Petsicon - Team

The Petsies

A formidable team of friends and colleagues inspiring each other and creating the best pet health site on the internet.

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Taro

Our visionary and half-Japanese idea-producing machine

Constantly and relentlessly comes up with new ideas and improvements for our system
Worked on teaching robot dogs to play soccer in Japan before returning to Germany to build petsicon together with Christoph and is now working full-time on petsicon
Responsible for the idea, intelligence and algorithms of our system as well as for programming the Flex-frontend of our service
Also helps Mark with the backend service and is responsible for all the technological components fitting together

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Christoph

Our great manager, a guy who organizes while keeping a clear and sharp bird's eye view of everything!!

As his name suggests (C.Leva) he is very CLEVA !! :-)
Mainly responsible for the business aspects of our endeavor
Is also responsible for keeping our vets in line and supports their involvement and participation by assisting them with the preparation and organization of information. He coordinates with our vets, telling them what we need next and much more...
He and Taro are the main founders of petsicon and is also working full-time at petsicon

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Mark

Our master of programming and the oldest and most experienced member of the team

Has been working as a software developer/architect for more than ten years and is the mastermind behind our system architecture
Successfully develops large multimedia projects and web sites and is a programming machine who probably produces as much quality code as a whole team of average programmers
Is responsible for everything concerning the backend of our service

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Calle

Our cosmopolitan vet who has traveled all over the world (name a country and he's probably been there)

Worked in Ireland as a vet for several years before joining our adventure
Is currently working at a pet clinic in Duisburg to specialize in pet surgery and to gather even more practical experience and information for petsicon
Is responsible for writing and reviewing our quality content in both German and English

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Mike

Our Japanese literature professor and cat lover

Translates modern japanese literature and probably knows more Japanese characters than most native Japanese
Worked for Nintendo before joining the petsies
Is responsible for reviewing and rewriting our English texts and translating our content to Japanese as well as for coordinating our Japanese petsies

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Fabienne

Our pet-protecting veterinarian, who saves pets in Germany as well as abroad

Worked several years in veterinary offices and pet clinics and oversaw animal shelters in both Germany and abroad
Moved with her small daughter and dog back to her hometown, Berlin, to work for petsicon
Is responsible for content creation and quality assurance for our German content