CHRIS57

I am Chris from a remote place in Northern Germany, close to the North Sea. As remote as my dwelling is located, it is a dorado for tech freaks like me. Within 1 hour of driving i have in reach some 20% of the worlds wind turbine production, some 20% of the worlds luxury passenger ship production, Volkswagen Passat plant, Mercedes-Benz cabriolet plant, and last but not least a huge chunk of the world airplane production. Being a graduate and professional engineer, i work as CTO for a hidden champion company in the aerospace industry.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hidden_Champions 

With a little life experience (some small ones call me grandpa), globetrotting in my job, being married to a fine Russian lady and having studied and worked in the United States, my interests are in world politics and economy. My background allows me to compare issues with what i personally witnessed in many locations around the world. 

Even if some of my comments may appear to be offensive, they are always written  with full respect of all the great people contributing to this internet forum.