Marc originally studied Mathematics and Computer Science at the University of Duisburg-Essen. After his Master degree he continued with a PhD in distributed systems. Finishing this, he worked for about five years in industry in the area of IT Service Management and SAP, before he joined the academia again back in 2011. Since 2013 he mainly works in the area of blockchain and cryptocurrency, in different roles as a founder, CIO and supporter for different projects on Waves platform.