25 Facts About Rouzbeh Yassini

Rouzbeh Yassini is executive director of the University Of New Hampshire Broadband Center Of Excellence and Founder and board member of the YAS Foundation.

Rouzbeh Yassini is a worldwide speaker and is often interviewed and quoted in the press for his vision on the future of broadband.

Rouzbeh Yassini believes that broadband connectivity is a fundamental right for all the human beings, what he has referred to it frequently as "Broadband Equality".

Rouzbeh Yassini was founder, CEO, and president of LANcity, the early pioneer in cable modems.

Rouzbeh Yassini has worked with Cable Television Laboratories, Inc a research arm of the cable television industry in charge of the DOCSIS and on CableHome projects as the cable industry's point man on standardizing the cable modem's global footprint.

Rouzbeh Yassini served as a senior executive consultant to the cable industry's CEOs while being president and CEO of YAS Corporation.

Rouzbeh Yassini has worked with Comcast and Cablevision on numerous programs relating to innovation of broadband technologies.

From 2004 to 2007, Rouzbeh Yassini worked with the CTO's office at Comcast to create the first industry standard IP-Set top Box specification known as the RNG specification.

Rouzbeh Yassini has been involved in managing and advising companies ranging from $100 million to $50 billion and served as member of the board of directors on BAS, TrueChat, and Entropic from 2001 to 2008, and UPC Technical Advisory Committee.

Rouzbeh Yassini created and chaired the Vendor and Operator Executive Advisory Forum of the US Cable Center.

Rouzbeh Yassini was a member of the Liberty Global Inc advisory technology board from 2001 to 2017.

Rouzbeh Yassini was director of Visteon from January 2015 to December 2020.

Rouzbeh Yassini was inducted to the Light Reading Hall of Fame, in 2019.

Rouzbeh Yassini was named multiple times as CED Broadband 50 designate.

Rouzbeh Yassini is a member of the Lane Department Academy as well as West Virginia University Academy of Distinguished Alumni.

In 1990, Rouzbeh Yassini founded LANcity, introducing the first high-speed communications modem designed to integrate with cable television networks, spawning a new consumer electronics technology category known as the cable modem used today by more than 12 million US households.

Rouzbeh Yassini knew that he had to build a product that was based on industry standards, and not proprietary protocols.

In late 1996 Rouzbeh Yassini was invited to join Cable Television Laboratories to establish the Cable Modem Industry Standards DOCSIS.

Rouzbeh Yassini worked 18-hour days at the CableLabs office in Denver, CO, driving a team of volunteer staff from 400 suppliers and 20 cable operators, and key contributors to establish Data over Cable Service Interface Specifications, a pillar of today's worldwide, multibillion-dollar broadband industry.

Rouzbeh Yassini worked through the Society of Cable and Telecommunications Engineers and the International Telecommunication Union to establish DOCSIS as an international standard.

Rouzbeh Yassini worked with CableLabs to improve DOCSIS to address the issues on Bandwidth and business quality Services from.

In 1996, Rouzbeh Yassini founded YAS Corporation, LLC in Boston, MA where he served as CEO and president from 1997 to 2017.

Rouzbeh Yassini led hundreds of strategic and tactical projects that improved the quality of life for citizens across the world.

Rouzbeh Yassini served as senior executive consultant and member of the board of directors on a number of privately and publicly held companies, ranging from small innovative start-ups to leading broadband service providers such as Comcast, Cablevision Systems Corp.

Rouzbeh Yassini is currently a member of the Liberty Global Inc advisory technology board and UPC Technical Advisory Committee.