The ZDS team

The entire ZDS team comprises around 50 employees from the areas of school, seminars, administration, technology, student support, kitchen, maintenance and cleaning.

Management

Thomas Kirschbaum
Thomas Kirschbaum
Managing Director

Administration management

Manuela Lung
Manuela Lung
Administration management

School team

Ulrike Medicke
Ulrike MedickePrincipal

Dipl.-Ing. Food Technology

Teacher/ lecturer for

  • Food technology
  • Production process
  • Quality assurance
  • Vocational education
Birgit Fredrichsdorf
Birgit Fredrichsdorf
Secretariat School management

+49 (0) 212 59 61 21

Daniela Pranskat
Daniela Pranskat
Secretariat School management

+49 (0) 212 59 61 16

Collegium

Nils Kalkreuter
Nils Kalkreuter

M. Ed. Food Technology

Head of training program for machine and plant operators Timetable planner

Teacher / Lecturer for

  • Economy
  • Cost management
  • Business and human resources management
  • Production process
Sandra Chudziak
Sandra Chudziak

Graduate ecotrophologist

Head of training program for state-certified technicians

Teacher / Lecturer for

  • Quality management / food law
  • Dietetics
  • Raw materials management / product development
  • Logistics
Petra Henseleit
Petra Henseleit
Junior teacher (retired)

Teacher / Lecturer for

  • Politics / social studies
  • Quality assurance
Dr. Lydia Howorka
Dr. Lydia Howorka
Dr. Ing. food technology

Head of training program for food technology specialists

Teacher for food technology

Thomas Joppich
Thomas Joppich
Graduate geophysicist

Head of training program for confectionery technologists

Teacher / Lecturer for

  • Mathematics
  • Physics
Elena Kletter
Elena Kletter

M.A. English Studies

Teacher / Lecturer for

  • English
  • DAF
Stefan Mazajka
Stefan Mazajka
Dipl.-Ing. Food Technology

Digitization officer

Teacher / Lecturer for

  • Food technology
  • Environmental technology / Packaging technology
  • Production process
  • Mathematics
Dr. Matthias Neumann
Dr. Matthias Neumann
Dr. Ing. mechanical engineering

Teacher for

  • Operating technology
  • Production process
  • Process engineering
Thomas Schorsch
Thomas Schorsch
PastorTeacher for Protestant religious education
Omar Alaziz
Omar Alaziz
Teacher training in sports

Sports teacher

Susan Alfter
Susan Alfter
M. A. German Studies, PhilosophyGerman teacher

Teaching team

Tanja Zenzes
Tanja Zenzes
Master confectioner B.Sc. Food management and technology

Teacher for

  • Confectionery production
  • Packaging technology

Specialist teacher for

  • Chocolate
  • Confectionery
  • Ice cream
Bernd Kossack
Bernd Kossack
Industrial master confectioner

Specialist teacher / lecturer for

  • Sugar
  • Confectionery
  • Confectionery production
Valentin Focke
Valentin Focke
Industrial master confectioner

Specialist teacher for

  • Confectionery
  • Chocolate

Academy

Johannes Bömken
Johannes Bömken
Academy management

Seminar

Guillermo Geschwindner
Guillermo Geschwindner

Dipl.-Ing., Food Technology

Specialist teacher for

  • Confectionery
  • Chocolate
Heike Quendt
Heike Quendt

Project manager

Languages:

  • German
  • English

+49 (0) 212 59 61 59

Sandra Botelho
Sandra Botelho

Project manager

Languages:

  • German
  • English
  • Spanish
  • Portuguese

+49 (0) 212 59 61 32

Andrea Heller
Andrea Heller

Project manager

Languages:

  • German
  • English
  • Spanish

+49 (0) 212 59 61 19

Member Service

Rufus Harings
Rufus Harings

Project manager and member service

Languages:

  • German
  • English

+49 (0) 212 59 61 59

Marketing

Cavit Genctürk
Cavit Genctürk
Graduate designer

Design manager, focus on visual communication

Languages:

  • German
  • English
  • Turkish
Stina Libutzki
Stina Libutzki
Graduate designer

Languages:

  • German
  • English

Canteen team

Daniel Todorovic
Daniel Todorovic
Kitchen Management

Cook

Dragisa Todorovic
Dragisa Todorovic
Kitchen gadgets

Janitor team

Vitaliy Sokolov
Vitaliy Sokolov
Janitor
Oliver Herbst
Oliver Herbst
Janitor
Ralf Trunschke
Ralf Trunschke
Janitor