materials Design at the Click of a Mouse, Chimia 54(4), 184-185 (2000).
10. A. H. Widmann-Schupak, Faser verstärkte Kunststoffe im virtuellen Schüttelbecher, Werkstoffe in der Fertigung 1, 26-27 (2003).
11. Michael Wissler, Hans Rudolf Lusti, Chantal Oberson, Albert H. Widmann-Schupak, Gianluca Zappini, Andrei A. Gusev, Non-Additive Effects in the Elastic Behavior of Dental Composites, Advanced Engineering Materials 5(3), 113-116 (2003).
12. Albert H. Widmann-Schupak, Engineering in der Werkstoffwissenschaft, SATW Bulletin 3, 30-35 (2004).

1. (t) A. H. Widmann, J. J. de Pablo, M. Laso, U. W. Suter, National Meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS, April 1992, San Francisco, CA).
2. (p) A. H. Widmann, J. J. de Pablo, M. Laso, U. W. Suter, Spring Meeting of the German Physical Society (March 1994, Münster, BRD).
3. (p) A. H. Widmann, M. Laso, U. W. Suter, IUPAC International Symposium on Macromolecules (July 1994, Akron, OH).
4. (t) A. H. Widmann, M. Laso, U. W. Suter, POLYMAT '94 (September 1994, Imperial College, London, UK).
5. (p) A. H. Widmann, U. W. Suter, European Polymer Federation Symposium (epf, October 1994, Basle, CH).
6. (it) A. H. Widmann, U. W. Suter, National Meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS, August 1996, Orlando, FL).
7. (it) C. C. Wamser, J. Bohn, H. J. Harwood, A. H. Widmann, National Meeting of the ACS: Lejaren Hiller Symposium (August 1996, Orlando, FL).
8. (p) A. H. Widmann, G. R. Davies, Polymer Modelling - Scales of Structures, Institute of Physics (November 1997, London, UK).
9. (it) A. H. Widmann, Swiss Bonding 2000 (May 2000, Rapperswil, CH).
10. (t) A. H. Widmann, 18th CAD-FEM Users' Meeting 2000 and International Congress on FEM Technology (September 2000, Friedrichshafen, DE).
11. (it) A. H. Widmann, EMPA Academy: Computer-Based Modeling in Materials Design (November 2001, Dübendorf, Switzerland
12. (it) A. H. Widmann, 2. Software-Tester Forum: Die Börse im Test, Swiss Association for Quality (SAQ) (November 2006, Zürich, CH).
13. (it) A. H. Widmann, IAETH Talk: Automatisiertes Testen bei der SIX Swiss Exchange - Wunsch und Wirklichkeit, Informatik Alumni ETH (IAETH) (Januar 2009, Zürich, CH).