Work Experience: ? 2002 - ongoing: Professor and the Dean of the faculty, Department of Factory Planning and Factory Management, Technische Universit?t 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...).