Born 1970 in Freiburg, Germany. Study of business computer science in Karlsruhe, Germany. Started to work for SEEBURGER in 1996 in Software Development with the focus on cryptography and workflow processing. During 2001 Head of Technical Department of the SEEBURGER US subsidiary SEEBURGER, Inc. in Atlanta, Georgia, focussing on pre-sales consulting as well training and education of technical staff. Since 2002 heading the Research & Prototyping department with to verify and evaluate new technologies and to establish new methodologies in the SEEBURGER product portfolio.