
I was born in 1975, have been married since 2012 and have three children. I was born in Hanover, Germany, had guest performances in Cologne and Oberursel near Frankfurt/Main and have been happy in Göttingen, Germany since 2011.
I’ve been doing ‘something with computers’ since I was a child. My training initially had little to do with it, and yet I realised there that my path would probably lead me into IT. Somehow I’ve always been an admin for family and friends.
That became too much for me by 2016 at the latest. Since then, I’ve had my little IT.manufactory and I allow myself to issue invoices for my services, with VAT since 2021.
My fields of activity are diverse. I’m a generalist, I can do a bit of everything:
- Creating and securely operating websites with WordPress
- Tradeing with certified, used hardware (laptops, desktops, iPhones)
- Variety of operating systems (Windows, Apple Universe, Linux)
- Data protection and data recovery
- Password management
- Advice on various topics and concerns of my clients
- anything really to do with computers…
I have also been a certified yoga teacher since November 2023. I particularly like pranyama and yoga nidra. More on that later;-)
After this training, it was clear that I would become fully self-employed. I left my permanent position at the end of July 2024. In autumn 2024, I continued my yoga training to complete the RYT500 requirements.
My professional life in numbers
Autumn 2024 | Continuation of the Yoga Teacher Training, 300 hours, at Kavaalya | |
Autumn 2023 | Yoga Teacher training, 200 hours, and Yoga Nidra Teacher Training, both at Kavaalya | |
since 2023 | ||
since 2018 | Continuous training in Non-Violent Communication based on Marshall B. Rosenberg | |
since 2021 | my not-so-small manufactory has grown enough to show VAT on the invoices:-) | |
since 2016 | own small IT business: Gerlich.IT Manufaktur | |
2001-2024 | Commerzbank AG, Frankfurt am Main – Data Center Automation for Unix und Windows Servers | |
1997-2001 | Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Köln, Frankfurt/Main, Hannover – Airline Management Apprenticeship – Webmaster, Unix System Administrator | |
1995 | Gymnasium Langenhagen, Baccalaureate | |
School year 1992/93 | International Student Exchange, one year High School Senior Grade, South Carolina, USA, High School Diploma |
Language Skills
German is my native language. I am fluent in english and, with a bit of practice, I also speak a bit of french and spanish.
I used to be fluent in perl, which is probably a bit rusty lately;-)
I am convinced that non-violent communication has the potential to save our society. It offers wonderful tools and concepts to help understand Yamas and Niyamas as well as many other concepts of Yoga. If gives us access to the fundamental language of all beings: feelings and emotions.