After gaining a doctoral degree in particle physics he spent several years conducting research in various large-scale experiments at well-known international research institutes in Switzerland and the USA. He gained a post-doctoral lecturing qualification in experimental physics, writing a thesis on the properties of the heaviest elementary particle.

Aspects of IT in international collaborations always formed an important part of Daniel’s research activities, and he has continued to focus on them over the past ten years in his role as financial consultant. He leads projects, assumes strategic programme management functions, manages key aspects of IT- and business-architecture, and regularly enters the resolution of critical issues within special task forces.