1984 - 1989	Technical college in Linz – branch of study: „mechanical engineering”
1989 - 1994	University study of Mechanical Engineering and Business Management – branch of study: „Energy Technology” - at the University of Technology in Graz; diploma thesis: ”Waste heat of blast furnace”
1995 - 1997	Collaborator at the "Research Institute for Alternative Energies and Biomass Utilization" at the University of Technology in Graz
since 1997	Project engineer at BIOS BIOENERGIESYSTEME GmbH
since 2000	Project manager at BIOS BIOENERGIESYSTEME GmbH
since 2001	Shareholder at BIOS BIOENERGIESYSTEME GmbH
since 2005	Area manager engineering at BIOS BIOENERGIESYSTEME GmbH

• Project management
• National and international funding applications
• Quality-assigned engineer in the program "QM Holzheizwerke"
• Authorisation procedures for biomass plants including the preparation of permit applications
• Preliminary design, detailed design and preparing of requests for bids of biomass based heating plants and combined heat, power and chilling plants (CHPC plants)
• Construction oversight, start-up and commissioning of biomass based heating plants and combined heat, power and chilling plants (CHPC plants)
• Expertises for the optimisation of biomass boilers (steam and thermal oil) within CHP plants including required measures for troubleshooting
• Monitoring and optimisation of biomass based heating plants and combined heat, power and chilling plants (CHPC plants)

• Techno-economic application of decentralized biomass-fired combined heat and power plants
• Optimisation of biomass-fired heating plants and biomass-fired combined heat, power and chilling plants (CHPC)
• Development of designing tools for optimised chilling plants