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Management Team
Roubik Gregorian | President and CEO
Roubik is a senior industry executive widely recognized as a preeminent expert in analog MOS, mixed signal and digital signal processing. Previously, as President and CEO of Exar Corporation he was instrumental in transitioning the company into a major supplier of wire-line and optical products for the communications market. He joined Exar through the acquisition of Startech Semiconductor, where he served as President. As Vice President of R&D and Chief Technology Officer for Sierra Semiconductor, he spearheaded product strategy and development activities from inception through to a leadership position in communications and multimedia semiconductors. Earlier in his career he was manager of analog and telecommunications products at American Microsystems where he received several awards including one for developing the industry's first PCM CODEC. Roubik has been issued 28 patents, authored two textbooks and 45 technical articles. He received a Ph.D. from UCLA.
Wiren Perera | Vice President, Marketing and Business Development
Wiren is a seasoned business executive with close to 20 years of experience in both established and early stage high technology companies. Most recently he was responsible for LAN, MAN and WAN communications components and modules businesses at JDSU with annual revenue in the $300m range. Previously, he headed business operations for Mysticom, a supplier of 10/100, Gigabit and 10 Gigabit Ethernet products. Wiren was the first marketing executive at Stream Machine (acquired by Cirrus Logic) a pioneer in digital multimedia IC solutions for consumer entertainment. Wiren also led data communications marketing and systems engineering at PMC-Sierra, growing the business to a $200m run rate, and held management positions at NEC. He received a Ph.D. from Cambridge University.
Joseph Babanezhad | Chief Technical Officer
Joseph co-founded Plato Networks and has successfully developed several leadership designs for both wireline and wireless applications. His areas of expertise include both data converters and signal processing. Previously, he managed wireless communications IC design at National Semiconductor. At Sierra Semiconductor, Joseph was responsible for managing a variety of IC designs for data communications, telecommunications, and biomedical applications. He also held design positions at Xerox, Teledyne and Comp-U-Med. Joseph has numerous technical publications and has received eight U.S. patents. He was a member of the IEEE 802.3an 10GBASE-T standard committee. Joseph received a Ph.D. from UCLA.
Pirooz Hojabri | Vice President, Engineering
Pirooz co-founded Plato Networks and has led the successful development of physical layer solutions for a variety of applications including Ethernet over copper and 802.11. With over 20 years of experience in analog and mixed signal IC design, his expertise includes both data converters and signal processing. Previously, at National Semiconductor Pirooz designed IC's for wireless communications and high-resolution data converters. He led analog projects at Adaptec focused on optical/magnetic servos for mass storage systems. Prior roles included architecture and circuit development for FPGAs and analog memories at ICT Corporation and design of high speed data converters for video and imaging applications at Micro Power Systems. Pirooz has one U.S. patent and received a B.S. degree from University of California at Davis and an M.S. degree from University of Arizona.
Eric Chen | Vice President, Digital Design
Eric is a seasoned engineering professional with over 25 years of experience in both hardware and software development. Previously, as Vice President of Engineering at Exar Corporation he was responsible for T/E, SONET, ATM, Ethernet and SATA storage products. In this role he managed the successful development of over 20 digital and mixed signal system on a chip (SoC) devices. His prior experiences include developing set top terminals at Scientific Atlanta and video ICs at Aura Vision. He also developed 3D graphics engines for the IBM workstation division. Eric received M.S. degrees from Clemson University and George Washington University
Hakim Mesiwala | Vice President, Systems Engineering
Hakim is an accomplished leader in DSP and communications systems engineering with expertise in developing DSP architectures and algorithms and implementing communications systems on a chip. At Cirrus Logic, he spearheaded DSP architecture and algorithm efforts across a wide range of applications including optical storage, HPNA and wireless LANs. His prior experiences include developing state of the art algorithms for high speed data communications products at PMC-Sierra and Digicom, now a part of Creative Labs. More recently, Hakim led a systems and firmware development project for WiMax at Intel. He has also been involved with development efforts in VOIP and audio and has been issued 3 patents. Hakim received a Ph.D. from Stanford University.
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Roubik Gregorian | President and CEORoubik is a senior industry executive widely recognized as a preeminent expert in analog MOS, mixed signal and digital signal processing. Previously, as President and CEO of Exar Corporation he was instrumental in transitioning the company into a major supplier of wire-line and optical products for the communications market. He joined Exar through the acquisition of Startech Semiconductor, where he served as President. As Vice President of R&D and Chief Technology Officer for Sierra Semiconductor, he spearheaded product strategy and development activities from inception through to a leadership position in communications and multimedia semiconductors. Earlier in his career he was manager of analog and telecommunications products at American Microsystems where he received several awards including one for developing the industry's first PCM CODEC. Roubik has been issued 28 patents, authored two textbooks and 45 technical articles. He received a Ph.D. from UCLA.
Wiren Perera | Vice President, Marketing and Business DevelopmentWiren is a seasoned business executive with close to 20 years of experience in both established and early stage high technology companies. Most recently he was responsible for LAN, MAN and WAN communications components and modules businesses at JDSU with annual revenue in the $300m range. Previously, he headed business operations for Mysticom, a supplier of 10/100, Gigabit and 10 Gigabit Ethernet products. Wiren was the first marketing executive at Stream Machine (acquired by Cirrus Logic) a pioneer in digital multimedia IC solutions for consumer entertainment. Wiren also led data communications marketing and systems engineering at PMC-Sierra, growing the business to a $200m run rate, and held management positions at NEC. He received a Ph.D. from Cambridge University.
Joseph Babanezhad | Chief Technical OfficerJoseph co-founded Plato Networks and has successfully developed several leadership designs for both wireline and wireless applications. His areas of expertise include both data converters and signal processing. Previously, he managed wireless communications IC design at National Semiconductor. At Sierra Semiconductor, Joseph was responsible for managing a variety of IC designs for data communications, telecommunications, and biomedical applications. He also held design positions at Xerox, Teledyne and Comp-U-Med. Joseph has numerous technical publications and has received eight U.S. patents. He was a member of the IEEE 802.3an 10GBASE-T standard committee. Joseph received a Ph.D. from UCLA.
Pirooz Hojabri | Vice President, EngineeringPirooz co-founded Plato Networks and has led the successful development of physical layer solutions for a variety of applications including Ethernet over copper and 802.11. With over 20 years of experience in analog and mixed signal IC design, his expertise includes both data converters and signal processing. Previously, at National Semiconductor Pirooz designed IC's for wireless communications and high-resolution data converters. He led analog projects at Adaptec focused on optical/magnetic servos for mass storage systems. Prior roles included architecture and circuit development for FPGAs and analog memories at ICT Corporation and design of high speed data converters for video and imaging applications at Micro Power Systems. Pirooz has one U.S. patent and received a B.S. degree from University of California at Davis and an M.S. degree from University of Arizona.
Eric Chen | Vice President, Digital DesignEric is a seasoned engineering professional with over 25 years of experience in both hardware and software development. Previously, as Vice President of Engineering at Exar Corporation he was responsible for T/E, SONET, ATM, Ethernet and SATA storage products. In this role he managed the successful development of over 20 digital and mixed signal system on a chip (SoC) devices. His prior experiences include developing set top terminals at Scientific Atlanta and video ICs at Aura Vision. He also developed 3D graphics engines for the IBM workstation division. Eric received M.S. degrees from Clemson University and George Washington University
Hakim Mesiwala | Vice President, Systems EngineeringHakim is an accomplished leader in DSP and communications systems engineering with expertise in developing DSP architectures and algorithms and implementing communications systems on a chip. At Cirrus Logic, he spearheaded DSP architecture and algorithm efforts across a wide range of applications including optical storage, HPNA and wireless LANs. His prior experiences include developing state of the art algorithms for high speed data communications products at PMC-Sierra and Digicom, now a part of Creative Labs. More recently, Hakim led a systems and firmware development project for WiMax at Intel. He has also been involved with development efforts in VOIP and audio and has been issued 3 patents. Hakim received a Ph.D. from Stanford University.
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