Born first of November 1956 in Zurich, Switzerland Primary / Secondary School in Zurich / Regensdorf 1974 / 78 Apprenticeship in electronics at  Gretag AG in Regensdorf 1978 Travel in USA for 4 months 1978 Military Service, 4 months 1979 / 84 Attended technical high school in Zurich  (Evening and weekend classes)   1984 Gained Qualification Engineering Diploma HTL  1984 language school in England, 4 months 1989 / 90 language schools in Spain 10 months, France, 3 months, England, 3 months

Jobs:

1978 / 80  Field engineer with FACIT AG, Zurich

1980 / 82  Computer - engineer with Inforex AG, Zurich
   - Courses in Germany and Austria

1982 / 84  Computer Salesman in Dat-Express AG, Zurich
- Attended sales courses, represented the company on exhibitions and congresses in Switzerland and abroad

1984 / 88 Build up a Computer Service Company, IMCA AG, Fällanden

• Became Managing Director with responsibility for the company
• Managing a TEAM of five hired people and 22 free - lancers
• Founding the Swiss Oracle User group SOUG
• Made speeches and organized exhibitions in Switzerland and abroad

1990 / 97 Export Division Manager with the cable works Brugg AG, Switzerland

• Build up the export business from zero to the best known brand in Europe with the biggest market share in this time.
• Became Procura (right of signing for the company)
• Responsible for Marketing, Sales, PM and Project engineering, as well as the shipping department (25 people)
• Build up and managing the USA subsidiary (four people)
• Helped to evaluate investment objects for the group (cable factories)
• Made different contracts for “Know-How* transfers with other cable factories for “Offshore” production all over the world.

From 1997,  independent consultant with project experience in the following fields:

• Overall company consulting, strategy and organization
• Market research and analysis
• Market development, strategies and implementation
• Mediation, elimination of conflicts between business partners
• Supplier evaluation
• Build up and running an Internet business directory with additional services for electrical cables and fiber optics as well as complimentary products and services for this industry.