Born in 1951 in Gärtringen (Württemberg, Germany). Since the end of 2016 Vice president of the Steinbeis-Hochschule Berlin (SHB) for teaching and study.

 

Chair for Business and Personnel Management at Steinbeis University Berlin (since 1999); founder, managing director and partner at the School of International Business and Entrepreneurship GmbH (SIBE) of the Steinbeis University Berlin, which currently includes seven Transfer Institutes and over 800 students in Master Project Competence courses in the area of management. Managing partner of the Saphir Holding GmbH, a company of the Steinbeis University Berlin associated with the Steinbeis Foundation. Director of the Steinbeis Academy of Business Management since 1993. Study of Chemical Engineering at the University of Applied Sciences in Aalen (Dipl.-Ing. (FH) 1973). Study of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Ulm (Dipl.-Chem, 1978) and Ph.D. (Dr. rer. nat. (1981)) in the field of pure substances research / trace analysis in cooperation with the Max PIanck Institute for metals research and the Karlsruhe Nuclear Research Center. Research associate at the University of Ulm and radiation protection officer (1978-1982). From 1982 to 1995, employee of IBM Germany, manager in various educational, personnel development and management development functions; ultimately director of the IBM Bildungsgesellschaft. Lecturer at the University of Stuttgart (1988-1996), the Freie Universität Berlin (1990-1992) and Heidelberg University (1995- 1996); from 1996 to 1999 Deputy Director of the MBA Center at the Danube University Krems (Austria). Extensive publications and lectures in the areas of trace analysis, semiconductor technology,technology management, business management, foreign trade, management development, entrepreneurship and personnel development.