CURRICULUM VITAE

Personal details

Name	Dr. Rutger Theodorus Wilhelmus Koperdraad
Address	Stolwijkstraat 35 III
	1059 XT Amsterdam
	The Netherlands
Telephone	+31-20-40 80 622 (private)
	+31-6-1211 3563 (mobile)
Date of birth	April 10^th, 1968
Place of birth	Oss, the Netherlands
Nationality	Dutch

Education and courses

1980-1986	High school (Corderius College, Amersfoort)
	courses: Dutch, English, Greek, history, mathematics, physics, chemistry
1986-1991	Master degree in Technical Physics (Technical University, Enschede)
	optional theoretical and applied courses specialization numerical methods in mathematical physics specialization statistical and chemical physics various courses on philosophical subjects master degree research: numerical simulation of fluidized beds using molecular dynamics methods, duration: 9 months
1996	Internal training at TAS Informatica Inc. (Baarn), duration: 3,5 months
	general system developing course course and case in C++ masterclass SAS at SAS Institute (Huizen), duration: 2 months
2001-now	Spanish translation course (Vertol, Amsterdam), duration: 3 years
	translation Spanish-Dutch and Dutch-Spanish editing and grammar knowledge of Spanish and Latin American culture and society

Work experience

1989	Industrial work placement at VG Elemental (Winsford, Cheshire, UK), duration: 3 months
	research on noise sources in mass spectrometers
1991-1995	Ph.D. research project on the proximity effect in metallic multilayers (Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam)
	The proximity effect describes the influence that metals have on each others superconducting properties when they are put in close contact.
	study of the possibilities and limitations of the proximity effect theory development of methods for the application of the theory development of the required software interpretation of calculation results and comparison with experiments presentation of results on national and international conferences
1996-2002	TAS Informatica Inc. (Baarn) function: system programmer
	internal course on system programming
	secondment at the Dutch Internal Revenue Service (Belastingdienst, Apeldoorn) Centre of Information Technology, duration: 10 months
	design, realization and maintenance of a data warehouse
	secondment at the Royal Dutch Airline company (KLM, Amstelveen) department of Revenue Management, duration: 5 months
	writing technical designs and documentation of existing applications
1998-2002	PTT Post (Royal Dutch Mail) – Business Unit Mail (Den Haag) department of Information Technology
	programming and maintenance of management information systems consultancy on management information systems planning and budgeting of projects
2002-2003	RA Energy Consulting Inc. (Apeldoorn) position: consultant renewable energy
	research and development on the possibilities of heat pumps and other forms of renewable energy in residential and non-residential buildings, as well as in greenhouses research and development on alternative cooling, heating and air-conditioning concepts and systems, particularly for greenhouses (e.g. pot plants and flowers with soil cooling) collection, analysis and interpretation of data of energy and mass flows, temperature levels, et cetera of cooling and heating systems, particularly in greenhouses technical design of energy systems, heat source systems and heat transfer systems, providing the required specifications and linking design and practical application technical, economical and energetical optimization of systems and concepts, particularly in horticulture further development of the value chain in order to reduce costs
2003-now	Freelance project for Aqua Aero WaterSystems (Delft)
	research and development in innovative air-conditioning and water treatment systems

Other courses

1992	Summer school on superconductivity (Trieste, Italy), duration: 3,5 weeks
1994	Management training (Nijenrode), duration: 1 week
1998	Course on project management (Activity Management Services), duration: 6 days
1999	Course on data modeling (ISES, Origin), duration: 3 days
1999	Course on advisory skills (VergouwenOverduin), duration: 4 days
2000	Course on customer relationships (Team Time), duration: 2 days

Languages

fluent	Dutch, English, Spanish
reasonable	German

Hobbys

active	flute (solo, chamber music), drama, Spanish
passive	(modern) classical music, theater, literature, museums
sportive	squash, cycling, hiking and trekking, swimming