| born | October 9th, 1968 | ||
| in | Mönchengladbach, Germany | ||
| currently living in | Mönchengladbach | ||
| marital status: | married | ||
| kids: | two | ||
| education: | |||
| 1975-1979 | primary school, Mönchengladbach | ||
| 1979-1988 | secondary school, Mönchengladbach | ||
| 1988-1993 | undergraduate student of physics at the RWTH Aachen, Germany | ||
| 1993 | Master's degree (Physics) | ||
| 1994-1996 | graduate student of physics at the RWTH Aachen | ||
| 1996 | Ph.D.(Physics) | ||
| 1992-1996 | member of the H1 collaboration at DESY | ||
| employments: | |||
| 1994-1996 | member of the scientific staff, RWTH Aachen | ||
| 1996-1998 | senior software engineer, Softlab GmbH, Bad Homburg, Germany | ||
| 1998-2002 | consultant, T-Systems GEI GmbH, Düsseldorf, Germany (formerly debis Systemhaus Dienstleistungen GmbH) | ||
| 2002-present | business analyst/senior project manager, vodafone D2 GmbH, Düsseldorf, Germany |