Education
Doctor of Philosophy, Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule-Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, 2006.
information technology manager
Doctor of Philosophy, Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule-Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, 2006.
Hardware engineer Eagle Picher, Öhringen, Germany, 1994—1995. Software engineer Data Science, Aachen, 1995. Senior-hardware engineer Digatron Industrieelektronik GmbH, 1995—2001.
Project leader Impella Cardio technique AG, 2001. Director advanced assembly & packaging technologies IWE-1, Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule-Aachen, 2002—2006. Programme manager Abiomed Europe GmbH, Aachen, since 2007.
Married Antje Spanier. Children: Annabelle, Robin.