Career
- 1983-1989 Business Administration at the University of Osnabrück, degree: Diplom-Kaufmann
- 1989-1990 Doctoral studies at the University of Osnabrück with practical project at Bertelsmann Zentrale Informationsverarbeitung
- 1996 Doctorate (Dr. rer. pol.) at the University of Osnabrück
- Freelance lecturer on the topics of data processing and organization at the Computer College Rheine
- Research assistant at the Department of Business Administration/Business Informatics at the University of Osnabrück
- Freelance lecturer in the field of data modeling and database design at the administrative and business academies in Leer and Osnabrück
- Application development and project management in the field of expert systems and publishing software at Bertelsmann MediaSystems
- At the FHDW since 1998, Professor since 1999
- From June 2013 to January 31, 2024 President of the FHDW in NRW
- Head of the FHDW in Paderborn since 2009
Research and consulting focus
- Conventional and object-oriented software development methods
- Software development models
- Business modeling
- Computer-assisted learning
