- study and doctorate at the Technical University of Ilmenau (Germany) in the field of precision engineering and robotics
- 1991 to 2016 co-founder and CEO of TETRA Gesellschaft für Sensorik, Robotik und Automation mbH at Ilmenau in partnership with Olaf Mollenhauer
- realization of complex customer projects of mechatronic automation and assistance technology together with engineers and highly qualified and skilled workers
- starting from 2006 development of the business unit robotics and assistance systems on the basis of bionically inspired robotic approaches such as:
- bionically inspired robot arm
- climbing robot modelled after a rat
- research and test platforms for human walking
- 2012 to 2016 development of the technical concept and project management for the robotics and mechatronic components of the system of robotic-assisted, minimally invasive surgery “avatera”
- since 2017 freelance work as consultant and coach in the field of robotics
- 2018 award with the Ernst-Abbe-Preis for innovative entrepreneurship
- since 2018 Start-Up-Mentoring (E-TERRY)
- 2019 concept and realization DANCETRONIC-GOTHA
- since 2022 advisory board member in the WeCaRe association on innovations in regional health care
- 2022 concept and technical management DigitalBaroque
- since 2024 advisory board member in the research project Sensorised Surgery
- since 2024 advisory board member of the Competence centre for robotics and sensor technology at the Erfurt Chamber of Crafts
- publications, inventions, and patent applications in the field of sensor technology, robotic automation, and assistance technology
- initiation and support of scientific qualifications (Bachelor to PhD)
- since 2005 chairman of the community „Museumslöwen e.V.” to support the Gotha Museum of Nature – Stiftung Schloss Friedenstein
- childrens university of Gotha and speaker of the „Forschungsbörse“
- Member of the BIOKON – Network of the Future (Bionics)