The following is a short version of my CV.
| 1971 | Born in Groß-Gerau (Germany) | 
| 1981-1990 | Secondary School in Saarbrücken (Germany) | 
| 1990-1991 | Military Service as telecommunications technician | 
| 1991-1993 | Bank Apprenticeship with the Deutsche Hypothekenbank AG in Frankfurt (Germany) | 
| 1993-1999 | Studies of Wirtschaftsinformatik (Information Systems) at the University of Mannheim (Germany), graduated as Diplom-Wirtschaftsinformatiker | 
| 1996-1997 | Studies of Business and Computer Science at Napier University in Edinburgh (Scotland), graduated as BSc with distinction | 
| 1999-2004 | PhD student (cryptography) and research/teaching assistant at the University of Mannheim (Germany), graduated as Dr. rer. nat. (magna cum laude) | 
| 2004-2007 | Chief cryptographer for the software and consulting company Cryptico (Denmark) | 
| 2007-2011 | Assistant professor at the Technical University of Denmark | 
| Since 2011 | Associate professor at the Hochschule Offenburg | 
For the mathematically inclined amongst you, my Erdös number is 3 (P. Erdös - C. Thomassen - G. Leander). 
And for those who believe that everything can be expressed as a number, my H-index according to Google Scholar is currently 13.