2015 - now
nextLAP Inc, Munich & Mountain View
CTO
Smart Shelf IIoT & SaaS cloud solution for production and logistics

2015 - now
nextLAP Consulting GmbH, Munich & Mountain View
CTO
Consulting services for production

2015 – 2022
3p-d GmbH, Munich
CTO
Shopfloor optimization & consulting services

2010 - 2015
Audi AG, Ingolstadt
Head of IT Production plant Ingolstadt
- Production IT strategy and implementation
- Health check and IT complexity reduction program
- SAP for maintenance
- SAP for press shops

2002 - 2009
Audi AG, Ingolstadt
Head of Production Process IT Planning(Electric/Electronics Planning, Data Management, Digital Factory)
- MES/paperless factory
- Digitization of the quality process

2000 - 2002
Mindmatics AG, Munich
Co-founder of SMS Mobile Services

1996 - 2000
Department of Manufacturing Automation and Production Systems
FAU University of Erlangen
PhD (summa cum laude)

1990 – 1996
Computer Science Department
FAU University of ErlangenMaster in Computer Science (summa cum laude)