Markus co-leads AlixPartners’ global semiconductor practice. With 20 years of global business experience, he has profound expertise in large corporate transformation and corporate improvement programs. He is driven by a passion for measurable impact as well as serving the semiconductors industry navigate through the disruptions of our age. Before joining Alixpartners, Markus led the strategy at a global technology leader. He started his consulting career at two leading European management consultancy firms. Before joining the consulting world, Markus led a research group for supercomputing and nanophysics research at the University of Hamburg (Germany) utilizing Nvidia’s CUDA to accelerate complex nanophysics simulations and collaborating with institutions globally. Markus holds a summa cum laude PhD and two Masters in Physics and Computer Science from the Institute of Semiconductor Physics at University of Hamburg in the same fields and holds a global patent in data storage.