BIOGRAPHY
Professional Career:
Since 08/2015 Mayor, City of Dresden
Member of the German Liberal Party (FDP)
09/2001-08/2015 Deputy Mayor, Head of Department of Economic Development, City of Dresden
07/2000-09/2001 Risk manager, CargoLifter Development GmbH, in Krausnik (nearby Berlin)
03/1998-07/2000 Assistent of a member of the Executive Board and deputy office manager at
the German Aerospace Center in Cologne
03/1993-10/2001 Free-lance cooperation with the agency of the Karl-May-Festival and of the
Wine-Festival in Radebeul (nearby
05/1994-03/1997 Activities for the department of business studies at the Dresden University of
Technology, especially production management, innovation management and
evaluation and grading of technologies
07/1990-09/1991 Electronic technician, Computer Elektronik Dresden GmbH
Education:
10/2000-03/2001 Training for project management specialists (RKW/GPM)
10/1992-02/1998 Graduation as industrial engineer at the Dresden University of Technology
09/1990-06/1992 Abitur (University Entrance Diploma), evening school
09/1988-07/1990 Vocational training for electronic technicians