• Certified educator, with additional training as a facilitator and communication trainer
• Training activities in the business sector
• Master’s degree in Education from Philipps University of Marburg, where he also earned a Ph.D. on the topic of e-learning in higher education
• Appointed at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg as coordinator of the Center for Continuing Education in Higher Education for the four universities in Northern Bavaria
• Since 2010, Professor of Educational Science and Vocational Education at Ravensburg-Weingarten University of Applied Sciences