- First name: Markus 
  
- Last name: Fix 
  
- Email address: REMOVED
  
- Phone number(s): +49 69 454007 
  
- Postal code: 60313 
  
- City: Frankfurt am Main 
  
- Country: Germany 
  
- Organization(s) you work for or study at 
 (please supply the name and city for each organization): 
  
  Currently I'm "Head of Technology" at a company called 
  otop AG in Mainz, Germany 
  
- Fields of interest 
 (e.g. computer linguistics, numerical analysis, business software, 
  medicine, bioinformatics): 
  artificial intelligence, business software, natural language processing 
  
- Have you written any Lisp-related papers? If so, please supply 
 bibliographical references (and URL's, if possible). 
 I keep a Lisp related blog which can be found a http://lispmeister.com/ 
  
- Have you developed or participated in the development of any 
 Lisp-related programs or libraries? If so, please supply a URL, 
 if possible. 
 We developed a code generator that generates Java code from a given 
   formal specification in Common Lisp. As a hobby I work on a 
   "conceptual workbench" that automatically categorizes 
   medical news. 
  
- Lisp variants you have used (e.g. Common Lisp, Scheme, Dylan): 
   Common Lisp, Scheme 
  
  
- Lisp variants you're currently using or intend to use in the 
 near future: 
   Common Lisp 
  
  
- Lisp implementations you have used 
 (e.g. CMUCL, Lispworks, Allegro Common Lisp): 
   Allegro Common Lisp, CMUCL, CLISP, Lispworks, OpenMCL, SBCL 
  
  
- Lisp implementations you're currently using or intend to use 
 in the near future: 
  Lispworks, OpenMCL, SBCL 
  
  
- Computer platforms on which you're using or deploying Lisp: 
  OSX, Linux 
  
  
- Number of years of experience with Lisp: 
  I was introduced to Lisp at age 15, programmed in Lisp on an off for 
  twentytwo years, but unfortunately that doesn't add up to twenty 
  years of Lisp experience. I wish I could say that. 
  
  
- Do you use Lisp: 
 - at work (if so, how much) 
 - for study (if so, how much) 
 - as a hobby (if so, how much) 
  
At work: For demanding problems that have no elegant solution in 
Java. Like code generators. 
For study: To understand the deeper concepts of AI 
As a hobby: For recreational programming 
  
  
  
- Are you using Lisp as much as you would like to? 
 If not, why not? 
  
We are going to use it more and more, but it takes some time to 
educate programmers, even if you're the boss. 
  
  
- Do you see any obstacles to further Lisp growth (if so, what 
 is the biggest obstacle in your opinion)? 
  
Education and some very clever evangelizing. 
  
- Would you be interested in a Lisp-related job or contract work? 
  
No. 
  
- Is your organization interested in hiring Lisp programmers? 
  
Yes. 
  
- Are you currently participating in Lisp-related meetings? 
 If so, where and how often? 
 If not, would you be interested in such meetings? 
  
I'm not attending any Lispnick gatherings, but would be interested.