since 2004
Co-founder and shareholder 21 Publish Cooperative Publishing AG, Germany, USA, international weblog hosting provider, ~10 employees, www.21publish.com
since 2003
Dean of studies, Institut für Informatik, TU München
2003
Co-founder and member of the board of directors, 20six Weblog , UK, France, Netherlands, Germany, multi-national weblog communities, ~15 employees, www.20six.net
since 2002
Professor for Computer Science (C4), Institut für Informatik, TU München, Germany , ~9 research assistants, wwwmatthes.in.tum.de.
since 1999
Co-founder and chairman of the board of directors, infoAsset, Germany, software vendor for knowledge and information managment solutions, ~10 employees, www.infoasset.de
1997-2002
Professor for Computer Science, TU Hamburg-Harburg, Germany
since 1996
Co-founder and major shareholder, CoreMedia, Germany, UK, Singapore, vendor of high-end content management & digital rights management software, ~150 employees, www.coremedia.com
1993 - 1997
Assistant Professor, Department for Computer Science, Hamburg University
1992 - 1993
Visiting Scientist, Digital Equipment, Systems Research Center, Palo Alto, California, USA
1992
PhD in Computer Science, Hamburg University (summa cum laude)
1990 - 1992
Research Assistant, Hamburg University, Germany
1988 - 1989
Research Assistant, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt, Germany
1988
Diploma in Computer Science with Physics minor, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt, Germany (mit Auszeichnung bestanden),
1982 - 1983
Military Service, Germany
1981
Abitur Bischof Neumann Gymnasium, Königstein im Taunus (1.0, primus omnium)
1963
born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany