In addition, he is an Adjunct Professor with the Schulich School of Engineering at the University of Calgary, Canada. His research interests include software project management, software process improvement, software product management, software testing, and empirical software engineering. Dietmar has more than 20 years of experience in conducting and leading national and international research and transfer projects with software industry, including organizations such as Bosch, DaimlerChrysler, Drager, Ericsson, Siemens, and Telenor. He is a senior member of ACM and a member of IEEE and the IEEE Computer Society.