Steffen F. Pirsig

Steffen F. Pirsig holds the position as Chief Technical Officer since having started out with the design and implementation of Xbase++ in Oct. 1994. He also is a co-founder of Alaska Software and President of Alaska Software, Inc. At present, Steffen is a great deal involved with the D2 Project Group laying out the foundation of new exciting database-technologies for the next major release of the Xbase++ technology-platform. Simultaneously Steffen works with the V2 Team-members on core-technologies for the forthcoming release of Visual Xbase++ 2.0. As a frequent speaker at various developer conferences as well as at universities, Steffen manages to combine his passion for database management systems, distributed computing and of course Xbase++, with his love for engaging into shop talks and in-depth discussions while presenting his ideas and visions to an interested audience. Steffen enjoys good vines, hiking and music of independent labels. He also likes to fly rc-planes, for which he has not found any time in the last 18 months.