Technology >> CEO Interviews >> July 27, 2000
FARAJ AALAEI, Chief Executive Officer of Centillium Communications,
Inc., has more than 19 years of experience in the telecommunications
industry. Prior to co-founding Centillium, he was the Director of Access
Product Planning and Management at Fujitsu's Network Communications in
Richardson, Texas. Mr. Aalaei was the architect of Fujitsu's broadband
access technologies, including DSL products. Before Fujitsu, he spent 10
years at Bell Labs designing advanced telecommunications products. Mr.
Aalaei also spent four years as a Microwave Design Engineer at M/A Comm
in Burlington, Mass. Mr. Aalaei holds an MSEE from University of
Massachusetts and an MBA from University of New Hampshire. He holds one
US patent. Profile
TWST: Why don't we start out by your giving us a brief overview ofCentillium Communications ' the company's history, products, customers,
those kinds of things?
Mr. Aalaei: Centillium was