Since 2003, holder of the endowed chair of logistics at the Universit??t Karlsruhe. From 1996 to 2003 with Robert Bosch GmbH, last position Director Logistics in the division Thermotechnology. From 1994 ??? 1996 head of the research group "Material Handling Systems." Institute for Material Handling Systems at the Universit??t Karlsruhe, Post-Doc at IBM, Manufacturing Research, Ph.D. in Engineering 1992.