Jonathan Young    Premium Member

***************************** Who am I *****************************
 
- born in Greenville, SC in the USA. Grew up in Greensboro, NC and Miami, Florida till I was 13.
- moved with my parents to Konstanz, Germany.
- graduated from the German high-school
- studied German Law and Technical Computer Science. During this time I was touring with my band and skateboarding thoughout Europe as a sponsored amateur skateboarder. (6 years)
- studied and graduated at the University of Wales Multimedia with 2.1 Ba Hons.
- started immediately with Elephant Seven in Hamburg, Germany, one of Europe's leading internet development companies as a Flash designer and programmer
- after two years I moved on to work with a smaller web development company (TOW) as a programmer and flash developer. I worked here for a year and then decided to work freelance.
- after one year of work as a freelancer I was looking for a new type of company to work for and I found an opening with Opodo GmbH in Hamburg as German Site Executive. I am now responsible for developing web solutions and managing the integration of partners into the Opodo site.
-I am now leaving Opodo after almost 4 years and I am looking for new oppotunities to put my skills to work.
 
I live with my wife Maike and child Ravan in a nice apartment close to the center of Hamburg. In my spare time I run the website "Europeskate.com" reporting about skateboarding in Europe, the lifestyle around it and now music and photography.