| 1986 | Master's in Electrical Engineering, Vienna University of Technology |
| 1989 | PhD, 1995 Habilitation for Control Eng., Vienna University of Technology |
| 1986-1990 | Voest Alpine Automotive (today: Bosch) |
| 1990-1991 | Visiting Scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) |
| 1991-1995 | Vienna University of Technology (associate professor since 1995, honorary professor since 2015) |
| 1996 | Siemens AG Austria (System Engineering and Development) |
| 1998 | Vice President Technology Management, responsible for knowledge networking, innovation management and technology management |
| 2007-2009 | Global Vice President for Knowledge, Innovation and Technology at Siemens IT Solutions and Services |
| 2009 | Additionally responsible to build up the knowledge networking for Siemens globally, leveraging the innovation potential of Siemens as an Enterprise 2.0 |
| 2010-2014 | Corporate Technology, Innovation and Technology Management (CT TIM), Open Innovation and Scouting, Siemens AG, responsible for Open Innovation Networks (globally). |
