| 1988-1989 | One-year voluntary service with the Austrian Armed Forces (preparatory course for the military academy) |
| 1989-1992 | Theresian Military Academy in Wiener Neustadt, Lower Austria |
| 1992-1997 | Company Commander and Instructor, NBC- Defense School, Vienna |
| 1996-1997 | Postgraduate, Disaster Management, Austrian Research Center,Seibersdorf |
| 1993-1999 | Magister Philosophiae in Political Science and Philosophy, University of Vienna |
| 1998-1999 | Deputy Head of Division at NBC Defense School, Vienna |
| 1999 | Desk Officer Arms Control, Military Policy Division, Vienna |
| 1999-2001 | Researcher, Institute for International Peace Support , National Defence Academy, Vienna |
| 2002-2007 | Head of Division for Security Political Analysis, Austrian Federal Ministry of Defence, Vienna |
| 2007 | Department for Security Policy, Austrian Federal Chancellery, Vienna |
| 2007-2008 | Postgraduate: Master of Advanced Studies "Security Policy and Crisis Management" ETH Zurich (Zurich, Washington, London) |
| 2008-2014 | Head of Office for Security Policy, Vienna |
| 2013-2014 | Member, Cabinet of the Minister, Austrian Federal Ministry of Defence, Vienna |
| since 2014 | Defence Policy Director, Austrian Federal Ministry of Defence, Vienna |
