born 1957 in Mannheim
childhood in the Rhine Valley
vocational training and professional activity in the hot-dipped galvanizing until 1981
1981-1983 technician education and final high-school examination at the mining school in Clausthal (Harz mountains)
1983-1987 engineer study at the Aalen University of Applied Sciences in Aalen (Württemberg)
starting from 1987 employee at Robert Bosch GmbH, Blaichach and Immenstadt.
There he was responsible engineer for process engineering and environmental protection.
1992 establishment of an engineer's office for waste water treatment and environmental
protection in Immenstadt (Allgäu)
2007 establishment of th engineering office in Laudenbach