Markus studied computer science at Technical University Munich. He started his working career as a software developer for digital cameras. After that he acted as product manager for a PLM software product for the apparel industry. In this job Markus worked with his development team as well as with international clients in the apparel industry face to face.

After some startup experience Markus wanted to gain more experience in agile methodologies and joined Valtech in 2004. Since then agile principles have always been the best companion in his working career. During his time at Valtech Markus also supported the product owner team in the case study of the BMW Group and has since worked as an agile coach for Valtech in various client assignments with a clear focus to transform product development organizations to a LeSS-like, de-scaled organization.