1974 / 1980
Dipl.-Ing. and Dr.-Ing. in Electrical Engineering from the Technical University of Munich, Germany. Postgraduate degree in Biomedical Engineering, Technical University of Munich.

1974 - 1985
Fraunhofer Institute for Solid State Technology, Munich. Applied research and development in the field of biomedical technology.

1985 - 1990
Dornier Medizintechnik GmbH, Germering, Head of Electronics Development Department.

1990 - 2003 
Storz Endoskop Produktions GmbH, Schaffhausen, Switzerland, Head of Development and Production. Medical Electronics and Technical Endoscopy.

Since 2003 
Storz Medical AG, Tägerwilen, Switzerland, Head of Product Development.

Approximately 60 patents and over 50 scientific papers and presentations.
Member of BMT / VDE, ISMST and IEEE.