Thomas Horsten

Current

• Senior Software Engineer at Citrix Systems

Past

• Senior Technical Consultant at Symbian
• Team Leader, Tools & Distributions at MIPS Technologies
• Engineering Manager at Birdstep Technology Ltd.

• Head of Base Porting at Symbian Software Ltd.
• Principal Software Engineer at Newport Networks Ltd.
• Manager, Firmware Group at i-data Networks / LASAT Networks / Eicon Networks
• Partner, R&D Manager at NetSet A/S
• Partner, R&D Manager at Dansk System Management ApS
• Founder, Technology Director at Datashopper Danmark
• Private (National Service) at Den Kongelige Livgarde (Royal Guard of Denmark)

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Education

• Københavns Universitet
• Krebs Skole
• Frederiksberg Gymnasium

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Industry

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Thomas Horsten’s Summary

Experienced and driven software engineer, project manager, and entrepreneur. Has worked in the software industry for over 14 years in a variety of companies from start-ups to established corporations. Roles have included software engineering (embedded systems, Symbian OS, Linux, C, C++), project and group management, business start-up, technical consulting. Specializes in Internet protocols, Internet security, embedded software development, Linux and Symbian device driver and low-level software development.

Thomas Horsten’s Specialties:

Problem solving (hacking), Project management, Consulting, Software development (C, C++, MIPS/ARM assembler), Internet protocols, Internet security, Linux, Symbian OS, device drivers, embedded systems, VoIP.

Thomas Horsten’s Experience

• Senior Software Engineer

  Citrix Systems

  (Public Company; CTXS; Computer Software industry)

  July 2009 — Present (5 months)

  Working on the next Xen virtualization solution

• Senior Technical Consultant

  Symbian

  (Privately Held; Telecommunications industry)

  April 2008 — June 2009 (1 year 3 months)

  Worked with Symbian licensees to deliver the next generation of smartphones.

• Team Leader, Tools & Distributions

  MIPS Technologies

  (Public Company; 51-200 employees; MIPS; Semiconductors industry)

  November 2007 — March 2008 (5 months)

  Joined MIPS UK as team lead for the Tools and Distributions team, a very exciting role involving leading the team of GNU toochain maintainers, improving support for the MIPS architecture in open source tools and adding support for the latest MIPS cores to the Linux kernel. Unfortunately after only a few months, the MIPS UK office fell victim to cost reductions and was closed down.

• Engineering Manager

  Birdstep Technology Ltd.

  (Public Company; 51-200 employees; BIRD.OL; Computer Software industry)

  August 2004 — November 2007 (3 years 4 months)

  Set up a Cambridge, UK based R&D centre for Birdstep Technology ASA, the Norwegian market leader in Mobile IP solutions for Windows, to port this technology to the Symbian OS platform. Project manager for the Mobile IP for Symbian OS developemt team.

• Head of Base Porting

  Symbian Software Ltd.

  (Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Computer Software industry)

  June 2002 — July 2004 (2 years 2 months)

  Joined Symbian Sofware as a base porting engineer, part of the Base Porting group in Licensee Technical Consulting. This was a customer facing role, providing advanced technical support on Symbian kenel, drivers etc. to the Symbian OS licensees and Semiconductor Partners. Provided support to, among others, Siemens, Sendo, Nokia, Samsung, and Texas Instruments. Was promoted to Head of Base Porting in mid-2003, adding the responsibilities of managing the Base Porting group and liaising with other parts of Symbian but still with an emphasis on technical support to customers.

• Principal Software Engineer

  Newport Networks Ltd.

  (Public Company; 11-50 employees; NNL; Telecommunications industry)

  December 2001 — June 2002 (7 months)

• Manager, Firmware Group

  i-data Networks / LASAT Networks / Eicon Networks

  (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; IDATA.CO; Computer Software industry)

  October 1998 — December 2001 (3 years 3 months)

  Entered i-data Networks (later LASAT Networks, Eicon Networks) through acquisition of NetSet A/S by i-data AS. Headed the Firmware Group, with the main task of collaborating with the hardware team, writing firwmare and porting Linux to the in-house built MIPS based thin server platform used for the product lines Masquerade PRO and SafePipe (a hardware-accelerated VPN gateway).

• Partner, R&D Manager

  NetSet A/S

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

  July 1997 — September 1998 (1 year 3 months)

  Founded VC-backed NetSet A/S to develop advanced embedded Linux server solutions. Lead programmer and manager of the development team for the lead product Masquerade, an embedded Linux based "all in one" thin server for SME's.

• Partner, R&D Manager

  Dansk System Management ApS

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)

  October 1995 — June 1997 (1 year 9 months)

  Founded DSM in partnership with Allan Kristensen. Developed Linux based embedded connectivity solution for a major Danish ISP, and provided IT consultancy for a number of small to medium businesses in the Copenhagen area.

• Founder, Technology Director

  Datashopper Danmark

  (Internet industry)

  March 1994 — September 1995 (1 year 7 months)

  Set up the first non-government ISP in Denmark to provide Internet access to private consumers and small businesses through dialup and ISDN. Built and managed automated ISP billing/account management system based on Linux.

• Private (National Service)

  Den Kongelige Livgarde (Royal Guard of Denmark)

  (Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Military industry)

  March 1993 — February 1994 (1 year )

  Served National Service at the Royal Guard of Denmark, team March 1993. Included basic military training, Royal Guard duty and staff support work.

Thomas Horsten’s Education

• Københavns Universitet

  1994 — 1995

• Krebs Skole

  1980 — 1989

• Frederiksberg Gymnasium

Additional Information

Thomas Horsten’s Groups:

•    DABGO Storbritannien
•    Mobile Software Development Group
•    The Royal Life Guards - Den Kongelige Livgarde
•    Symbian Alumni
•    Symbian OS
•    Symbian Foundation Networking - 2000+ members & growing
•    Mobile Technologists

Thomas Horsten’s Honors:

Customer Satisfaction Award, Symbian (2003)

Thomas Horsten’s Contact Settings

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