Heiko studied at the Technical University in Dresden. He started his professional career as a commissioning engineer in Londons financial district. Since spring 2000 Heiko is responsible for thermal management solutions of the Knürr group. That includes enclosure and rack-based cooling solution for the telecommunication applications as well all cooling solutions for data centers. Heiko works as EMEA offering manager for row and rack-based cooling solutions for Vertiv in EMEA. He is also convenor of the thermal management working group WG5 for at the IEC standardization committee 48D for mechanical structures for electrical and electronic equipment.