| 1973 | Grew up on organic mixed farm in Moosleerau AG |
| 1991 | Family emigrated and bought a dairy and crop farm in Ontario, Canada |
| 1992 – 1994 | Diploma in Animal Production, Ridgetown College, University of Guelph, Canada |
| 1994 – 2000 | Dairy farmer together with parents and brother, Ontario, Canada |
| 2000 – 2004 | B.Sc. (Agr) Animal Science, University of Guelph, Canada |
| 2004 – 2006 | M.Sc. Animal Breeding and Genetics, University of Guelph, Canada |
| 2006 – 2009 | Ph.D. Genomic Selection, University of Edinburgh, Scotland and Wageningen University, Netherlands |
| 2010 – 2012 | Research Scientist genomic selection in sheep, Agriculture Victoria, Australia |
| 2012 – 2016 | Senior Research Scientist and small group leader for genomic breeding of wheat, pasture grasses, and canola, as well as sheep and dairy genetics, Agriculture Victoria |
| 2013 – 2020 | Senior Research Fellow, La Trobe University, Australia |
| 2016 – 2021 | Research Leader Computational Biology, Agriculture Victoria, Australia |
| 2020 – 2021 | Associate Professor, La Trobe University, Australia |
| 2021 – 2021 | Professor La Trobe University, Australia |
| 2021 – 2025 | Genome Design Hub Lead, Vegetable R&D Bayer Crop Science, Netherlands |
| 2025 – present | CEO Swiss Plant Breeding Center |