Born in Kufstein, Austria; studied chemistry at Darmstadt Technical University (intermediate diploma), studied medicine at LMU Munich, doctorate in medicine; specialist in laboratory medicine, clinical chemist, additional qualification in transfusion medicine; habilitation at LMU Munich (teaching qualification in clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine); Distance learning course in ‘Business Administration in Hospitals’. Since 2006, Medical Director and Managing Director of Medizinisches Zentrallaboratorium Ges.m.b.H and Medical Director of the Blood Donation Service of the ÖRK Vorarlberg; since 2014, Medical Managing Director of Vorarlberger Krankenhaus-Betriebsgesellschaft mbH.

Member of the Austrian Society for Laboratory Medicine and Clinical Chemistry (ÖGLMKC), the Austrian Society for Blood Group Serology and Transfusion Medicine (ÖGBT), the German United Society for Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (DGKL), the German Society for Transfusion Medicine and Immunohematology (DGTI) and the European Atherosclerosis Society (EAS).