The Dortmund native has been actively involved in shaping club culture in the Ruhr region for over 20 years. He is a founding member and board member of LiveInitiative NRW eV, or LINA for short, the interest group for club and live venue operators, concert and festival organisers in North Rhine-Westphalia. In 2015, he initiated his current project, the JUNKYARD in Dortmund's Nordstadt district.