born on 15 December 1962 in Waldbröl, Oberbergischer Kreis, North-Rhine Westphalia
Academic background
1982: School-leaving certificate (Abitur) in Lüdenscheid, followed by military service in Essen and Husum
1984: Degree in Law at the University of Trier
1989: Legal clerkship at the Higher Regional Court of Koblenz
Career history
1992: Judge at the Trier Administrative Court
1994: Secondment to the Rhineland-Palatinate Ministry of Justice in Mainz, Head of the Press and Public Relations Office of the Rhineland-Palatinate Ministry of Justice in Mainz
2001: Head of the Legal Department and, as of 2006, Deputy Director for Federal Affairs at the Representation of Rhineland-Palatinate to the Federal Government and the European Union in Berlin
2009: Head of the Representation of Lower Saxony to the Federal Government in Berlin (until March 2010)
2010: From March Director for “Information society, media” and later on Director for “Budget, staff, organization and information technology (CIO)” at the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology
2011: 01/01/2011 – 31/05/2011: Director for Budget, Staff, Organization and Information Technology (CIO) and IT Commissioner at the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology
2011: Director-General for Political Staff and Policy Planning at the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology
2013: Director-General for IT, Communication and Postal Policies at the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology
2014: Director for Crafts, Commercial Law and Business Promotion, Education Policy, Liberal Professions at the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy
2015: Director-General for Digital and Innovation Policy at the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy
since 2021: State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Transport