Michael joined TOMS Engineering on April 1, 2013 and was appointed the President of TOMS Group. Before, he held managing directors with TGE Gas Engineering and other international engineering companies. He started his professional career as process engineer with Edeleanu, today part of ThyssenKrupp Uhde. Later on, he joined Technip and served as head of process engineering and head of technology management. Michael graduated from the University of Karlsruhe, Germany, with a PhD degree in chemical engineering. During the past years, Michael was very active in the field of small- and mid-scale natural gas liquefaction, LNG terminals and supply chain solutions for LNG and CNG as clean and economical attractive fuel. He is author of various papers and presentations.