Professional career
since 10/2019 Director, Fraunhofer Institute for Factory Operation and Automation IFF Magdeburg, Germany
since 10/2019 Full Professor (W3), Chair of Production Systems and Automation, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, Germany
8/2017 – 9/2019 Full Professor (W3), Chair of Management for Industry 4.0 / Management of Digitalization and Automation, RWTH Aachen, Germany
5/2013 – 7/2017 Associate Professor of Network Optimization in Production and Logistics, Head of Workgroup ‘Production & Logistics Networks’, Jacobs University Bremen, Germany
1/2012 – 3/2013 Business Consultant, Porsche Consulting GmbH, Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany
9/2008 – 11/2011 Doctorate in Economics and Finance, University of St. Gallen

University Education:
09/2008 – 09/2011 Graduation as Dr. oec. (HSG), University of St.Gallen, Switzerland Major: Business Innovation.
10/2002 – 11/2007 Graduation as Diplom-Wirtschaftsingenieur (equivalent to Master of Engineering and Business Administration), University of Bremen
03/2007 – 07/2007 Research into Artifacts Center for Engineering (RACE), Tokyo University, Japan
Scholarship holder of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)

Important Committees:
2/2021 – present German Council of Science and the Humanities, Member