After an engineering degree in chemistry the career started as special service engineer for process troubleshooting in the paper industry. Thru various positions in process automation, advanced process control and service management the current final destination – being responsible for model predictive controls and cloud application development was reached. As Director of Advanced Applications Solutions business driven development - from idea thru pilot to finished solution - is the core of the current position.

The Voith Group is a global technology company. With its broad portfolio of systems, products, services and digital applications, Voith sets standards in the markets of energy, paper, raw materials and transport & automotive. Founded in 1867, the company today has around 20,000 employees, sales of € 4.3 billion and locations in over 60 countries worldwide and is thus one of the larger family-owned companies in Europe. Did you know that one quarter of the energy produced worldwide is generated from hydropower with technologies and services from Voith? Or that pumped storage power plants from Voith are the backbone of modern energy systems and supply power networks with renewable energy within the shortest of times? But hydropower is just one of the exciting business divisions of Voith: a large proportion of the worldwide paper production is manufactured on Voith paper machines. And drive systems from Voith move both industrial plants and vehicles on rail, road and water all over the globe.