Thorsten is Co-founder and Managing Partner at Knippers Helbig Advanced Engineering with more than 20 years working experience in the field of structural and façade engineering. After working in Germany for well-known engineering firms being responsible for façade and roof structures he founded his own firm “Knippers Helbig Advanced Engineering” together with Jan Knippers in 2001 in Stuttgart /Germany. He founded a branch in New York City in 2009 and moved to NYC in 2016.