Curriculum Vitae of Katuschka Kuipers-van Nuland
Education
September 1988 - August 1993	Eindhoven University of Technology (Netherlands) Department of Applied Physics Final project: Radiation Technology
June 1996	Workshop Client Communication
April 1996 - July 1996	SDW (System Development Workbench)
October 1996 - March 1997	Microsoft Certified Solution Developer
July 1998	Various courses (Visual C++, C++, System Analysis (Yourdon), Object Oriented Programming)
July 2002 - June 2003	Queensland University of Technology (Australia) Various units of the courses Master of Science in Medical Physics and Bachelor of Applied Science in Medical Imaging Technology
Work experience
October 1993 - February 1996	Consultant environmental and energy policy, E3T Consult B.V., Woubrugge, Netherlands
March 1996 - January 1997	Microsoft Specialist, Communication Solutions Nederland B.V., Utrecht, Netherlands (via Randstad Automatiseringsdiensten B.V.)
January 1997 - June 1998	Application Developer, Holland Railconsult B.V., Utrecht, Netherlands (via Randstad Automatiseringsdiensten B.V.)
July 1998 - September 1998	Senior Programmer, Stork Digital Imaging B.V., Boxmeer, Netherlands (via ICT Automatisering B.V.)
October 1998 - December 1998	Senior Programmer, Tauw B.V., Deventer, Netherlands (via ICT Automatisering B.V.)
May 1999 - February 2000	Software Design Engineer Holland Railconsult B.V., Utrecht, Netherlands (via ICT Automatisering B.V.)
July 2001 - February 2002	Control Systems Engineer Union Switch & Signal Pty. Ltd., Brisbane, Australia
February 2003 - March 2003 and May 2003	Trainee Medical Physicist Mater Misericordiae Children’s Hospital - Children’s Radiology Department, Brisbane, Australia
April 2003 - May 2003	Trainee Medical Physicist Royal Brisbane Hospital - Department of Nuclear Medicine, Brisbane, Australia
November 2003 - today	Freelance Translator, Text & Software Consultant, operating under the name Kurie
August 2007 - January 2008	Guest Teacher Biology - Bilingual Highschool Porta Mosana College, Maastricht, Netherlands

Special skills

Native speaker of Dutch and fluent in English (partly due to living and working in Australia for several years). Good command of German, reasonable command of French.

Affinity with and experience in medical applications of physics. Extensive experience (18 years) in translation of medical equipment, pharmaceutical and biotechnology related texts.

Broad experience in software translation and localization.

Software

• SDL Trados Studio, licensed
• Translation Workspace and TW XLIFF Editor, licensed
• Across, licensed
• Online translation tools like TransStudio Online and Cloud Translation Environment
• Experience with MemoQ, no license
• Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Powerpoint