Executive Committee

Stephan Zizala has served as Chief Executive Officer of u-blox since January 1, 2023. He joined u-blox in October 2022. Prior to joining u-blox, from 2014 to 2022, Stephan led the business line Automotive High Power of the Automotive division of Infineon Technologies AG. He was responsible for high-voltage Silicon and Silicon Carbide, as well as low-voltage power semiconductor products used in electrified, automated, and smart cars. From 2009 to 2013, Stephan headed the business segment of industrial and multimarket microcontrollers. He joined Infineon in 2001 and held several marketing and management positions in various business units, such as microcontrollers, security ICs, and wireless baseband ICs. Prior to joining Infineon, Stephan worked as an associated member of staff in Infineon’s mixed-signal development team doing project work for his PhD thesis. His industry expertise includes further positions at Synopsys Inc. and Siemens AG. Since 2016 Stephan has been a member of the Supervisory Board of Schweizer Electronic AG and currently serves as Deputy Chairman. Stephan Zizala was born in Augsburg, Germany, in 1972. He holds a Dipl.-Ing. and Dr.-Ing. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Technische Universität München (Technical University Munich), Germany.

Andreas Thiel is Head of Product Centers at u-blox AG, a role he took on in early 2019. From 1997 to 2012, he was Executive Vice President R&D Hardware of u-blox AG, and from 2007 to 2012 he served as Executive Vice President (R&D Hardware) of u-blox Holding AG. From 2012 to 2019, he acted as Executive Director Cellular Product Development. He holds a degree in electrical engineering from Aachen University (RWTH) in Germany. From 1994 to 1997 he was a research assistant and project manager at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH). In 1997, he co-founded u-blox AG.

Jean-Pierre Wyss co-founded u-blox AG in 1997. Since the incorporation of u-blox Holding AG in 2007, Jean-Pierre Wyss served as a Member of the Board of Directors and, until 2011, as CFO. Currently, he is Head of Production and Logistics of u-blox AG. From 1995 to 1997, he was a research assistant and project manager at ETH. Jean-Pierre Wyss is a Member of the Board of Ardo Medical AG, Switzerland. He holds a degree in electrical engineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH) and a Finance for Executives diploma from INSEAD in Singapore. He is a citizen of Switzerland.

Roland Jud has been appointed CFO of both u‑blox Holding AG and u‑blox AG in 2011. He holds a degree in economics from the University of St. Gallen (HSG), a diploma as Swiss Certified Auditor (CPA) and a diploma as Certified IFRS/ IAS Accountant. From 1992 until 1999 he was auditor and consultant at KPMG. He served as Group Controller and Deputy CFO at Gurit‑Heberlein Holding AG, Switzerland from 1999 to 2008. Thereafter, he was Head of Accounting, Reporting and ICS at Ascom Holding AG, Switzerland until 2010. From 2010 until 2011 he held the position of CFO and Member of the Executive Committee at Nexgen AG, Switzerland. Roland Jud is a Member of the Advisory Board of c‑crowd AG, Zürich.

Markus Schaefer joined u-blox as Member of the Executive Committee for Global Marketing and Sales in September, 2019 and is based in Thalwil, Switzerland. He holds a M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from RWTH Aachen, Germany and an MBA in Leadership from Tiffin University, Ohio, USA. He worked at Infineon Technologies from 1995 to 2009 in Application Engineering, Marketing and Sales, mainly based in San Jose CA, USA. He served as Senior Director of Global Sales and Marketing at NXP for RF and Power Management from 2009 to 2014 in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. From 2014 to 2019, Schaefer held the position Head of Sales EMEA and India at MACOM Technologies based in Duesseldorf, Germany. He is a citizen of Germany.