October 1996 - June 2001: Computer Science Study (Subsidiary Subject Mathematics) at the University of Kaiserslautern (UKL), Kaiserslautern, Germany

September 23, 1998: Vordiplom (Intermediate Diploma)

June 19, 2001: Diploma in Computer Science (summa cum laude), Diploma Thesis: "Development of a logical architecture for Software Project Control Centers", Software Engineering Research Group, UKL

July 2001 - December 2003: Research assistant for the Software Engineering Research Group and the special research project SFB 501 at UKL

January 2004 - December 2007: Research assistant for the Software Engineering Research Group, UKL in collaboration with the Fraunhofer Institute for Experimental Software Engineering (IESE), Kaiserslautern, Germany

January 2008 - March 2009: Senior engineer at Fraunhofer IESE

October 31, 2008: Dr. rer. nat. (summa cum laude), Dissertation: "Goal-oriented Quantitative Software Project Control", Computer Science Department, UKL, Defense: October 31, 2008, published in 2009

April 2009 - March 2011: Department Head "Processes and Measurement" (PAM) at Fraunhofer IESE

April 2011 - November 2012: Department Head "Measurement, Prediction, and Empiricism" (MPE) at Fraunhofer IESE

April 2011 - December 2020: Division Manager "Process Management" (PM) at Fraunhofer IESE

Since April 2011: Board member of group "Measurement and Data Science" of the German Computer Science Association (GI - Gesellschaft für Informatik)

April 2011 - September 2023: Lecturer at TU Kaiserslautern

January 2018 - September 2023: Coordinator of the strategy process at Fraunhofer IESE

Since December 2018: Ombudsman for Good Scientific Practice at Fraunhofer IESE

January 2021 - September 2023: Division Manager "Smart Digital Solutions" (SDS) at Fraunhofer IESE

Since October 2023: Research Coordinator, University Cooperations at Fraunhofer IESE (part time)

Since October 2023: Professor for Applied Computer Science at University of Applied Sciences Mainz, Germany