Function: Head of Department „Planung und Systementwicklung“ (Planning and System Development)

Education: Studied spatial planning and regional developmeent at the Vienna University of Technology; completion of the Doctoral Studies of Technical Sciences in 1999.

Professional career: Study assistant at the Institut für Stadt- und Regionalforschung of the Vienna University of Technology; scientific officer at the Austrian Federal Institute for Healthcare (ÖBIG), now Gesundheit Österreich GmbH (GÖG); since 2001 work area manager "health planning"; since 1.9.2013 Head of Department „Planung und Systementwicklung“.

Main work areas: health system planning; establishment of the "Austrian Health Information System (ÖGIS)" and use of this system in health system planning and health reporting. Training and lecturing activities in Germany and abroad; participation in international projects of  WHO, EU and World Bank (Health Information Systems, Health System Planning).