User:Bastian Gerhard

About

Bastian Gerhard is an IT/Multimedia Consultant and Software Developer who currently resides in Tokyo, Japan.

His main focus lies on content management systems, content syndication, information design, mobile solutions, online and e-mail marketing, usability engineering and community building - apart from being an aesthete and jazz/electronic music enthusiast.

Bastian graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree in Multimedia Arts from the Middlesex University of London after studying at the SAE Technology College of Vienna, Austria.

Bastian is a former employee of gekko and Japan's office of German research organization Fraunhofer. He now is employed in the Technology Department at Ashley Associates Ltd. - one of Japan’s largest and longest-established web consultancies and production houses.

He is a member of XING (formerly known as OpenBC) and LinkedIn. Also take a look at his Japanese blog on mixi (available for registered users only!).