Qualifications

The following formal qualifications and certifications form the basis of my work as a consultant:

Professor for Data Protection and IT Security at IU International University – Distance Learning
Author or editor of several books and many other publications on Software Engineering, process models,quality management and data protection, see Fachveröffentlichungen
2000-2006 Speaker of the Special Interest Group Vorgehensmodelle für die betriebliche Anwendungsentwicklung (Software process models for the development of commercial applications) of the German Informatics Society (GI)
2003-2015 Coordinator of the German CMM(I) Lead Appraiser and Instructor Board (CLIB)

Other

Since 2016 Professor for Data Protection and IT Security at IU International University – Distance Learning
2012 to 2016 professor and department head Business Informatics at the IBA University of Cooperative Educations in Darmstadt
Since 2003 independent consultant for software quality management and process improvement, in particular CMMI
1997 to 2005 project lead and internal consultant for quality management, in particular CMM(I), and software processes at DB Systems (until end of 2001 TLC Transport-, Informatik- und Logistik-Consulting), the systems house of the Deutschen Bahn AG (German Railway).
1995 to 1997 internal consultant on methods and tools at the information systems dept. of the Deutsche Bahn, Frankfurt.
1989 to 1995 quality assurance and quality management at Software AG, Darmstadt.
1986 to 1989 research assistent in the project mural in the Formal Methods Group at the Dept. of Computer Science at the University of Manchester. Completed PhD on "Symbolic Execution as a Tool for Validation of Specifications".
1979 to 1985 student of Mathematics with minor subjects Industrial Management and Computer Science in Mainz, Manchester and Bonn.