After graduating in 2002 with an engineering degree in physics, Christian started his career in automation, automotive and space industries. Then, he worked in the field of ERTMS where he occupied functions from product development and validation to certification and authorisation of subsystems. As a Project Officer at ERA, he was in charge of coordinating the ERTMS NSA network and evaluation of CCS (Control Command and Signalling) national rules. Now he is working in the team in charge of CCM (Change Control Management) for ETCS.