He completed his PhD on Intercultural Competences for Managers and Engineers at Freie Universität Berlin. He started his academic career after 12 years in industry as an export and key account manager in French, German and Japanese Companies. His research focus is on Intercultural communication in companies, management of international teams and the intercultural aspects of engineering education. He has published many journal articles, peer reviewed papers and book chapters and regularly taken part in national and international conferences, such as CDIO, IAIR, QPES and SEFI.