• Research foci

    • Supply Chain Management
    • Diversity in Information Systems
    • Information Modelling
    • Information System Education
    • Workflow Management

  • Education

    2010
    Doctorate at Münster School of Business and Economics of the University of Münster. Dissertation: "Extending the Supply Chain Operations Reference Model - Requirements, Concepts and Tools"
    09/2006
    Dipl. Wirt.-Inf.; Master thesis: Developing extensions to the SCOR model in consideration of its complexity
    04/2005
    BScIS; Bachelor Thesis: "Mechanisms of coordination and organisation of virtual collaboration for open source development-networks"
    1997- 2006
    Study in Information Systems at the University of Münster, Germany, Majors: Economics and Information Systems
    1996
    Abitur (A level) at the Gymnasium Wolbeck, Münster, Germany

  • Positions

    since 2019
    Lectureship at the German-Vietnamese University in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
    since 09/2016
    Lectureship at the University of Liechtenstein, Liechtenstein
    02/2012- 06/2012
    Lectureship at the University of Applied Sciences Münster
    since 05/2010
    Managing Director of the European Research Center for Information Systems (ERCIS) of the University of Münster
    02/2010- 02/2019
    Lectureship at the University of Applied Sciences Osnabrück
    08/2006- 04/2010
    Research Assistant at the Chair of Information Systems and Information Management, University of Münster
    02/2006- 07/2006
    Graduate assistant at the Institut für Informations-, Telekommunikations- und Medienrecht (Prof. Dr. Thomas Hoeren), University of Münster
    02/2004- 08/2005
    Student assistant at the Institut für Informations-, Telekommunikations- und Medienrecht (Prof. Dr. Thomas Hoeren), University of Münster
    04/2003- 10/2003
    Managing Director of "Sail & Surf Pollensa, S.L." and "Pollensa Sail, S.L.", Pto. Pollensa, Spain
    10/2000- 04/2003
    Student assistant at the Institut für Ökonomische Bildung, University of Münster

  • External functions

    since 11/2022
    Program Committee of the European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS)
    since 09/2022
    BPM Association
    since 08/2020
    Associate Editor of the International Conference on Design Science Research in Information Systems and Technology (DESRIST)
    since 2019
    Track Chair "Making the World a Better Place with Information Systems", ACIS 2019
    2019- 2020
    Publicity Chair of the Business Process Management (BPM) Conference 2020
    since 11/2019
    Associate Editor of the European Journal of Information Systems
    since 2018
    Member of the Equal Opportunites Committee of the University of Münster's School of Business and Economics
    since 2017
    Mentor of "MünsterHack"
    since 2017
    Track Chair "Diversity, inclusion and cross cultural issues in IS", ACIS 2017
    since 2016
    Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow
    since 2016
    Founding member WWU Centre for Europe
    since 2015
    Organizing Chair of the 23rd European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS)
    since 01/2015
    Member of the AlumniUM e.V.
    since 2013
    Track Chair "Discovering the potential of gender diversity" ACIS 2013
    since 2012
    Alternate Member of the Examination Board of the Münster Business School of the University of Münster
    since 2007
    Member of the Association for Information Systems (AIS)
    02/2007- 06/2011
    Chairman of the Wirtschaftsinformatiknetzwerk Münster e.V.
    since 2006
    Member of the Supply Chain Council
    since 08/2006
    Member of the Wirtschaftsinformatiknetzwerk Münster e.V.