- 06/2002 – 08/2013 Fraunhofer-Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering IOF in Jena, since 12/2011 department head of strategy/marketing/coordination
- 09/2011 Master of Science for Communications and Marketing (MSc.) at the Technische Universität Berlin
- 02/2009 Doctorate to Dr. rer. pol. at the Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena with a thesis about »Marketing of Innovations via Spin-Offs«
- 02/2002 Diploma as economical computer scientist at the Technische Universität Ilmenau
- Working experience: Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (Erfurt), Drefa Produktion und Lizenzen GmbH (Erfurt), Daimler AG (Mannheim), Falkensteiner-Group (Italy).