The author is a member of WorldDAB’s Steering Board and is the director of the German DAB+ digital radio marketing body Digitalradio Büro Deutschland. He is former head of marketing and communications at German national radio broadcaster Deutschlandradio and was head of public relations at the Berlin-Brandenburg branch of ADAC, the German automobile association. He was responsible for corporate communications at web hosting company ISP Strato AG. He has extensive experience in the radio industry, having been chief editor and director of audio and internet at SWR3 Börsenman and managing editor at BLR in Bavaria.