Electrical Engineering diploma and two years as assistant in the Electromechanics and Electrical Machines Laboratory of the EPFL, Lausanne. Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering and honorary professor since March 2011 at Cracow University of Technology, Poland.8 years at ABB Sécheron Ltd in the field of Power and Traction Transformers (Head of the Engineering and tests department, then Head of the worldwide ABB Center of Excellence for Traction Transformers until end 1996). Employment experience includes also Bombardier Transportation in Zürich.January 1997 till November 2011, Professor of Electrical Machines at the University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland (HES-SO) in Fribourg. 2011-2016, Director of the school of Engineering in Sion (HES-SO Valais). 2016 -2019 Vice-President, Head of Innovation worldwide at WEIDMANN in Rapperswil (CH). Since 2019, Lecturer at HES-SO in Yverdon (CH).