DownloadsTechnologyReferencesPublicationsTrainingEventsCareersNewsroom DE | EN Products Solutions How to buy Service & Support Company myLANCOM LANCOM > Company > About LANCOM Systems > Management SECURE. NETWORKS. Management LANCOM is a mid-sized German company based in Würselen near Aachen. Founder Ralf Koenzen and co-managing directors Uwe Neumeier manage the company jointly. Ralf Koenzen Uwe Neumeier Extended management board Christian Schallenberg, Lothar Kronen and Dr. Ulrich Halka form the extended management board and support the management in their strategic work. Christian Schallenberg Lothar Kronen Dr. Ulrich Halka Ralf Koenzen Founder & Managing Director Ralf Koenzen (born 1965) founded LANCOM Systems in May 2002. Ralf Koenzen started his professional career in 1984 with the founding of the Höffken & Koenzen Datakommunikation GmbH in Mülheim an-der-Ruhr, Germany. Eight years later in 1992, he joined ELSA in Aachen as department manager of ISDN development. ELSA proved to be the springboard for his subsequent career. After three years in 1995, he took over the management of the business unit Communication Systems. The management buyout of this business unit from ELSA AG in 2002 laid the foundation stone for LANCOM Systems. Since then, Ralf Koenzen stands for the success story of LANCOM Systems. His many years of experience and his expertise are instrumental in the strategic development and innovative capabilities of the German network-technology manufacturer. In 2014, Ralf Koenzen was a finalist in the “Entrepreneur of the Year” award, gaining recognition as one of the Germany's most successful business personalities. Since July 2018, he not only manages LANCOM’s business activities, but has also been heading the “Networks & Cybersecurity” division of Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG. Ralf Koenzen studied Computer Science at the University of Dortmund, Germany. He is married and has two children. Uwe Neumeier Managing Director Uwe Neumeier (born 1966) joined LANCOM Systems in September 2020 and, on January 1, 2021, he was appointed to the management board alongside LANCOM founder & managing director Ralf Koenzen. Through his many years in various national and international management positions in the IT industry, Uwe Neumeier combines channel expertise and enterprise experience: Until 2017, he spent many years in charge of the global server business for Fujitsu Technology Solutions and later for the data-center business in the EMEA and India regions. Before that, he was managing director and COO of the IT distributor ALSO in Germany and Austria. This was preceded by various management positions at national and international level at Hewlett-Packard, where as Country Manager and Director one of his responsibilities was the network business in Germany. In his most recent position as CIO and CDO of the logistics service provider Hellmann Worldwide Logistics, Neumeier was responsible for global corporate IT and the digital transformation of the business divisions. Uwe Neumeier studied European Business in Germany and England and completed his master's degree in International Business at Brunel University in London. He is married and has three children. Christian Schallenberg Extended management board, Chief Technology Officer Christian Schallenberg (born 1966) became authorized signatory and CTO on the Management Board responsible for the products and solutions of LANCOM Systems in 2010. In 1996 he joined the Workstation Computer Graphics Development department at ELSA AG and later researched the first commercial ADSL router. He moved on to various positions in product management, and has headed this department at LANCOM Systems since its foundation in 2002. Christian Schallenberg studied communications engineering (graduate engineer) at the RWTH Aachen University and business administration (MBA) at the WHU in Vallendar, the Kellogg School of Management in Chicago, and the HKUST in Hong Kong. He is married and has two children. Lothar Kronen Extended management board, Chief Financial Officer Lothar Kronen (born 1963) became CFO and authorized signatory at LANCOM Systems in January 2008. Lothar Kronen started his professional career in the IT department of the West­deutsche Landesbank in 1989. He then spent more than 6 years with the Czewo Full Filling Service group, a contract service provider producing personal care items. Shortly after joining the company, he took over as CFO at one of the four production sites. In 2001 Lothar Kronen moved to the Aachen site of the automotive supplier Hutchinson GmbH, where he worked as CFO. In 2007 as Finance Director, Lothar Kronen oversaw the sale of the listed company Parsytec AG to ISRA Vision AG. Lothar Kronen studied business administration at the University of Cologne with a focus on finance, taxation and informatics. He is married and has two grown-up children. Dr. Ulrich Halka Extended management board, Chief Operating Officer Dr. Ulrich Halka (born 1964) has been a member of the extended Management Board since August 2019 and is responsible for the Support, Service and Training departments. Prior to joining LANCOM in 2018, he held a leading position at Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG. His career path has seen him in responsible roles at AEG, Nokia—where he was managing director of the German headquarters—and Accenture. Ulrich Halka studied electrical engineering (Dr. Ing.) in Bochum, Germany, where he majored in information and communication technology and digital signal processing. He is married and has two children. Contact us You have further questions about this product or want a personal contact? 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