I am the founding director of the Cologne Game Lab - together (with Prof. Dr. Gundolf S. Freyermuth) at the Technical University Cologne and a Professor of Media Design, as well as Pro-Dean of the Faculty of Cultural Studies.

More than 20 exciting years at the TH Köln are already behind me; I spent nearly ten years building up and leading the teaching area "Audiovisual Design" at the Köln International School of Design (KISD). Since 2007/8, I have conceived an utterly new institute, the CGL, and established it as part of the Faculty of Cultural Studies (together with Prof. Gundolf S. Freyermuth).

I have been working in the creative industries for about 40 years and have experienced the university business in all its facets, both from an economic point of view as a founder and in leading positions of companies, as well as a professor and university manager. In the early 90s, I came to Cologne, where I first worked as a freelancer for different broadcasters as a TV designer and later was one of the founders of cutup - an agency network for the design of linear and non-linear media. In a responsible position, I got to know both the "small creative cell" and, after the sale of the majority of the company shares to Bertelsmann, the work in a group-controlled company.

The topic of creative work with audiovisual media has always been and still is in the foreground for me. I am familiar with all aspects of analog and digital animation, VFX, and TV and film production. In the last 15 years, I have focused on digital games, where animation is also a central aspect of my work.