Sine amicitia vitam esse nullam. Cicero
Without friendship, life is nothing!
Written CV
– Origin & Socialization
I was born in Langen (Hessen) in October 1980. My parents named me Džimi, and I was baptized a Roman Catholic in November of the same year at the Croatian mission in Frankfurt am Main.
Baptism picture given to my family by the priest. (Sandro Botticelli; Madonna with a Book)
My parents successfully ran two German-Croatian restaurants in Zellhausen (Mainhausen) for over 25 years. I attended elementary school and then secondary school (Realschule) in the regular time frame. I then obtained the general higher education entrance qualification (vocational high school) in 2000.
Family vacation (about 1988) in Yugoslavia, Brela with dad, mom, brother, and Dzimi (youngest) ;-) Car: Mercedes E-Class from the 80s ;-)
- School & University -
Due to my parental upbringing, I enjoyed dealing with commercial and IT issues. I then decided to study business informatics at the University of Applied Sciences in Trier, graduating in 2007 with a Master's degree in business informatics (FH) in Kufstein, Austria.
Parallel to my studies, I worked continuously in my parents' business (also in Kufstein). I also worked in leading European banks (Luxembourg, Frankfurt & Munich) on projects for the banks' information technology.
Dad and Dzimi around 2003 in New York (USA)
Before I received my diploma (October 2007), I got a job at a DAX bank. Shortly before my graduation, I suffered the first stroke of fate (the death of my mother). I resigned in the spring of 2008 and decided to walk the Way of St. James!
Dzimi in Anzug (ca. 2008)
- Way of St. James and a new Jobstart -
I walked from Germany to Spain and ended my journey to Santiago de Compostela in Barcelona, entirely mentally exhausted. - .
Then came the second stroke of fate, which lasted around seven years with a health rehabilitation period, before I started working again as a refugee helper (2015) in Darmstadt!
Rio de Janeiro, Christ the Redeemer statue. (Own photo, circa 2012)
- Permanent Employer Deutsche Bahn -
After my job as a refugee helper, I worked as an IT specialist for the leading German data center supplier in the Rhine-Main area.
Since July 2020, I have been working permanently for Deutsche Bahn at Frankfurt Central Station, currently in mobile service focusing on passengers needing assistance (mobility service).
Dzimi in front of the Deutschland ICE in Frankfurt Central Station (approx. 2021)
- Youth, Skills & Hobbies -
In my youth and until I graduated (1994 - 2007), I was an active glider pilot in the LSV Seligenstadt / Zellhausen. Today, I help my club voluntarily at the club's festivals cooking freedom fries! ;-)
Dzimi’s first solo flight at the age of 15 (around 1995)
Also an altar boy and then an employee of the Borromäus library in the St. Wendelinus Church in Zellhausen.
- Ballroom dancing (approx. 1993 - 2000)
In addition to German and Croatian, I speak both written and spoken English fluently and have been learning French again for 2 years. I have also been learning the ancient language Latin for a year. I am involved in church work, and before my job as a refugee helper, I worked as a driver for the food bank in Babenhausen.
Dzimi is in front of the nativity scene at the central station in Frankfurt (2023), having lost more than 45kg!
Favorite book: Treasure Island (Stevenson) / Moby Dick (Melville).
Favorite film: The Three Musketeers / Back to the Future
Hobbies: Hiking, cooking, pilgrimage, contemplation
My favorite saying from college (quote from professor of electrical engineering) is:
"If you can't solve a problem immediately, break it down into individual parts and work on them one by one. The whole problem will be solved along the way!"
Goals:
- Promote health
- Promote Career
- and give back some of the many things I have received!
Thanks:
First and foremost, I thank my parents, who helped me study well (shared flat, car + aviation). With my job in a restaurant, I always had money and could travel even then (e.g., to the USA).
To my school friends from my A-levels (class of 2000), my teachers since high school (physics and history teachers), or during my A-levels, my tutor, my history teacher, and my math teacher.
To my professors from Trier, Kufstein, and then Dresden. Also, thank you for putting up with my dark sides at the time. The country of Austria!
To my many great, friendly fellow students, to name but a few: Marko (tag team) and all the others from the shared flats and semesters in the university towns.
To my companions since high school who have always shown me the best advice, motivation formulas, and sympathy in the best sense!
My constant companions & friends (Günther, Ingo, Kay)
My two insurance brokers, the German state health insurance & above all:
- my priests
- monasteries
- rosary group in Porec (HR)
My doctors & my aunt (Kata)
+ my fellow sufferer from Monn’em (since 2010)!
I am 43 now – there are still a few years ahead of me & 398 km to Compostela! 
Babenhausen, April 2024
Uncle Franjo & Aunt Kata with Dzimi
Location: Wedding of cousin Maria in Vinkovci (HR)
Spring 2024
a dream ;-)
We don't just want to be happy, we want to be more happier than others. And that's so difficult because we think others are more happier than they actually are.
Charles-Louis de Montesquieu
