President Prof. Dr. Matthias Willems commas A good university culture with mutual appreciation and respect is important to us.

 

From my election speech came the following motto for my term of office:

ESPRIT 1628

Esuccess with Sfun and enthusiasm pprofessional, with Rrespect and appreciation, iinnovative and tteam oriented from 2016 until 2028

 

terms of office

April 01, 2016 - March 31, 2022
April 01, 2022 - March 31, 2028

responsibilities

curriculum vitae

Personal:

  • Married
  • 2 children

Training:

  • 1983 - A-levels at the Staatl. Gymnasium a.d. Stadtmauer of Bad Kreuznach
  • 1989 - Diploma in Medical Informatics, University of Heidelberg/FH Heilbronn
  • 1991 - Graduate Certificate in Epidemiology University of Ulm/University of North Carolina
  • 1991 - Doctorate in Medical Informatics (Dr. rer. biol. hum.)
  • 2002 - Post Graduate Certificate in International Business, University of Edinburgh
  • 2002 - Executive MBA Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées Paris

Professional activities:

  • 1983 - 1984
    Community service in the DRK blood donation service in Bad Kreuznach, software development
  • 1986 - 1989
    Freelancer in the Office for Health and Social Economics in Weinsberg, system analysis, software development
  • 1989 - 1991
    Lecturer at the School for Medical Documentation Ulm, data processing, medical documentation
  • 1991 - 1993
    Consultant for organization and data processing at the management consultancy Heyde + Partner, Bad Nauheim, software development, project management
  • 1993 - 1994
    Consultant at Softlab GmbH, Munich, system analysis, technical concept development, project management
  • 1995 - 2002
    Employee at Oracle Deutschland GmbH in various management positions, including director of the business unit Application Server/Tools and member of the executive board
  • since 2003
    Professor at the Gießen-Friedberg University of Applied Sciences (today THM)
  • since 2003
    Head of the TransMIT center for web-based software projects
  • 2008 - 2010
    Member of the Board of Directors of the Center for Dual University Studies
  • 2011 - 2016
    Managing director of the Center for Dual University Studies

Miscellaneous:

  • 2005 - 2010
    Member of the SRAT MND Department , as well as other Department of Semien
  • 2007 - 2016
    Member of the Senate of the FH Giessen-Friedberg (today THM)
  • Since 2018
    Member of the joint Board of Trustees of the Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, WG Kerckhoff Institute and the William G. Kerckhoff Foundation for scientific research and Further education, Bad Nauheim 
  • Since 2022
    Member of the university/business working group of the Confederation of German Employers' Associations (BDA), the Federation of German Industries (BDI) and the German Rectors' Conference (HRK)