since June 2012 Minister of Economy, Labour, Transport and Technology of the State of Schleswig-Holstein.
His stations:
| 2006-2012 | Head of the State of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | |
| 2002-2006 | State Secretary at the Ministry of Economy Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | |
| 2001-2002 | Head of the federal and state affairs, North German cooperation and economic, financial and tax policy in the Policy Planning Staff of the Senate Chancellery of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg | |
| 1998-2001 | Head of Coordination of state and federal policies of the State of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | |
| 1997-1998 | Head of Service of the State Representation Mecklenburg-Vorpommern to the Federal Government | |
| 1996-1997 | Speaker of Federal Affairs and affairs of the finance ministers meeting at the Treasury Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | |
| 1994-1996 | Head of the Minister’s Office, Ministry of Economy and European Union Affairs Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | |
| 1991-1994 | Research Fellow at the SPD faction in the state parliament of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | |
| 1990-1991 | Administrative Sciences postgraduate studies at the University of Administrative Sciences Speyer, Degree: Magister rer. publ. | |
| 1989-1990 | Researcher at the Institute of Political Science, University of Hamburg | |
| 1982-1989 | Studied political science with minors in history and economics at the Technical University of Braunschweig and the University of Hamburg, Degree: Political Scientist |