German Attorney (Bar) & Senior Counsel at John Deere GmbH & Co KG, Mannheim

I. German State Law Examination, 1997 (Universität des Saarlandes); II. German State Law Examination, 1999 (OLG Saarbrücken);

Since January 2000 professional work as Inhouse Legal Counsel with international Germany-based Corporations; since January 2009 Senior Counsel at John Deere; Data Privacy Officer Certification (TüV Süd) and IAPP "European Data Protection Professional";

20+ Years of Expertise in Contract Law, Product Safety & Compliance, Data Privacy, Cybersecurity and Telecommunication Law; Lead Attorney in EAME for John Deere´s Digital Farming Products & Services; Internal Team Lead for the EU Data Act Implementation at John Deere;

Member in various Industry Association Working Groups incl. Bitkom, VDMA DigitaLegis, AIOTI and Orgalim;