LU-CIX ASBL

Gilles Mulheims started working for Tango in 2007 taking over the responsibility for the complete radio access network of Tango’s mobile telecommunication networks. Since 2013 he is responsible for both, the fixed and mobile access networks of Tango, as well as the national and international interconnections. Today he is heading a team of 20 engineers.

In 2013 he started building up a new Internet Platform for Tango and connected it to several Internet Exchanges. Over the years he acquired a huge experience in IP network interconnections, the overall Internet topology and the negotiation of peering agreements.

Gilles holds a Master degree in electrical and electronics engineering with a specialization in mobile telecommunications.

Peter Sodermans runs 2005 a boutique consultancy firm, Direct Engineering. As such, he actively supports Luxembourg-headquartered cloud and edge provider G-Core labs as Director of their Global Government relations. Previously, he kickstarted the Gaia-X hub of Luxembourg for Luxinnovation, focusing on European digital sovereignty. He’s well known by many because of his 11-year mission as senior adviser to the department of “Media, Telecommunications, and Digital Policy department” (SMC) of the Luxembourg Government (Prime Minister’s office). Peter covered strategic initiatives related to the positioning of the country’s technological infrastructure, thereby creating new opportunities for the Luxembourg government related to 5G, data centers, connectivity, artificial intelligence, IoT, and tech companies, all with the Digital Luxembourg infrastructure group umbrella.

In the early ’00s, Peter Sodermans served as Vice-President of NASDAQ listed Cogent Communications and Lambdanet in international roles. Before that, he was a successful telecoms entrepreneur in the late ’90s. (Direct Telecom, Firstmark Communications). Peter’s also a residential real estate investor since 2002.

Since his early youth, Peter is a passionate Private Pilot and serves since many as President of the Airplane Owners and Pilot’s Association of Luxembourg (AOPA).

Being an autodidact, he holds the Influence and Negotiation Strategies program certificate from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business

After a first professional experience as Network Engineer at Netline (from 2007 to 2011) and then at Telecom Luxembourg Private Operator (TLPO), Yannick was promoted Chief Technology Officer for TLPO whilst accepting to become Chief Strategy Officer at LU-CIX (Internet Exchange Point of Luxembourg) until October 2016.

Yannick recently moved to POST Telecom as Connectivity Presales in the Enterprise Sales department.
Since 2012, he has also been operating as professional counsellor at IUT Le Montet (Nancy), sharing his expertise on how ISPs work with lab session.
Yannick holds a master’s degree in system engineering specialty network from the University Henri Poincaré (Nancy).

After a few varied professional experiences, Quentin turned to Service Provider (Cloud and Internet). He started his career in France, at Aspaway (acquired by Claranet), and moved to Adista after having obtained his Master’s degree in Network and Telecommunications from ESIEA (Paris).
Since 2020, Quentin has been working at LuxNetwork as Network Enginner where he is now responsible of technical engineering.
Passionate about the Internet and peering, he is also part-time teacher at ESIEA (Paris), to pass on knowledge about operator networks.

After graduating from a master’s degree in electronic engineering, and after a brief stint at Europe Online, Michel worked for 22 years at CETREL / SIX Payment Services in various capacities. Network Engineer, Head of Service, Project Manager and Head of IT Operations were steps in both Luxembourg and Zurich, before joining LU-CIX GIE.

After graduating from an engineering degree in Telecom and Informatics (at EFREI Paris, former ESIGETEL), Frederic worked 10 years as Telecom engineer in Payment Card Industry at CETREL S.C..

Since 2008 he held different positions at POST Technologies as engineer and manager for developing the POST Technologies networks and products.

Today he leads the POST Technologies Internet Backbone infrastructure and the Core platforms for the Fixed and Mobile connectivity products.

Yves joined the Government IT Centre, called “Centre des technologies et de l’information de l’État” (CTIE), in 2014 where his activities are focused on network management and operations.

Before he worked at RESTENA Foundation, starting 2000 as a network and systems engineer. He was responsible for the operation of the National Research and Education Network (NREN) and was among the early adopters of IPv6 in Luxembourg.

On a voluntary basis he contributes to the Luxembourg Commercial Internet eXchange point (LU-CIX) since 2012.

Yves holds a master’s degree in Computer Science – Network and Systems Engineering from the University Henri Poincaré (Nancy).

In the 90’s Thomas Schmidt started in Germany working for Siemens (Apprentice ship), BT, GTS and NortelNetworks located in Frankfurt, learning telecommunication networks from scratch.

He started working for Cegecom in 2002. First he was responsable for the Fixed Voice Network and the planning, maintaining and roll out of the network.

As artelis (Holding of Cegecom and VSENET) was founded in 2006 he took over as well responabilities for Germany and all telecommunication platforms in cegecom.

Since 2021 he is heading several departments with a team of about 65 employees, spreaded over Luxembourg and Germany.

Over the years he acquired a lot of experience in the telecommunications market.

Frédérique is the point of contact for LU-CIX’s members and addresses all topics with regards to LU-CIX in general. She is the organiser the yearly Luxembourg Internet Days event, which has become an industry must in the Greater Region.

In charge of the harmonious development of LU-CIX ASBL which drives her to a very cross functional position, she is active on all fronts; from sales to events organisation, from day-to-day administration to representation outside of the office. On June 30, 2022, Frédérique has been appointed Member of the Board of Directors of LU-CIX ASBL.

After being graduated from INSEEC Paris, Frédérique ULRICH has acquired a strong background in sales, marketing, communication and event organisation in trend setting companies at the international level.

Frédérique is the point of contact for LU-CIX’s members and addresses all topics with regards to LU-CIX in general. She is the organiser the yearly Luxembourg Internet Days event, which has become an industry must in the Greater Region.

In charge of the harmonious development of LU-CIX ASBL which drives her to a very cross functional position, she is active on all fronts; from sales to events organisation, from day-to-day administration to representation outside of the office. On June 30, 2022, Frédérique has been appointed Member of the Board of Directors of LU-CIX ASBL.

After being graduated from INSEEC Paris, Frédérique ULRICH has acquired a strong background in sales, marketing, communication and event organisation in trend setting companies at the international level.