- 1988-89 – Military Service German Army
- 1989-94 – Electrical Engineering and Economics, University of Paderborn
- 1994-99 – Management and Strategy Counsulting, Koblenz/Paderborn
- 1997-99 – Lecturer „Finance and Accounting“, University of Applied Sciences, Paderborn
- 2000 – PhD in Economics
- 1999-08 – Siemens AG, most recent position: Head Business Excellence, Security Solutions, Siemens Building Technologies based in Zug (Switzerland)
- Since 2009 – CEO Bender Group
- Since 2013 - Member of the Board ZVEI and Chairman of the Board ZVEI Hesse
- 1987-93 – Economic Studies, University of Applied Sciences Giessen-Friedberg
- Anglo Continental School, Bournemouth, South England (6 months)
- Summer term at University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
- 1989 – Starting a family
- 1993 – Management Trainee in the Sales Division of Bender
- 1994 – Setup and Management of the Marketing Division of Bender
- Since 2001 Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Bender
- 2006 – Founding of Bender Industries KG (Bender Group) as fully liable partner
- 2007 – “Systemorientiertes Management” with Prof. Malik, Sankt Gallen, CH
- 2010 – Founding of Bender Immobilien und Service KG as fully liable partner
- 2011 – Member of the THM Council (Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen – University of Applied Sciences)
- 1985-86 – Military Service German Army
- 1986 – Studying electrical engineering focussing telecommunication and electronics at the FH Gießen-Friedberg (now TH Mittelhessen)
- 1990 – Development of combination instruments for VDO Adolf Schindling AG
- 1997 – Electronics development at VDO Instruments Australia Pty. Ltd.
- 2000 – Head of electrical and electronic development in the cockpit area at Siemens VDO AG
- 2007 – Head of system development in the interior division at Continental Automotive GmbH
- 2010 – Head of the Monitoring Isolated Systems (MIS) division at Bender
- Since 2013 – Technical Director (CTO), Bender
