Curriculum Vitae
Experience
1/2010 - present
ART+COM AG -
Pioneer in New Media, developer and designer of digital and
interactive media environments, BerlinHead of Customer
Relations
Organization and management or the Customer Support department,
improvement of quality and productivity standards, project
management.
2/2008 - 1/2010
Independent, Berlin ConsultantDirectFB - Product strategy and business development
COMMUNIA - EU project: Contributions on the subject of the Digital Public Domain
Carl-von Ossietzky Comprehensive School - supply teacher (ethics, physics).
COMMUNIA - EU project: Contributions on the subject of the Digital Public Domain
Carl-von Ossietzky Comprehensive School - supply teacher (ethics, physics).
9/2007 - 2/2008
Telio
AG, Berlin Head of DevelopmentProject
Management for the development of an IPTV platform consisting of
IPTV set-top boxes, Media Server and subscriber management
system.
7/2005 - 8/2007
Independent, LudwigshafenSenior
Consultant
Strategic consultancy services for a company in the HDTV
sector. Consultancy services in the field of strategical brand
developement and technical protection of branded products for Schindler Parent
Identity. Contributions to EU Projects for the Austrian
Cooperative osAlliance.
3/2005 - 6/2005
FTA Communication
Technologies, Betzdorf,
Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
Product Manager Authoring marketing requirements
documents for receivers, LNBs and electronic programme guides
(EPG).
10/2003 - 3/2005
Digital Media
Project, Geneva, SwitzerlandContributor
DMP has been initiated by MPEG founder Leonardo Chiariglione
with the objective of developing an open standard for an
interoperable Digital Rights Management (DRM).
In the course of this project I evaluated DRM systems from the
perspective of different stakeholders and investigated the
functional and legal requirements of DRM systems. I participated
in numerous conferences, working-group meetings and general
assemblies where the DMP specifications were drafted.
5/2002 - 2/2005
Galaxis Technology AG, Lübeck
Head of Product Design
Formulating technical concepts and product strategy as well as the
supervision and coordination of product development. I conducted
the design of a new product line from the analysis of customer
requirements up to the final roll-out of the products. For the
construction and tooling I managed a team of internal hardware
developers and external industrial designers and tool
makers. Managing a team of user interface designers and software
developers I took account for the ongoing process of usability
testing and improvement of the products. I supervised marketing
activities like the design of product leaflets, product wrapping
and the corporate website
1/1998 - 3/2002
Convergence Integrated Media GmbH,
Berlin
VP of Product Design and founder
Initial planning, the drafting of the business plan and the design
of the company websites. I managed a team of software designers
developing the user interface of the middleware for digital
television receivers, including personal video recorder (PVR)
functionalities. I represented the company in the Digital Video
Broadcast (DVB) project and
national industry associations. These days the LinuxTV and DirectFB
software developped by
Convergence is part of the official Linux kernel, being deployed
in CE devices for the reception of digital television throughout
the world.
1/1997 - 12/1997
Independent, Berlin Digital Media
Consultant Designing an interactive service for a
digital television trial of Deutsche Telekom, advising the cable
television provider Tele Columbus with their internet strategy,
developing online-marketing campaigns for the advertising agency
Melle-Pufe.
12/1993 - 12/1996
Pixelpark Multimedia GmbH,
Berlin
Concept DeveloperContributions to the design of a
multimedia kiosk system and creation of storyboards for
interactive CD-ROMs. With the advent of the world wide web I was
in charge of the concept development for a number of corporate web
sites of major German companies.
Education
4/1987 - 2/1993
Universität
HeidelbergGraduate Physicist Major
subject Physics, minor subject Philosophy. Visiting scientist
at the Paul Scherrer Institut,
Villigen, Switzerland
6/1985
Theodor-Heuss-Gymnasium, LudwigshafenAbitur
Skills
Interests
I have always been fascinated by the impact of
media on the mutual relationships between society, economy and
governments, at the latest when the first German private television
operator took up broadcasting in my home town Ludwigshafen.
My work experience ranges from the system specification of PCBs,
chipsets, operating systems, middleware, applications and services
to the conceptualization of user interfaces and housings. I have
managed the development of products from the definition of the
initial requirements up to the final release of the product.
Thanks to my studies of natural science I can rapidly comprehend
complex technical contexts and describe them appropriate to the
imagination of different target groups. I am a creative thinker,
capable of motivating and managing multidisciplinary teams and
formulating intellegible concepts to implement new products
according to customer requirements.
Languages
My English is business fluent and I understand French