After being a Technical Officer in the federal armed Forces of Germany I was a leading engineer for process-automation and IT-Solution in the steel industry. Afterwards I worked as CTO for one of the top 100 most innovative companies in Germany. Since I’m Professor I focus my research on IoT-Solutions for industrial environments.

With about 13,000 students, twelve faculties and 21 departments, Ostfalia counts among the biggest universities of applied sciences in Lower Saxony. As a state institution of higher education, it is represented by personnel of around 900 – including more than 200 professors – at its Salzgitter, Suderburg, Wolfenbüttel, and Wolfsburg branches. Ostfalia also features sevenassociated institutes. Research at Ostfalia is application-oriented and characterised by close research collaborations with business and industry. Our university has a multitude of research specialities, which are reflected in our own areas of activity as well as those of the associated institutes. The wide range of research activities helps to foster interdisciplinary collaborations.