| 1972 – 1976 | Technical University “Otto von Guericke” Magdeburg, Germany (studies of mathematics) |
| 1976 – 1990 | German Academy of Sciences, Berlin (research in mathematics, computer graphics, facility layout automation, graph drawing, CAD/CAE) |
| 1981 | Ph.D. (Dr. rer. nat. in mathematics and hydrodynamics) |
| 1989 | Leibniz Medal, German Academy of Sciences, Berlin |
| 1990 | Habilitation (Dr. rer. nat. habil. in information technology and facility layout) |
| 1991 – 1992 | German Ministry of Research and Technology (management of large research projects in the field of information and language technology) |
| 1992 – 1994 | Institute of Computer Sciences in Design and Manufacturing Berlin, Head of Facility Management/Facility Layout Research Department |
| since 1994 | University of Applied Sciences Berlin (HTW Berlin), Professor of IT and Facility Management (main teaching areas: (Computer Aided) Facility Management, Computer Graphics, CA(A)D/BIM, GIS, Workplace Management) Consultant and reviewer to the European Commission, Brussels Management of international IT projects in Central and Eastern Europe and the Mediterranean Region |
| 1995 | Establishment of the first FM program at a German university Member of GEFMA (German Facility Management Association) |
| 2001-2021 | Founder and chairman of GEFMA’s Digitalization workgroup Member of EuroFM |
| since 2002 | Head of Competence Centre Facility Management (CCFM) at HTW Berlin, later Competence Field Information Management in FM |
| 2003-2020 | Board member of GEFMA (Director of Digitalization and International Relations) |
| 2004 | Editor and co-author of the “CAFM Handbook”, Springer Publishing House (first systematic IT textbook for FMs), 4th edition 2018 |
| since 2005 | Member of Advisory Board of “Der Facility Manager”, the leading FM journal in the German speaking countries |
| 2007 | Member of IFMA Joint research with IFMA’s IT Community |
| since 2010 | Visiting professor, Hong Kong University |
| 2011 | Research Award, University of Applied Sciences Berlin |
| 2013 | Science Communication Award, University of Applied Sciences Berlin |
| 2014 | Head of Joint Commission FM Program |
| 2014 | Editor of “Handbook Facility Management”, ecomed Storck Publishing |
| 2016 | FM Innovation Award (FMstar) |
| 2017 | The Facility Manager’s Guide to Information Technology, 2nd edition |
| since 2018 | First German EuroFM Ambassador |
| since 2019 | Senior researcher and research manager at GFaI (Society for the Promotion of Applied Computer Sciences) |
| since 2020 | GEFMA’s Ambassador International Relations and Cooperation |