Technology >> CEO Interviews >> June 25, 2001
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: Could you begin by giving us an overview and a summary ofCentillium Communications?
Mr. Aalaei: Centillium is a communications IC company. Our goal, our
strategy, is to go after