In 1976 – 1980 Olaf began as an apprentice as a dental technician in the Netherlands. Since 1984, he has been working as a Dipl.-ZT; and thus gone onto becoming a world-wide lecturer and educator. He is a member for DGÄZ, DGOI, DGI, DGEZ, ESCD and is President of EADT. His laboratory is a pilot laboratory for Friadent and DeguDent. His main interests are in the development of CAD/CAM procedures and he has been involved in many product launches.