Below you will find the main stages of my academic and professional career.
Education/Studies
| 1975 – 1984 | Grammar school with general qualification for university entrance |
| 1984 – 1985 | Military service |
| 1986 | Internship with a bank |
| 1987 – 1990 | Business management studies at an university of applies sciences, study course international management, with a degree in business administration (Diplom-Betriebswirt (FH)). Diploma thesis covering the contribution of cost accounting to early detection of corporate crises (published in “Jahrbuch für Fach- und Führungskräfte des Rechnungswesens 1992″ as a shortened version – unfortunately only available in German) |
Vocational stages
| 1990 – 1994 | Robert Bosch GmbH
Plant controlling with an automotive supplier: controlling of overhead costs, target costing, manpower requirements calculations |
| 1994 -1995 | Horten AG
Logistics controlling with a trading concern: stock and costs analysis |
| 1995 – 1997 | Mannesmann Sachs AG
Internal accounting with an automotive supplier: month-end closing procedures, sales volume, profit margin and operating profit analysis, project work dealing with the unification of a business area´s systems and processes |
| since 1998 | Professional activity as an external consultant and an internal application administrator in the area of SAP Finance and Controlling (for details please refer to SAP projects and functions) |