The Management Team of Lantiq
Lantiq’s management team includes some of top professionals from the industry. The team’s vast expertise and deep technical knowledge continue to drive Lantiq’s success.
Christian Wolff - CEO
Lantiq Chief Executive Officer
Christian is the Chief Executive Officer of Lantiq, responsible for the company’s overall strategy, vision, and technology. Before accepting this position in November 2009, Christian was Division President Wireline Communications within Infineon Technologies AG in Munich, the operating group from which Lantiq was formed. At Infineon, Christian held various General Manager positions in the Communications Group over the past 15 years. Of particular note, he managed the successful transition of his group’s work into today’s rich broadband market space. Prior to Siemens Semiconductor becoming Infineon, Christian was the General Manager of the Communications ICs Business Unit for Siemens. He was also active in the R&D environment in wireline and wireless applications early in his career.
Christian holds a degree in Electrical Engineering from the Technical University of Munich.
Dr. Klaus Gohlke - CFO
Lantiq Chief Financial Officer
Klaus is the Chief Financial Officer of Lantiq, responsible for the company’s financial plans and goals as well as operations. From October 2008 until Lantiq was formed in November 2009, he served as CFO for the Wireline Communication Division of Infineon Technologies AG in Munich, the operating group from which Lantiq was formed. Prior to these positions, he was the Managing Director and CFO for Infineon Technologies North America for more than two years and Vice President and CFO for Infineon Technologies Asia Pacific in Singapore for six years. Earlier in his career, Klaus was Director of Affiliated Companies & Ventures Administration at Infineon Technologies Holding B.V. in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Klaus holds a Master's Degree and a Ph.D. in Economics and Social Sciences, both from Friedrich-Alexander-University in Nuremberg, Germany.
Dr.-Ing. Martin Schenk – SVP/GM, Access Networks Business Unit
Lantiq Senior Vice President/General Manager, Access Networks Business Unit
Martin is the Lantiq’s Senior Vice President and General Manager for its Access Business Unit, responsible for broadband access, voice and VoIP solutions, as well as core access including mobile backhauling. He has more than 17 years of technical and managerial experience in the communications and semiconductor industries and was most recently the Vice President and General Manager for the Carrier Access Product Line at Infineon Technologies AG. Prior to joining Infineon in 2005, Martin held a number of positions at Centillium Communications, Ishoni Networks and Siemens Microelectronics in the Silicon Valley, CA. He started his career at the Institute for Integrated Circuits in Munich, where he established and managed a research group for broadband access focusing on DSL, home networking and broadband wireless.
Dr. Martin Schenk holds a Dr.-Ing. and a Dipl.-Ing. degree in Electrical Engineering and Information Technology from the Technical University of Munich.
Dominik Bilo - COO
Lantiq Chief Operating Officer
Dominik Bilo is the COO of Lantiq, responsible for the company´s supply chain, partner, and quality control management, product engineering and packaging and IT. He joins Lantiq from Infineon Technologies, where he was most recently Senior Vice President Sales, Marketing & Distribution. For more than 20 years Dominik has worked in the semiconductor space, holding a number of management positions at Siemens AG and later Infineon Technologies including Head of Purchasing and Logistics for analog, digital and mobile phones, Executive Director Sales Global Key Account Management, CEO Guardeonic Solutions AG, and Chief Marketing Officer Secure Mobile Solutions.
Dominik has an MBA in business administration from the University of Cologne.
Guenther Stang – General Counsel
Lantiq General Counsel
Guenther is the General Counsel of Lantiq, heading the Legal & Patents Department with responsibility for Lantiq’s legal affairs on a worldwide basis. Before accepting this position in November 2009, he was Vice President and Head of the IP Transaction & Litigation Group in the corporate legal department at Infineon Technologies AG in Munich. Prior to joining Infineon in 1999, he held a number of positions as in-house counsel within the Siemens corporate legal department in Erlangen and Munich.
Guenther's professional career spans more than 20 years of broad legal experience, including litigations and global transactions, and he has spent more than 15 years working the semiconductor industry.
Hubert Christl – Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales
Lantiq’s Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales
Hubert is the Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales. Prior to this position, he was the Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Access Networks Business Unit for Lantiq. He was also the Vice President and General Manager responsible for the Voice Infrastructure Business Line at Infineon Technologies AG and held a number of general management positions at Infineon and Siemens Semiconductors, including 7 years of P+L responsibility for digital cordless, local area wireless, wireless control and GPS. Under his leadership, Infineon achieved market leadership in digital cordless and wireless control. Hubert also served as Senior Director for program management functions in wireless and wireline communications. Prior to that, he was the Director of Marketing for mobile communication ICs for cellular handsets, cordless applications and high frequency ICs, setting the company's foundation for fast growth in the wireless market. Previously he held marketing and management positions at Siemens Semiconductors.
Hubert has more than 23 years of semiconductor industry experience and holds a degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Applied Sciences in Munich.
Imran Hajimusa – President, Lantiq North America, GM Business Line Home Networking
President, Lantiq North America, GM Business Line Home Networking
Imran is the President of Lantiq North America and General Manager of the company’s Home Networking Business Line. Before accepting this position, Imran led the North American operations of Infineon Technology’s Wireline Division as Vice President. He has more than 18 years of global engineering and management experience in the semiconductor industry. After completing his Masters degree in computer engineering in the USA, he started his career as an ASIC Designer at Siemens in Singapore where he also led Image & Video product management targeted at the Chinese market. Later he moved to Munich and held several positions leading up to Director of R&D at Infineon in Germany. After returning to the USA in 2001, he led Infineon’s Wireline Division business for North America as well as numerous worldwide responsibilities. He served for three years as elected technical chair under the umbrella of EACEM in Europe and currently sits on the Board of HomeGrid Forum as a Director and Vice President.
Imran earned his BSEE and an MSCE from the University of Southern California and has completed the Global Management Program from Babson College Massachusetts.
Craig Garen - Senior Vice President of Global R&D
Lantiq Senior Vice President of Global R&D
Craig is the SVP of Global R&D for Lantiq, responsible for the company’s research and development activities and influencing our product strategies. Before accepting this position in October 2011, Craig held several major positions in the broadband space. He served as the COO with Ikanos Communications, as Senior Vice President and General Manager of Broadband Access at Conexant Systems Inc., and with LSI Corporation as Vice President of R&D of the Mobility Division; prior to that he was General Manager for the analog modem, Ethernet NIC, HPNA, and ADSL CPE businesses at Agere Systems. In his career, he managed multi-disciplined engineering sites located in the US, Europe, and Asia that delivered complete SOC solutions for DSLAMs, CPEs, cellular phones, satellite radio, wireline access, wireless basestations, and other wide area networking applications. He was a principle in the successful divestitures of both the LSI Mobility business to Infineon, and the Conexant Broadband business to Ikanos Communications.
Craig has Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from Lehigh University, a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, and an MBA from Lehigh University.
Lantiq has a 20+ year record of technology leadership, innovation, and strong customer relationships. Its holistic understanding of broadband technology, complete applications, communication standards, and legacy networks enables the company to offer the broadest portfolio of highly integrated, flexible end-to-end semiconductor solutions for next generation networks and the digital home.
Lantiq is a strong supporter of energy efficiency and green products.
We develop and provide solutions that strongly reduce the energy consumption of broadband equipment. For example, our XWAY™ COMPACT Broadband CPE reference design solutions are the first in the market to fulfill the European Code of Conduct (CoC) for energy efficiency and support the IEEE Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEE) standard.
Lantiq is proud and honored to have an experienced team of industry and financial professionals guiding the company. To learn more about who is leading the company, below please find the members of Lantiq’s board of directors and brief biographies of each individual.










