- Physicist (degree and doctor title), Technical University of Karlsruhe
- Industrial engineer (degree), Friedberg University of Applied Sciences, 2005
- Certified DGQ / EOQ quality manager & specialist auditor
- Scientific assistant and postdoc at Karlsruhe Technical University & Yale University (1977-1983)
- Development of hard disc coatings (storage layer & solid layer) with Siemens (1983-1989)
- Quality manager (system and operative QM; manufacture of data storage media - MO, CD-R, DVDR/RW at Hoechst, Philips PDO, and RiTEK / PrimeDisc (1989-2005)
- Quality manager (system and operative QM; manufacture of data storage media - CDR, DVDR, BDR/RE at FTI, Ras-al-Khaimah, UAE (2005-2010)
- Freelance QM / Six Sigma consultant (since 2010)
- Six Sigma
- Quality management
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Computers & peripherals
- Total quality management
- Preparation auf QM-Zertifizierung (ISO)
- Quality assurance systems
- Quality planning
- Quality assessment
- Quality control
- Quality documentation
- Quality manuals
- Quality process instructions
- Quality guidelines
- Quality certificates