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Rouzbeh Yassini, Ph.D.
Founder and CEO YAS Broadband Ventures LLC

Dr. Rouzbeh Yassini is Founder and CEO of YAS Broadband Ventures LLC. He has gained an international reputation as a broadband visionary for inventing the cable modem while founder and CEO of LANcity and for establishing the cable modem industry standards (DOCSIS) through Cable Television Laboratories, SCTE and ITU.

Dr. Yassini is well known in industry circles as the “father of the cable modem” for inventing this technology and was twice named a CED Broadband 50 designate. CED Magazine named him “1998 Man of the Year” for creating and fostering the multibillion-dollar cable modem broadband industry. Dr. Yassini is the author of Planet Broadband a humanized look at broadband technology. The NCTA awarded Dr. Yassini with a 2004 Vanguard Award, one of the Cable Industry’s highest honors, in recognition of his contributions and dedication to the industry.

As founder of YAS Broadband Ventures, he serves as board member on a number of privately and publicly held (Entropic Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: ENTR) companies. He has served as a senior executive consultant with Comcast, in charge of the next generation standard set-top box “RNG”, with CableLabs in charge of the DOCSIS and CableHome projects and as the cable industry’s point man on standardizing the cable modem’s global footprint. He has also served in the board of LANcity (acquired by Bay Networks in 1996); BAS (acquired by ADC in 2000), and TrueChat (acquired by Terayon in 2001). Dr. Yassini has been involved in managing and advising companies ranging from 100 million to 50 billion dollars and has been a member of the LGI advisory Technology board since 2001. In the spring of 2008, Dr. Yassini opened the Yassini Broadband Knowledge Center in Boston, offering research grants and facilities to investigate fresh ideas in Broadband technology that will improve the way we work and live.

Rouzbeh holds an Honorary Ph.D. in Science and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from West Virginia University, an Honorary Ph.D. from Merrimack College, as well as an equivalent MBA from General Electric’s Financial Management Program.


	Rouzbeh Yassini, Ph.D. Founder and CEO YAS Broadband Ventures LLC Dr. Rouzbeh Yassini is Founder and CEO of YAS Broadband Ventures LLC. He has gained an international reputation as a broadband visionary for inventing the cable modem while founder and CEO of LANcity and for establishing the cable modem industry standards (DOCSIS) through Cable Television Laboratories, SCTE and ITU. Dr. Yassini is well known in industry circles as the “father of the cable modem” for inventing this technology and was twice named a CED Broadband 50 designate. CED Magazine named him “1998 Man of the Year” for creating and fostering the multibillion-dollar cable modem broadband industry. Dr. Yassini is the author of Planet Broadband a humanized look at broadband technology. The NCTA awarded Dr. Yassini with a 2004 Vanguard Award, one of the Cable Industry’s highest honors, in recognition of his contributions and dedication to the industry. As founder of YAS Broadband Ventures, he serves as board member on a number of privately and publicly held (Entropic Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: ENTR) companies. He has served as a senior executive consultant with Comcast, in charge of the next generation standard set-top box “RNG”, with CableLabs in charge of the DOCSIS and CableHome projects and as the cable industry’s point man on standardizing the cable modem’s global footprint. He has also served in the board of LANcity (acquired by Bay Networks in 1996); BAS (acquired by ADC in 2000), and TrueChat (acquired by Terayon in 2001). Dr. Yassini has been involved in managing and advising companies ranging from 100 million to 50 billion dollars and has been a member of the LGI advisory Technology board since 2001. In the spring of 2008, Dr. Yassini opened the Yassini Broadband Knowledge Center in Boston, offering research grants and facilities to investigate fresh ideas in Broadband technology that will improve the way we work and live. Rouzbeh holds an Honorary Ph.D. in Science and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from West Virginia University, an Honorary Ph.D. from Merrimack College, as well as an equivalent MBA from General Electric’s Financial Management Program.
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