Elmar works both as a researcher and a founder. Elmar wrote his award-winning PhD thesis on static code analysis and is still active as a researcher in software quality analysis. In 2009, he co-founded CQSE GmbH. He (and his 60 colleagues) since help international teams in using software intelligence analyses to write better software in less time. Elmar frequently gives keynotes and talks at research conferences (e.g. ICSE, ICPC, SANER) and industry events (e.g. German Testing Day, Software Quality Days, Agile Testing Days, AutomationSTAR, EuroSTAR). He was elected best speaker 10+ times, including at Clean Code Days, German Testing Day and Software Quality Days. Elmar was named Junior Fellow of the GI in 2015 and received the German Award for Software Quality in 2024. His research was cited 3600+ times.