Graduate engineer (polytechnic university of Khabarovsk, Russian Federation)
3 years as an engineer for quality control at KAMAZ, Russia
19 years as a state consultant and sales engineer at Otto Wolff Industrieanlagen GmbH in Cologne, Thyssen Rheinstahl Technik GmbH in Düsseldorf, Ferrostaal AG in Essen
Since 2004: Owner of a “foreign trade contacts” agency