The Rolling Wireless leadership team

Andreas Kohn is Chief Executive Officer of Rolling Wireless. He has accumulated over 25 years of leadership experience in the automotive and wireless industries.

Andreas joined Rolling Wireless at its inception in 2020 as Chief Operating Officer, a position he held for a period of six years. From the outset, he played a pivotal role in establishing and developing the company, delineating its strategic direction, organizational framework, and operational model, and ensuring the successful execution of business growth strategies. In his capacity as COO, he assumed responsibility for a wide range of functions, including global operations, R&D, product management and marketing, supply chain management, manufacturing, IT, and quality assurance.

Prior to joining Rolling Wireless, Andreas spent more than 12 years at Sierra Wireless Automotive, most recently as Vice President Automotive, with full P&L responsibility for the global automotive business. In this role, he defined business strategy, led the automotive product portfolio, and managed strategic relationships with leading OEM customers and key technology partners.

Earlier in his career, Andreas held senior automotive roles at Siemens, including leadership positions spanning Product Management, Sales, and Quality at Siemens VDO (now Aumovio) and Siemens Wireless Modules in both the United States and Germany. He began his professional career in academia as an Assistant Professor at the City University of London.

Andreas holds a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering and Information Technology from the Technical University of Munich (TUM).

Wei Xu has more than 25 years’ experience in wireless technologies from 2G to 5G, and more than 12 years developing automotive connectivity solutions.

Wei joined Rolling Wireless from Sierra Wireless, where he was Senior Director Engineering leading R&D activities for the Automotive and EM/MC product lines. In this role, he successfully delivered more than 10 customer programs, including a 5G module and 4G automotive products used by 7 of the top 10 car brands worldwide.

Prior to Sierra Wireless, Wei worked for NEC Europe as Senior product manager and previously in various R&D roles with Qualcomm, Infineon and Huawei.

Wei holds a MSc in Telecommunication degree from UESTC, China; MSc in Software Engineering from University of Oxford and BSc degree in Electrical Engineering from South-East University, China.

Cyrille Demousseau is responsible for all Rolling Wireless global sales activities, driving the strategy and execution of all sales initiatives including sales operations.

Cyrille joined Rolling Wireless following more than 12 years at Sierra Wireless in various sales roles. From 2010 to 2020, he was Director Southern Europe, Director Automotive Sales EMEA, and Senior Director - Head of Sales, developing a team over the years which won major deals and handled customers. He joined Sierra Wireless in 2008 as Senior Global Account Manager Automotive.

Prior to joining Sierra Wireless, Cyrille was Senior Account Manager at NEC Electronics, Business Developer at APSYS (AIRBUS Group), and Consultant at Bureau Veritas.

Cyrille holds an engineering degree from ESME Sudria and an MBA from IAE Paris – Sorbonne Business School.

Bill Dodson holds overall responsibility for Rolling Wireless’s operations, including supply chain, purchasing and manufacturing engineering. He brings with him a strong background leading global companies in the technology industry and developing supply chain models to support complex business requirements.

Before joining Rolling Wireless, Bill worked as a supply chain management consultant helping transform company supply chains to deal with new China tariffs, assure operational excellence, and provide optimal long term solutions.

From 2002 to 2019, he was Senior Vice President of Operations at Sierra Wireless where he held overall responsibility across business units for manufacturing, purchasing, manufacturing engineering, NPI, quality, customer service, forecasting, and sales operations support.

Prior to joining Sierra Wireless, Bill was Vice President of Global Operations for Gateway Computers. He previously worked with Toshiba America Information Systems as Director of Operations – Desktop and Server manufacturing, and as Director of Business Planning.

Rafet Lakhdar has global responsibility for all Rolling Wireless quality initiatives, including new product introduction gates monitoring, ensuring efficient transition from engineering to automotive-quality mass production.

Prior to joining Rolling Wireless, Rafet was Senior Director Global Customer Quality & Operations at Sierra Wireless. He joined Sierra Wireless in 2016 as Director Operations EMEA, with responsibility for purchasing, supply chain, manufacturing, NPI, quality, and logistics for all EMEA-based activities.

Rafet holds degrees from École Centrale de Marseille and from The Wharton School.

Thierry Uguen is responsible for product management and customer support at Rolling Wireless.

With more than 25 years of IoT experience, Thierry has built a successful track record in product and services deployment, go-to-market strategy, market segment analysis, and business development. His expertise includes leading product roadmaps from definition to execution and support, and spearheading the deployment of end-to-end product solutions for markets such as automotive, transportation, and smart metering.

Prior to joining Rolling Wireless in 2024, Thierry was Head of Connectivity and Solutions Portfolio at Telit Cinterion. He has previously held various product line management and project management roles with Thales, Sierra Wireless, Wavecom, and Parrot.

Thierry holds electronics engineering degrees from Henri Poincaré University and Télécom Physique Strasbourg, and a strategy degree from HEC Paris.

Gene Santana leads Rolling Wireless’ global industry and regulatory certification teams. With more than 25 years of experience in carrier management, advanced technology and wireless industries, he has a proven track record of driving product lifecycles, providing roadmap strategy development, and supporting IoT solutions.

Prior to joining Rolling Wireless, Gene served as head of the Carrier Technical Operations team at BlackBerry for more than ten years, where he led numerous successful cases driving device launches, certifications, technical acceptances, and field support.

Before BlackBerry, Gene was Global Customer Program Manager at Freescale Semiconductor, responsible for "best-in-class" customer support and reference design development support, and held numerous positions at Motorola developing cutting edge wireless devices and antenna structures.

Gene holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree from Florida Atlantic University.

Pierre Cosnier serves as the General Counsel at Rolling Wireless, bringing over two decades of legal expertise in the technology and IoT sectors to the company. 

Prior to joining Rolling Wireless, Pierre practiced as a solicitor at the Paris Bar specialising in international contractual engagements, commercial disputes and litigation, compliance, and M&A projects in the IoT sector.

From 2003 to 2022, Pierre held senior legal positions at Sierra Wireless where he oversaw corporate governance, compliance, intellectual property management, and strategic transactions. Earlier in his career, he served as General Counsel at Alcatel-Lucent’s Optronics division, where he gained extensive experience in international contracts, regulatory affairs, and commercial law. 

Pierre holds a Master of Laws (LLM) degree from University College London and is a qualified attorney.

Dan Schieler is Chairman at Rolling Wireless and previously served as Chief Executive Officer, where he led the company’s strategic direction, growth, and positioning in the connected and automotive wireless markets.

Prior to joining Rolling Wireless, Dan was Senior Vice President & General Manager of Automotive at Sierra Wireless, where he directed sales of $185M and managed a global team of R&D, Product Management and Sales/Technical support. Dan spent more than 15 years at Sierra Wireless as head of different business units.

Dan joined Sierra Wireless as Vice President of North American Sales in 2003, when AirPrime, Inc. was acquired by Sierra Wireless. At AirPrime, he was Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Marketing, responsible for driving AirPrime’s sales strategy, and managing a highly experienced international sales team.

Prior to joining AirPrime, Dan worked for Xircom’s OEM division where he managed accounts with top-tier OEM computing manufacturers.