Work Experience: • 2002 - ongoing: Professor and the Dean of the faculty, Department of Factory Planning and Factory Management, Technische Universität Chemnitz, Chemnitz, Germany • 1992-2002: Professor, University of Applied Sciences in Zwickau, Zwickau, Germany • 1990-1992: Director, The Department of Machine Construction Institute of Technology, Zwickau, Germany • 1989-1990: Technical Director, Institute of Technology, Zwickau, Germany • 1985-1989: Leading position at IFA state combine, Germany Memberships: • Member of the HAB (Scientific Society of Industrial Management Germany), • Member of the European Academy for Industrial Management (AIM), • Member of the GfSE (Society for Systems Engineering), • Expert on best environmental performance in car manufacturing from the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) • Refereeing activities on Production Engineering Research – DFG – (German Research Foundation / Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft) and VDI (Association of German Engineers) - Technical Division “Factory Planning”; • Reviewer for international journals, conferences, and serves as a member of several scientific advisory panels (Taylor&Francis, ICPR,FAIM,CARV...).