Curriculum Vitae

Current Occupations

since February 2008
Data Protection Advisor for clients of Corporate Privacy Management Group, Düsseldorf

since March 2008
College Lecturer at the technical college of Macromedia GmbH;
subjects: "Internet" and "Interactive Media"

since Februar 2006
Attorney-at-law sharing offices with KordtRechtsanwälte, Essen; focuses: International Commercial Law, Intellectual Property Law (trademarks, patents), IT Law; Contract Negotiations, Court Pleadings; Lectures in front of professional audiences

Former Activities

August 2005 - February 2006
Attorney-at-law at tax counseling firm Engel, Kronenberg & partners, Ratingen-Lintorf

Education

January 2005
Second State Law Exam

December 2002 - January 2005
Trainee Solicitorship at the Higher Regional Court of Hamm; four months of "Wahlstation" ("period of free choice") at law firm in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

March 2002
First State Law Exam

February 2000 - September 2001
Law studies at Universität Bielefeld

Summer semester 1998 - Summer semester 1999
Successful participation in all three offered courses at the Philipps-Universität Marburg in "English for Students of Law"

October 1997 - January 2000
Law studies at Philipps-Universität Marburg

1996
Abitur (General Qualification for University Entrance) at the Heinrich-Heine-Gymnasium Mettmann;
GPA: 2.4 (B-minus); Latin passed with "sehr gut“
(A-grade); majors: English, Mathematics

Further Activities and Abilities

English: business-fluent (written and spoken), also in legal terminology; described by American professionals as "impeccable";
Latin: passed with "sehr gut" (A-grade);
French: working knowledge;
Spanish: basic knowledge

since 2006
Host of the Scene.org Awards

since 2005
Legal Advisor of the computer scene platform Scene.org

2002 - 2005
Occupation at Risse Design: customer relations in web design and development; creation of corporate design materials; co-development of Xprobe.net (platform for medical and other scientific trials)

2003
Employment at Wyeth Pharma GmbH, Münster: web development and database administration for a clinic at Charité Mitte, Berlin; perennial maintenance

since 2003
Digitale Kultur e.V., Köln (non-profit organization): member and legal advisor; one year of financial administration for the board of directors;
legal, journalistic, website and IT activities; sponsor management

since 1999
Hosting, stage presence and other organizational activities for several multimedia festivals in the Demoscene in Germany („Evoke“, „Breakpoint“)

1998 - 1999
ELSA-Marburg e.V. (European Law Students' Association): marketing member of the board of directors; legal, journalistic, web development and other IT activities; sponsor contact management

1993 - 1996
Journalistic activities for the student magazine and college yearbook at the Heinrich-Heine-Gymnasium Mettmann; stage hosting of the last school day; private tutoring in all languages

seit 1990
Production of electronic music; several prizes at multimedia events; founding member of „Parkstudios“, member of the artists' association „Calodox“




	Curriculum Vitae Current Occupations since February 2008 Data Protection Advisor for clients of Corporate Privacy Management Group, Düsseldorf since March 2008 College Lecturer at the technical college of Macromedia GmbH; subjects: "Internet" and "Interactive Media" since Februar 2006 Attorney-at-law sharing offices with KordtRechtsanwälte, Essen; focuses: International Commercial Law, Intellectual Property Law (trademarks, patents), IT Law; Contract Negotiations, Court Pleadings; Lectures in front of professional audiences Former Activities August 2005 - February 2006 Attorney-at-law at tax counseling firm Engel, Kronenberg & partners, Ratingen-Lintorf Education January 2005 Second State Law Exam December 2002 - January 2005 Trainee Solicitorship at the Higher Regional Court of Hamm; four months of "Wahlstation" ("period of free choice") at law firm in Toronto, Ontario, Canada March 2002 First State Law Exam February 2000 - September 2001 Law studies at Universität Bielefeld Summer semester 1998 - Summer semester 1999 Successful participation in all three offered courses at the Philipps-Universität Marburg in "English for Students of Law" October 1997 - January 2000 Law studies at Philipps-Universität Marburg 1996 Abitur (General Qualification for University Entrance) at the Heinrich-Heine-Gymnasium Mettmann; GPA: 2.4 (B-minus); Latin passed with "sehr gut“ (A-grade); majors: English, Mathematics Further Activities and Abilities English: business-fluent (written and spoken), also in legal terminology; described by American professionals as "impeccable"; Latin: passed with "sehr gut" (A-grade); French: working knowledge; Spanish: basic knowledge since 2006 Host of the Scene.org Awards since 2005 Legal Advisor of the computer scene platform Scene.org 2002 - 2005 Occupation at Risse Design: customer relations in web design and development; creation of corporate design materials; co-development of Xprobe.net (platform for medical and other scientific trials) 2003 Employment at Wyeth Pharma GmbH, Münster: web development and database administration for a clinic at Charité Mitte, Berlin; perennial maintenance since 2003 Digitale Kultur e.V., Köln (non-profit organization): member and legal advisor; one year of financial administration for the board of directors; legal, journalistic, website and IT activities; sponsor management since 1999 Hosting, stage presence and other organizational activities for several multimedia festivals in the Demoscene in Germany („Evoke“, „Breakpoint“) 1998 - 1999 ELSA-Marburg e.V. (European Law Students' Association): marketing member of the board of directors; legal, journalistic, web development and other IT activities; sponsor contact management 1993 - 1996 Journalistic activities for the student magazine and college yearbook at the Heinrich-Heine-Gymnasium Mettmann; stage hosting of the last school day; private tutoring in all languages seit 1990 Production of electronic music; several prizes at multimedia events; founding member of „Parkstudios“, member of the artists' association „Calodox“