Behrooz Rezvani, Ph.D., Founder, Chairman and CEO
Behrooz Rezvani is an industry
recognized visionary in the field of communications systems, information technology and
telecommunications networks. Prior to founding Quantenna, Dr. Rezvani founded Ikanos
Communications where he served as CTO through its IPO in 2005. While at Ikanos his
pioneering work resulted in the first 100 Mbps over copper technology and was later adopted
as the world wide standard by ITU-T, IEEE and ANSI for VDSL2. Previously, he established the
AFC-Fremont Advanced Design Center, where he managed the development of the award winning
xDSL line cards and IFW-NGDLC technology. Prior to that he held management and engineering
positions at Ericsson, Raynet, MicroUnity, Siemens, Rockwell, and GE.
Dr.
Rezvani was the President of the DMT Alliance, an industry forum, with more than 50 members
including Alcatel, Intel, and TI. He also served as editor of xDSL coexistence, the
Spectral Compatibility and Management standards of the American National Standards
Institute (ANSI-T1.417), and Ethernet over copper IEEE 802.3ah. Dr. Rezvani received a
B.S./M.S. degree in electronic engineering from NDSU/UND and a Ph.D. from Marquette
University. He holds more than 20 patents with 10 pending. He is a frequent speaker at
industry forums.
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