PhD 1986 University of Osnabrück in the area of software engineering / software tools,
1986-87 Visiting professor at McGill University in Montreal/Kanada,
1987-90 Head of research and development department of STZ company for software technology ltd.,
1991-1994 Associate professor for practical computer science (software engineering) at University of Dortmund, Department of Computer Science
since 1994 Full professor for practical computer science (software engineering) at University of
Paderborn, Department of Computer Science.
Selected Activities in Teaching and Research:
Lectures, seminars and thesises on software engineering, data bases, software tools, hospital information systems
PC-Chair of the 5th European Software Engineering Conference (ESEC), Barcelona 1995
Tutorial Chair of the 18th International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE),
Berlin 1996
Co-Editor-in-Chief "Journal on Software Process Improvement and Practice", Wiley
Consultant for the European Union (ESPRIT 2 und ESPRIT 3 Programms, ESSI)