Head of Spectrum Policy and Standards at Sennheiser
Since April 2018, Dr. Andreas Wilzeckhas held senior spectrum-focused positions at Sennheiser, initially as Head of Spectrum & Innovation (2018–2020) and, since December 2020, as Head of Spectrum Policy and Standards. In this capacity, he has played a key role in shaping the regulatory and standardization framework for Wireless Multi-Channel Audio Systems (WMAS), helping to bring next-generation wideband wireless audio technology to professional markets worldwide. He serves as Vice-Chairman of ETSI TC DECT since June 2018 and previously chaired the ETSI TC DECT Working Group on Ultra-Reliable Low Latency Communications (2016–2020); he also chaired the ETSI Evaluation Group responsible for assessing DECT-2020 NR against the IMT-2020 requirements. From November 2022 to July 2025, he acted as Consortium Lead of the Franco-German MERCI project on private 5G networks based on or complemented by DECT NR+. He currently serves as a Member of the Board of the DECT Forum (since January 2025) and initiated the DECT Forum Academia Industry Roundtable (AIR), established to foster collaboration between industry and academia as a key driver for the long-term advancement and success of future DECT technologies.
Dr.-Ing. Andreas Wilzeck received the Dipl.-Ing. degree in electrical engineering from Gerhard-Mercator University Duisburg, Germany, in late 2002 and the Dr.-Ing. degree from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz University Hannover in August 2009.
