Professional background

• University degrees in mechanical engineering and medicine
• Six years clinical medicine, mainly anesthesiology and surgery
• Nearly 30 years experience in development and clinical investigation of medical devices
• Former consultant in "medical technology for developing countries" for the German Technology Exchange
• Four years head of Research and Development for medical disposables at B. Braun AG
• Since 1989 publicly certified expert for medical devices
• Since 1991 medical device consultant
• Many publications, presentations, patents and licences
• 1990 - 1995 Lecturer for medical technology at the University of Applied Sciences in Wilhelmshaven
• 1989 - 1997 Head of the section "medical disposables" of the German Society for Biomedical Technology
• 1994 - 2007 chairman of the German Federation of Medical Device Experts (BVS)
• 1994 - 2001 founder and associate of the notified body MEDCERT GmbH
• Since 1995 quality system auditor (GLC and Medcert, Hamburg)
• 1995 - 2004 owner of Medical Device Safety Service GmbH, international quality management services for medical device manufacturers
• Since 1996 Member of the Ethical Committee for Lower Saxony
• Since 1996 Expert for the Federal High Court of Germany (patent nullity)
• 2000 - 2007 expert for the innovation competition for medical technology for the Federal Ministry of Education and Research
• 2003 - 2005 Lecturer for medical technology at the University of Applied Sciences in Bremerhaven
• 2007 - 2010 Managing Director YES - Medical Device Services GmbH