Experience

Osram Licht AG
• Germany
• Computer Hardware Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Member Of The Supervisory Board

  • Dec 2020 - Present


ams AG

• Austria
• Semiconductor Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Executive Vice President & GM Division Optical Sensor Solutions

  • Oct 2017 - Present

  Full P&L Responsibility for the Division Optical Sensing Solutions (OSS) with revenues > $1B in 2020 (tripled compared to 2017) and above company target EBIT level Driving Portfolio Strategy, Roadmap and Business Life Cycle covering all aspects of Optical Sensing incl. 3D Sensing for Mobile and Automotive, Industrial and LIDAR for ADAS Automotive Enriched product portfolio from custom components to full solution offering enabling diversification of customers and applications across mobile, automotive and industrial Established ams as leading Optical Sensing Company globally and go to advisor in the 3D ECO System Converted three acquisitions (Heptagon, Princeton Optronics, Key Lemon) into a fully operational division with focus on 3D components & system solutions Managing > 1000 people (Business Development, Sales, Marketing, Engineering, Product Management, Customer Support, Operations, Quality) worldwide incl. locations in Europe (Austria, Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland), Asia (Singapore, China, India) and US (East Coast, West Coast) Rolled out Leadership program within the division and across ams Show less



NXP Semiconductors

• Netherlands
• Semiconductor Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Vice President & GM Business Line Secure Identification Solutions

  • Jul 2012 - Sep 2017

  Responsible for the Business Line Secure Identification Solutions incl. Banking, Secure ID and Automatic Fair Collection (AFC) & RFID Reporting Segment of NXP with close to $1B revenue in 2015 Full P&L Responsibility Strategy, Go to Market, Business Development and Positioning Product and System Roadmap, Product Portfolio General Management covering Strategy, Sales & Marketing, Engineering, Operations, HR, Finance Board Member of Bitcom Board Member of the european cyber security organization (ECSO) Show less



Lantiq

• Technology, Information and Media
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Sr. VP and General Manager Business Unit CPE

  • Nov 2009 - Jun 2012

  Full P&L Responsibility Product and System Roadmap, Product Portfolio General Management covering Strategy, Marketing, Engineering, Operations, HR, Finance Full P&L Responsibility Product and System Roadmap, Product Portfolio General Management covering Strategy, Marketing, Engineering, Operations, HR, Finance



Infineon AG

• Germany
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• VP & General Manager

  • Dec 2006 - Nov 2009

  Full P&L ResponsibilityMarket Development and PositioningProduct PortfolioProduct and System RoadmapProgram Management of CPE products incl. DSL, Networkprocessor, Ethernet, VoIP, DECT, Software etc.

• VP Engineering, VP System Engineering

  • Jun 2003 - Nov 2006

  Product and System Roadmap for complete Wireline DivisionProduct Portfolio ManagementProgram Management of CPE products incl. DSL, Networkprocessor, Ethernet, VoIP, DECT, Software etc.

• VP Engineering

  • Jun 1998 - Jun 2003

  VP of Engineering for the Storage Division managing around 120 engineers at 4 locations (San Jose/CA, Santa Cruz/CA, Irvine/CA, Longmont/CO)



Siemens Halbleiter

• IC Designer, Project Manager, Director of Engineering

  • Jun 1990 - Jun 1998

  Development of Chips for the telecommunication industry Development of Chips for the telecommunication industry



RWTH Aachen University

• Germany
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• IC Architect

  • Dec 1989 - Mar 1990

  IC Architecture & Development of a 64 State Viterbi Decoder for Communication Applications IC Architecture & Development of a 64 State Viterbi Decoder for Communication Applications