Vita

Professional Experience

10/1999 – 02/2005
SIEMENS AG, Amberg
Project Manager (software, user documentation), technical writer; experience in cross-divisional projects (ECAD, user documentation)

03/2005 – 09/2010
SIEMENS AG, Nuremberg
Marketing Manager for SIMATIC software (STEP 7 and innovations); close collaboration with sales and customers; intercultural experience; competitor analyses; writing specialist articles

Since 10/2010
SIEMENS AG, Amberg

• Head of a technical documentation department with approximately 40 employees worldwide across 5 locations
• Customer surveys, benchmarks and competitor analyses
• Early-stage topics and innovations related to technical information and user documentation
• Representative of Siemens business unit interests in various committees
• Chair of Siemens communities:
  • Standardisation and harmonisation of user documentation
  • Controlled language
• Participation in external committees, e.g. iiRDS, DKE, IEC

Voluntary Experience

Member through company membership (start date unknown, but > 15 years)
Current Secretary of tekom e.V.
Speaker at tekom conferences
Head of the Advisory Board for Legal Affairs and Standards
German spokesperson of DKE K113
Member of DKE GUK 113.1 and IEC JWG 16 (82079 standards series)
Siemens representative in the iiRDS consortium and the iiRDS Steering Committee