Curriculum Vitae

→ In July 1976	Born in Lauchhammer (Niederlausitz), Brandenburg, Germany
→ 1983 − 1991	Polytechnische Oberschule (Upper School) Otto Hurraß in Schwarzheide
→ 1991 − 1996	Emil-Fischer-Gymnasium Schwarzheide (High School)
→ 1996 − 1997	Military service at the 5th Stabsfernmeldebataillon 801 in Neubrandenburg (Mecklenburg) as radio operator
→ 1997 − 2003	Study of Electrical and Computer Engineering, secondary Computer Science at University of Bochum
→ 2001 − 2002	DAAD stipend for two semesters at Purdue University in Lafayette, Indiana, USA
→ 2004 − 2008	Fulltime research associate at the Chair for Embedded Security (Prof. Christof Paar) at University of Bochum
→ 2007 − 2008	Stipend and Fellow of the Ruhr-University Research School
→ Since 2008	Senior Security Engineer position at ESCRYPT - Embedded Security GmbH in Munich with main focus on Automotive IT Security
→ Since 2011	Branch mangager including personnel responsibility of the ESCRYPT branch in Munich

As of January 10th, 2012