- Apprenticeship as glass apparatus maker in Germany
- Study of materials engineering, glass and ceramics and economics in Germany
- 1977 – 1985 Production Engineer & Head of Production at Oberland Glas, Germany
- 1985 – 1988 Production Manager and Technical Director at Bangkok Glass, Bangkok, Thailand
- 1989 – 2003 Technical & Plant manager, Managing Director & Performance Director at various glasscompanies in Germany, France, Netherlands, and Spain
- 2003 – 2020 Head of Technical/Production/Procurement at Vetropack, Switzerland
- Since 2021 Owner of Container Glass Consulting
- Former German Glass Society board member
- Former GlassTrend general managing board member
- Former Chairman of International Partners in Glass Research IPGR
