Rouzbeh Yassini Profile


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Name:	Rouzbeh Yassini
Company:	YAS Broadband Ventures LLC
Title:	Founder and CEO
Profile:	Dr. Rouzbeh Yassini is Founder & CEO of YAS Broadband Ventures LLC. He has gained international reputation as a broadband visionary for inventing the cable modem while founder, chairman, CEO and president of LANcity, and for establishing the cable modem industry standards (DOCSIS) through Cable Television Laboratories. Dr. Yassini is well known in the industry circles as the "father of the cable modem" for inventing this technology, and has been a two-time CED Broadband 50 designate. CED Magazine named him "1998 Man of the Year" for creating and fostering the multibillion-dollar cable modem "Broadband" industry. He is a worldwide speaker and author on topics of digital services (voice, data, video) using the broadband infrastructure. As founder of YAS Broadband Ventures, he serves as a board member on a number of privately held companies. Dr. Yassini is a member of the UPC Technical Advisory Committee, and a senior executive consultant with CableLabs in charge of the DOCSIS and CableHome projects. He serves as the cable industry's point man on standardizing the cable modem footprint globally. He has also served on the board of LANcity (acquired by BayNetworks in 1996), BAS (acquired by ADC in 2000), TrueChat (acquired by Terayon in 2001). Dr. Yassini has been involved in managing and advising companies ranging from 100 million to 50 billion dollars. Dr. Yassini holds an Honorary Ph.D. in Science, and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from West Virginia University, as well as an equivalent MBA from General Electric's Financial Management Program.