About us
Company profile
dass IT is a privately-held company in Cologne and specializes in tailor-made Open Source solutions.
The four Founders of dass IT
Stephan Dühr
Stephan Dühr completed an apprenticeship as mathematical technician at the Distance Learning University Hagen. After that he worked as organization programmer for ferrocontrol GmbH and as Linux support technician at ID-PRO. Between 2001 and 2003 he was system consultant for Suse Linux AG. During this time he was significantly involved in implementing the SmartClient Framework for the Debeka Insurance and the Stuttgarter Insurance. Today he is one of dass IT's managing directors.
Maik Außendorf
Maik Außendorf is graduated mathematician and studied mathematics and informatics at the University of Münster. In this diploma thesis he focused on the implementation of an artificial neural network in C+ under Solaris and Linux. After his studies he worked as SAP Consultant at Siemens AG in Colombia. Between 1999 and 2003 he was Linux System Consultant and branch manager at Suse Linux AG in St. Augustin. During this period he carried out Linux- based customer projects, starting from conception and implementation to project management. In addition, he is co-author of the Susepress Linux Manager Guide. Today he is one of dass IT's managing directors.
Jörg Steffens
Jörg Steffens studied informatics and and economics and holds a
master in informatics from the University of Bonn. His master thesis,
that was written in cooperation with the GMD - Research Center
for Information Technology, focuses on artificial intelligence and
robotics. After that he worked as project manager and developer for
Mountside Software Engineering in the Netherlands. Between 2000 and
2003 he was Linux system consultant at Suse Linux AG. During his time
Jörg Steffens created the architecture for the SmartClient System
and was as technical project manager responsible for the realization
at the Debeka and the Stuttgarter Versicherung. Today he is one of dass
IT's managing directors.
Philipp Storz
Philipp Storz holds a masters degree in technical computer sciences from the University of Applied Science of Cologne. His diploma thesis deals with power measurement and net monitoring at industrial a.c. systems with digital signal processors. After his studies he worked as development engineer for hard- and software for a provider of data acquisition systems. Between 2001 and 2003 he was consultant at Suse Linux AG in St. Augustin. Today he is one of dass IT's managing directors.
