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I have been a member of the Executive Board since April 2025:
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| from to | Task |
|---|---|
| since 2025 | Vice President for Studies and Teaching at THM |
| since 2024 | Head of the Center for Quality Development (ZQE) at THM |
| 2013 - 2023 | Head of the Master's study program in Business Administration/ Management Control at THM Business School |
| since 2010 | Professor of Controlling at THM Business School, Head of the Controlling Major in the Bachelor study program |
| 2013 - 2023 | Head of the Master's study program in Business Administration/ Management Control at THM Business School |
| 2005 - 2010 | Business Administration Consultant at the Institute for Cooperative Studies at Philipps University of Marburg (ifG Marburg), a research and consulting institute for cooperative practice (project management, policy advice) |
| 2003 - 2005 | HIS Hochschulinformationssystem GmbH, Hannover, Consultant in the field of university development - university management/university controlling |
| 1999 | Doctorate (Dr. rer. pol. with the topic "Cost accounting in line with investment goals" |
| 1994 - 2003 | Research assistant and research associate at the Chair of Internal Accounting and Controlling of the Faculty of Economics at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (during this time providing scientific support for various practical projects in the field of cost accounting/controlling) |
| 1988 - 1994 | Studied Business Administration with majors in Operations Research and Controlling at the University of Bielefeld |

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| from to | Task |
|---|---|
| since 2023 | Head of the Master's study program Management Control at THM Business School, Giessen |
| since 2018 | Professorship for Controlling at THM Business School, Giessen |
| 2013 - 2018 | Strategic Group Controlling of Bayer AG, Leverkusen |
| 2009 - 2013 | Doctoral studies in the field of controlling and work as a research assistant at the Chair of Controlling and Integrated Accounting at Justus Liebig University, Giessen |
| 2003 - 2009 | Studied Business Administration at the Justus Liebig University, Giessen |

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majors :
- Controlling, cost accounting and cost management
- Strategy transmission and strategic controlling
- Digitalization in controlling, in particular its influence on controlling instruments and their use and application
- Controlling effect of controlling instruments
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Kachel, 2017, The selection of controlling instruments for strategy transmission in medium-sized family businesses, Shaker Verlag, Aachen.
Hoch/Heupel/Kachel, 2016, Life-Cycle-Costing in corporate practice: techniques, strategic importance, implementation problems, pages 329 - 344, in Becker/Ulrich (eds.), Handbook of Controlling, Springer Gabler Verlag, Wiesbaden.
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- Since summer semester 2025: Professor of general business administration and controlling at THM
- 2015 - 2025 Head of Strategic Controlling at Stabilus SE
- 2011 - 2015 Research Assistant at the Chair of Management Accounting at the University of Siegen
- 2009 - 2011 Trainee program in Strategic Controlling at ThyssenKrupp Rasselstein GmbH
- 2005 - 2010 Studies at Koblenz University of Applied Sciences (B.Sc. and M.Sc.)
- 2001 - 2005 Commercial apprenticeship/commercial employee

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| from to | Task |
|---|---|
| 1988-1992 | Research Associate at the Research Institute for Rationalization at RWTH Aachen University |
| 1992-2002 | Buderus Heating Technology GmbH, Wetzlar; various positions, most recently Managing Director |
| 2002-2007 | Managing Director, Schott-Rohrglas GmbH; Mitterteich |
| 2007-2008 | Vice President Business Segment Solar Thermal Energy at Schott AG, Mainz |
| 2008-2011 | Board of Directors, Schott Solar AG, Mainz |
| 2011-2014 | Managing Director Monier Group, Oberursel and Luxembourg |
| since 2014 | THM, Professor of General Business Administration, specializing in Organization with a focus on ERP systems |
| since 2015 | Member of the board, since 2023 2nd chairman of Smart Electronic Factory eV, Limburg |
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