| 1989-1994 | Student of Precision Engineering at the University of Jena (degree: Dipl.-Eng. Engineering) |
| 1994-1995 | Business Consultant (Dr. Oser PiT) |
| 1995-1999 | Senior consultant with JENOPTIK AG (Holding), Jena (Prof. Lothar Späth) |
| 1997-1998 | Stagier in the EU-Commission/ GD Industry, Brussels |
| 1999-2004 | Senior Consultant with DEWB AG, Jena (Venture-Capital-Company) |
| since 2004 | founder of JTI (Jenaer Technologie- und Innovationsberatung) and of JenaValve Technology GmbH (2006) |
| since 2006 | Research Group "InnoHeart" at the University of Jena, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena |