He received his BSc and MSc in Business Informatics from the Technical University of Brunswick (TU Braunschweig) in Germany. Subsequently, he worked as a research assistant in the field of IT Management at the Stuttgart institute of Fraunhofer Gesellschaft, Europe's largest applied science research and development community. He is currently engaged in trade, especially in the field of informatics. He speaks German and English. He is married and has one child.