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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
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