Prior to enrolling in the Conservation Program of the HTW, University of Applied Sciences in Berlin, Reinhard apprenticed as a Ship-Builder in Hamburg (1993 to 1996), and completed internships in the Conservation Departments of several museums in Germany. He was a Fellow at the Swiss Institute of Art Research (SIK), Zurich, Switzerland, in 2001, and completed his training as an Objects Conservator in 2002. He holds a graduate degree in the Conservation of Objects. Reinhard joined the Museum Tinguely in Basel, Switzerland from 2002 to 2012 as Head of Conservation. Reinhard was a Participant of the European Conservation Research Projects Inside Installations and PRACTIC’S, 2003-2010. In 2009, he was a twelve-month Conservation Research Fellow with The Museum of Modern Art in New York. Since 2012, Reinhard is Partner of bek&frohnert LLC, based in New York City.