Studied law in Heidelberg, Lausanne and Mainz. Scholarship from the Stiftung der Deutschen Wirtschaft (foundation of German business). Practical legal training in Berlin, doctorate in Bonn and Granada (Spain). In 2009, in addition to his legal work, foundation of an internet platform supported by a scholarship from the German Ministry of Economics and Technology and the European Union. With major law and consulting firms from 2011 to 2017, focusing on technology, new media, internet, social media, IT, IP, data privacy. Activities as a lecturer and expert speaker, regular publications in trade magazines. Since 2017 SVP DACH for Avature, an innovative SaaS enterprise HCM software vendor. Avature is a highly flexible enterprise SaaS platform for Global Talent Acquisition and Talent Management, and the leading global provider of CRM for recruiting. Founded by Dimitri Boylan, co-founder and former CEO of HotJobs.com, Avature brings commercial internet technology and innovation to recruiting, internal mobility, and performance challenges. Used in 64 countries and 14 languages, Avature has over 650 customers and delivers its private cloud services from data centers in the US, Europe & Asia. Avature has offices in Buenos Aires, Dublin, London, Madrid, Melbourne, Munich, Vienna, New York, Paris, Singapore, and Shenzhen.