• Born in 1952

• Nationality:

German

• Degree:

Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Nachrichtentechnik (degree in telecommunications)

• 1996-2000

Member of the Management Board, from 2000 Chairman of the
Management Board of debis Systemhaus

• 2000-2003

      Deputy Chairman of the Management Board of T-Systems GmbH

• Since 2003

Chairman of the Management Board of Software AG, Darmstadt

• Since 2006

Member of the Executive Committee of the Bundesverband
Informationswirtschaft, Telekommunikation und Neue Medien e.V.
(BITKOM, Federal German Association of Information Science,
Telecommunications, and New Media)

• Since 2010

Chairman of the working group "Innovative Government IT services"
attached to the German Chancellor*s IT summit