Member of the Baden-Württemberg Center of Applied Research BW-CAR of the doctoral association of institutions of higher education in Baden-Württemberg, which have been awarded the independent right to award doctorates.
Head /Director of the Competence Center for Innovative Business Models at Aalen University of Applied Sciences
Head of the M.Sc. Vision Science and Business (Optometry) program
Book author, published by Springer Gabler in 2025:
the 11th conditions of the book "Der Businessplan: Start-ups erfolgreich gründen - Mit Checklisten und Fallbeispielen"
and co-author of the 3rd edition of the book "Digitale KI-unterstützte Geschäftsmodelle - Business Model Building mit Checklisten und Fallbeispielen"