Academic history
• 1994 - 1999 Studies of Management (mayors: at the University of Frankfurt, Germany.
• 2000 - 2003 PhD candidate at the Department of Strategic Management and Organization, Leipzig Graduate School of Management (HHL), Germany.
• Since 2006 Habilitation at the Institute of Applied Economics and Management, University of Karlsruhe (TH), Germany.

Employment history
• 2000 - 2003 Lecturer Assistant at the Department of Strategic Management and Organization, Leipzig Graduate School of Management (HHL), Germany.
• 2003 - 2004 Lecturer at the Leipzig Graduate School of Management (HHL), Germany.
• 2004 - 2006 Management Consult at McKinsey & Company, Inc., Hamburg, Germany.
• Since 2006 Assistant Professor at the University of Karlsruhe (TH), Institute of Applied Economics and Management, Germany.

Research Interest
• Strategic Management and Private Equity
• Configuration of Organizational and Corporate Governance Structures
• Coordination in situation with bounded rationality