Political Advisor

1990 Advisor to the Department of Foreign and Security Policy during Minister President Lothar de Maizière’s term, consultation services to the Undersecretary for Disarmament in the GDR Ministry of Arms and Defense

Associations

Founder and Director of the “Global Markets“ working group of the Business Association of Information Systems, prepared technology companies, particularly from the New States, for international expansion, organized German company visits to the U.S. (Silicon Valley; Greater Washington, DC)

Director of the “International Cooperation“ working group of the German Association for Information Technology, Telecommunications and New Media (BITKOM e.V.); prepared technology companies for international expansion, provided marketing assistance, company visits to the U.S. (Dallas/Richardson, Texas; Los Angeles; Seattle); member of the German American Business Association of California (GABA), and member of the American German Business Club Berlin.