Master mechanical engineering, University of Hannover, Germany (Dipl. Ing.)

7 years operator (project manager) at Preussag oil + gas.

Since 1988 on vendor side: different roles in marketing + sales / business development for Pipetronix/PII, NDT Systems & Services. Since 2014 business development manager for KTN AS, Bergen, Norway, a company of the Rosen Group.

From 1985 - today directly involved in hundreds of pipeline inspection projects with Caliper, INS/mapping, MFL, EMAT and UT technology.

Inspection consultant since September 2013 (PIC, Pipeline Inspection Consulting).

Advisor Pipelines for EITEP, was PPSA director, presented many papers on international pipeline conferences, trainings for customers and seminars about pipeline inspection