Himmerich consulting was established in Dortmund 2010. The city of Dortmund a former coal, beer and steel town with 600.000 inhabitants transforms its undustrial and service strucutre since more than 15 years. New high tech industries (medicine, surfaces and especially IT) grow fast and the university as well as private univeristies (FOM) are interlectual backbone of this process. Dortmund a rising star and entrance to Westphalia with a strong industrial background becomes more and more a diversified city.