FARAJ AALAEI
CEO, Centillium Communications

Centillium CEO Faraj Aalaei is the guiding force behind the company's successful track record as a leading innovator of high performance, cost effective semiconductor solutions for "last mile" broadband access deployments. An industry pioneer and holder of two patents, Aalaei has spent over 24 years at the forefront of technical advancements - from helping develop the world's first broadband modem for CATV networks to the introduction of Centillium's high capacity convergent technology for DSL, optical and VoIP applications. Prior to co-founding Centillium in 1997, Aalaei held a variety of management and engineering positions at leading access technology providers, where he applied his expertise to the development of DSLAM, Digital Loop Carrier and Fiber-to-the-Curb products at Fujitsu; the first SONET system at AT&T in collaboration with NTT; and high speed two way systems for CATV networks at Bell Labs. He began his career at MA/COM designing very high speed satellite communications systems. Aalaei's contributions to the industry include chairing the PHY group at DAVIC, serving on the advisory board of Global Catalyst Partners and several high tech firms in Silicon Valley, as well as working frequently with several other Venture Capital firms. Aalaei holds an MSEE from University of Massachusetts and an MBA from University of New Hampshire.

LINDA REDDICK
Chief Financial Officer (CFO)

Ms. Reddick has over 25 years of financial management and corporate planning experience with public technology companies in the telecommunications and semiconductor industries. Prior to joining Centillium in 2005, Ms. Reddick served in various financial positions at Avanex Corporation, and as interim chief financial officer for eighteen months. She was also vice president and controller at Oplink Communications, Inc., and held various financial positions at Symmetricom, Inc., including vice president of finance at the company's semiconductor subsidiary, Linfinity Microelectronics, Inc. Ms. Reddick is a Certified Public Accountant and has over ten years of experience in public accounting, primarily at Deloitte & Touche. She received her Bachelor of Science degree in Business, with a concentration in Accounting, from San Jose State University.

HASSAN PARSA
Vice President - Business Development

Hassan Parsa has served as the Vice President of Business Development for Centillium since 2003. Prior to joining Centillium, Parsa served as a General Partner with Lucent Venture Partners, an early stage venture capital firm funded by Lucent Technologies and focused on Communications and Network Infrastructure investments. As a Founding Partner, he played a key role in developing Lucent Venture Partners’ investment strategy and managed many of the firm’s most successful investments. Prior to founding LVP, Parsa held executive and business management positions at Lucent Technologies and AT&T Network Systems, where he was responsible for business development and mergers and acquisitions execution. Parsa holds an MBA from Columbia Business School along with a BS and an MS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Maryland.

KRIS SHANKAR
VP Sales and Customer Support

Kris Shankar has over 17 years technical and management experience in the telecommunications industry working for firms such as Nortel Networks, Fujitsu Network Communications and Ericsson. During this tenure, he was involved in the planning, design and deployment of several custom silicon-based products such as Digital Loop Carriers, Class-V switches, DSLAMs, ATM concentrators, OC3-OC192 SONET multiplexers and 2.4Tb/s ultra long-haul DWDM equipment. He was also a co-founder of Metro-Optix, a venture-funded optical startup acquired by Xtera Communications in 2004. He received his B.E. (Honors) from Regional Engineering College, Trichy, India and his M.S.E.E. from the University of Houston. He serves on the technical advisory board of Panorama Capital, a technology investment firm based in Menlo Park, CA.