Lutz can look back on more than 12 years experience within the medical device industry where he has held various positions in R&D and business development. Before joining Zimmer Lutz worked as director of business development for the medical business of Flextronics Inc. Prior to this Lutz worked as project and business unit manager for start-up companies as well as for top tier medical device companies such as Boston Scientific and Biotronik. Lutz holds a Master Degree from the University of Kassel, Germany/ ENSAM, France in mechanical engineering.