| Since December 2009 Director General Waterways and Shipping of the Federal Ministry of Transport and digital Infrastructure (BMVI), Bonn |
His stations:
| 2005-2009 | Head of the Directorate Waterways of the Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development (BMVBS), Bonn |
| 2000-2005 | Head of Division Personnel matters of the Waterways and Shipping Administration, General principles of labour, social and tariff law, occupational safety, training, further and continuous training in the Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Housing (BMVBW), Bonn |
| 1998-2000 | Director of the Office of the Chairman of the CSU Parliamentary Group in the German Bundestag (Parliament), Bonn and Berlin |
| Jan. 1998-Nov. 1998 | Head of the Political Staff with the Federal Minister of Building and Housing, Bonn |
| 1993-1998 | Counsellor for Economic and Transport Issues at the CSU Parliamentary Group in the German Bundestag, Bonn |
| April 1993-Oct. 1993 | Deputy Head of the Personnel Division of the Federal Ministry of Transport , Bonn |
| 1991-1993 | Personal Assistant of the Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Transport , Bonn |
| 1990-1991 | Assistant Head of the Policy Division in the Directorate General “Railways” in the Federal Ministry of Transport, Bonn |
| 1986-1990 | Head of Department at the Waterways and Shipping Directorate Northwest, Aurich |
| 1983-1986 | Practical legal training at the Higher Regional Court Cologne |
| 1982-1983 | Assistant Desk Officer for cases of damage with the Chief of Police in Bonn |
| University and studies | |
| 1976-1981 | Law degree at Bonn University
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| 1975-1976 | Basic military service |
| 1975 | Abitur (university entrance qualification), Geschwister-Scholl-Gymnasium, Ratingen |