AFCEA

Education:

Air- and Spacecraft Engineering, Aachen University (1968 – 1973)

Assignments:

04/66 – 03/68

Reserve Officers Training

09/73 – 06/74

Basic Officers Training at German Air Force Academy, Neubiberg

07/74 – 09/76

Air Craft Maintenance Officer, Fighter Bomber Wing 36, Rheine

10/76 – 09/78

Commander Second Line Maintenance Squadron,
Fighter Bomber Wing 35, Sobernheim

10/78 – 09/80

23rd General Staff Officer Course at Federal Armed Forces
Command and Staff College, Hamburg

10/80 – 09/83

General Staff Officer, German Intelligence Service, Munich

10/83 – 09/84

General Staff Officer and Section Leader A3,
German Air Force Support Command South, Karlsruhe

10/84 – 03/87

General Staff Officer and Head of Logistics Plans and Policy Division, German Air Force Support Command, Cologne

04/87 – 03/89

General Staff Officer Logistics Plans and Policy,
Air Staff MOD, Bonn

04/89 – 09/90

Executive Officer to the Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff, MOD, Bonn

10/90 – 09/93

Deputy Commander and Chief of Staff,
German Armed Forces Command USA/Ca, Washington D.C.

10/93 – 09/98

Deputy Director and Chief of Staff, Air Force Material Command,
Cologne

10/98 – 09/01

Director, Air Force Material Command, Cologne

10/01 – 12/02

Deputy Director Integrated Reform Management, MOD, Bonn

01/03 – 02/05

Member of the Management Staff and Director, Business-Development and Projekts,
Development, Acquisition and Operation Company, Cologne

03/05 – 07/08

Deputy Commander, Joint Support Command, Cologne

since 08/08

Consultant

02/2011 -

General Manager, AFCEA Europe, Brussels

Effective Dates of Promotion:

Second Lieutenant Nov 5, 1968

First Lieutenant Jul 8, 1971

Captain Sep 3, 1973

Major Oct 1, 1976

Lieutenant Colonel Oct 14, 1980

Colonel Oct 1, 1990

Brigadier General Oct 1, 1998

Major General May 18, 2004

Decorations:

German Armed Forces Cross of Honour (Gold and Silver)

US Armed Forces Meritorious Service Medal

US Legion of Merit

Honorary Office:

Chapter President AFCEA Bonn e.V.