since January 2005
Consultant
Crystal Growth Consulting, Kalkar - for the optics, photonics, semiconductor and photovoltaic industry

January 2003 – December 2004
Managing Director
Crystal Growing Systems GmbH, Hanau

October 2000 – December 2002
Head of the Business Unit Materials
SCHOTT Lithotec AG, Jena

December 1999 – September 2000
Head of the Department Business Development
SCHOTT ML GmbH, Jena

Februar 1998 – November 1999
Head of the Product Group Microlithography of the Business Unit Optics
SCHOTT GLAS, Mainz

October 1996 – Januar 1998
Head of the Department Projects of the Business Unit Optics
SCHOTT GLAS, Mainz

March 1992 – September 1996
Head of the Department Melt Development of the Business Unit Optics
SCHOTT GLAS, Mainz

April 1988 – Februar 1992
Scientific Advisor in Research and Development
SCHOTT GLAS, Mainz

1984 – 1988
Doctoral Thesis in Physical Chemistry
Westphalian Wilhelms-University, Muenster

1978 – 1984
Study of Physics
Westphalian Wilhelms-University, Muenster