About the person
Functions and committee activities at Fachhochschule Dortmund
Head of the Master's degree programs Business Management (M.A.) and International Management (M.A.)
Member of the Senate of Fachhochschule Dortmund
Member of the Faculty Council (Faculty of Business Studies)
Member of the Examination Board (Faculty of Business Studies)
Teaching and research areas
Strategic Management
Corporate management
Business simulations / business simulations
Mergers & Acquisitions (M & A)
Artificial intelligence (AI) in teaching
University activities
Since 2007: Professor of Business Administration, in particular Corporate Management at Fachhochschule Dortmund
2005-2014: Teaching assignments at the RheinAhrCampus Remagen of the Koblenz University of Applied Sciences; in particular in the MBA distance learning program, module Restructuring and Insolvency Management
Voluntary and part-time activities
Since 2007: Voluntary local political activities (city of Lünen and district of Unna) and subsequent various committee activities in supervisory boards and shareholders' meetings of municipal and district-owned investment companies, etc.
Since 2007: part-time activities as a lecturer and management consultant
Professional experience
2002-2006: Vice President and Head of Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) at Elster Group GmbH, formerly Ruhrgas Industries GmbH (RI), Essen
1998-2001: Business graduate in investment controlling at VEW ENERGIE AG, Dortmund; in the course of the merger of VEW AG and RWE AG on October 1, 2000 change to investment controlling at RWE Power AG, Essen
1994-1996: Business graduate in Group, Finance and Accounting at HOCHTIEF AG, Essen
1988-1992: Bank clerk at Volksbank Waltrop-Lünen eG before being called up for military service and during lecture-free study periods
Educational pathway
1999: Doctorate (Dr. rer. pol.), Faculty of Business Studies and Social Sciences at the University of Dortmund (Prof. Dr. Egon Jehle, Chair of Industrial Management)
1989-1994: Degree in Business Studies (Diplom-Kaufmann) at the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences at the University of Dortmund
1988-1989: Basic military service
1985-1988: Apprenticeship as a banker at Volksbank Waltrop-Lünen eG (now part of Dortmunder Volksbank eG)
1972-1985: School education; graduated with a general higher education entrance qualification from Freiherr-vom-Stein-Gymnasium, Lünen
Publications
- A. Faix, T. Groll, J. R. Hofnagel, and S. Quarg, “Urheberrecht behindert praxisorientierte Lehre,” Die neue Hochschule : DNH ; für anwendungsbezogene Wissenschaft und Kunst, no. 6, pp. 242–243, 2011.Open publication