Dr. Tal Lavian, Ph.D.

	Dr. Tal Lavian, Ph.D. 1640 Mariani Drive Sunnyvale, CA 94087 Phone: 408-209-9112 Email: TLavian@TelecommNet.com Web Site: telecommnet.com
Research & Consulting: Telecommunications, Network Communications, & Mobile Wireless Technologies Download Dr.Lavian's complete Resume including: Patents - Publications - Presentations & Talks Scientist, educator, & technologist with 30 years of academic & industry experience; co-authored over 25 scientific publications, journal articles, and peer-reviewed papers; named inventor of over 120 issued & filed patents; Sutardja fellow & lecturer at UC Berkeley Engineering-Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology (SCET). EDUCATION Ph.D., Computer Science specializing in networking & communications UC Berkeley M.S., Electrical Engineering Tel Aviv University B.S., Mathematics & Computer Science Tel Aviv University EXPERTISE Network communications, telecommunications, Internet protocols & mobile wireless: Communication networks: Internet protocols; TCP/IP suite; TCP; UDP; IP; Ethernet; network protocols; network software applications; data link, network & transport layers (L2, L3, L4), data center network architecture Internet software: Internet software applications; distributed computing; cloud computing; Web applications; FTP; HTTP; Java; client-server; file transfer Routing/switching: LAN; WAN; VPN; routing protocols; RIP; BGP; MPLS; OSPF; IS-IS; multicast, DNS; QoS; switching; packet switching; network infrastructure; network communication architectures Mobile wireless: wireless LAN; 802.11; cellular systems; mobile devices; smartphone technologies Unified Communications: PSTN, circuit switching, IP telephony, VoIP, SIP, SS7, video & audio conferencing, streaming media, e-mail, instant messaging (chat) ACCOMPLISHMENTS Served as Principal Investigator (PI) for three US Department of Defense (DARPA) projects Directed networking computation project for the US Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) PI of a wireless research project for an undisclosed US federal agency Led & developed the first network resource scheduling service for grid computing Managed & engineered the first demonstrated transatlantic dynamic allocation of 10Gbs Lambdas as a grid service Development & successful demonstration of the first wire-speed active network on commercial hardware Inventor of over 120 patents; over 60 prosecuted pro se in front of the USPTO Created & chaired Nortel Networks EDN Patent Committee PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, CA - 2000 to Present Berkeley Industry Fellow, Lecturer, Visiting Scientist, Ph.D. Candidate, Nortel's Scientist Liaison (Some positions & projects were concurrent, others sequential) Industry fellow & lecturer at the Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology (SCET). Conducted research projects in data centers (RAD Labs), telecommunication infrastructure (SAHARA), & wireless systems (ICEBERG) Acted as scientific liaison between Nortel Research Lab and UC Berkeley, providing tangible value in advanced technologies Studied network services, telecommunication systems and software, communications infrastructure, & data centers Earned a Ph.D. in Computer Science with a specialization in communications and networking Developed long-term technology for the enterprise market, integrating communication and computing technologies TelecommNet Consulting, Inc. Sunnyvale, CA - 2006 to Present Principal Scientist Consulting in the areas of network communications, telecommunications, Internet protocols, & smartphone mobile wireless devices Providing system architecture & technology analysis for computer networks, mobile wireless devices, & Internet web technologies projects Expert witness in network communications patent infringement lawsuits Aybell UC Berkeley, CA - 2016 to Present CEO/CTO Aybell transforms smartphones into visual menu systems, making the phone a frictionless point for user interactions with all features of customer service platforms. Empowers consumers to reach the right agents in call centers, overcoming customer service barriers Architecture, design & implementation of a cloud data center for connecting any smartphone user, to any company and/or service, by digitizing interactive voice systems, & exposing through cloud-service APIs to other applications The system is deployed as a cloud networking and cloud computing service on Amazon Web Services (AWS) & Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Technologies include Data Science analytics, Machine Learning (ML), Artificial Intelligence (AI), & Statistical Learning (SL). Building an NLP Parser using Python, NLTK, SpaCy and other NLP libraries & modules VisuMenu, Inc. Sunnyvale, CA - 2010 to 2016 Co- Founder & Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Led the software design & development of a visual IVR system for smartphones and mobile devices, based on an innovative use of wireless & network communications technologies Design of a search engine for IVR / PBX using Asterisk, SIP, & VoIP Ixia Santa Clara, CA - 2008 to 2008 Communications Consultant Researched & developed advanced network communications testing technologies: IxNetwork/IxN2X IP routing & switching devices & broadband access equipment. Provided traffic generation & emulation for the full range of protocols: OSPF, RIP, EIGRP, BGP, IS-IS, MPLS, unicast, multicast, broadcast, layer 2/3 VPNs, IPSec, carrier Ethernet, broadband access, & data center bridging. Tested & validated IEEE, ITU & IETF RFC standards compatibility IxLoad quickly & accurately modeled high-volume video, data, & voice subscribers & servers to test real-world performance of multiservice delivery & security platforms IxCatapult emulated a broad range of wireless access & core protocols to test wireless components & systems that, when combined with IxLoad, provides an end-to-end solution for testing wireless service quality IxVeriWave employed a client-centric model to test Wi-Fi & wireless LAN networks by generating repeatable large-scale, real-world test scenarios that are virtually impossible to create by any other means Test automation provided simple, comprehensive lab automation to help test engineering teams create, organize, catalog, & schedule execution of tests Nortel Networks Santa Clara, CA - 1996 to 2007 Originally employed by Bay Networks which was acquired by Nortel Networks Principal Scientist, Principal Architect, Principal Engineer, Senior Software Engineer Held scientific & research roles at Nortel Labs, Bay Architecture Labs, and in the office of the CTO Principal Investigator for US Department of Defense (DARPA) Projects Conceived, proposed, & completed three research projects: active networks, DWDMRAM, & a networking computation project for Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) Led a wireless research project for an undisclosed US federal agency Academic & Industrial Researcher Analyzed new technologies to reduce risks associated with R&D investment Headed research collaboration with leading universities & professors at UC Berkeley, Northwestern University, University of Amsterdam, & University of Technology, Sydney Evaluated competitive products relative to Nortels products and technology Proactively identified prospective business ideas, which led to new networking products Predicted technological trends through researching the technological horizon & academic sphere Designed software for switches, routers, & network communications devices Developed systems and architectures for switches, routers, & network management Researched & developed the following projects: Data-Center Communications: network & server orchestration 2006 to 2007 DRAC: SOA - facilitated L1/L2/L3 network dynamic controller 2003 to 2007 Omega: classified wireless project for undisclosed US Federal Agency 2006 to 2006 Open platform: project for the US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) 2005 to 2005 Network resource orchestration for Web services workflows 2004 to 2005 Proxy study between Web/grids services & network services 2004 to 2004 Streaming content replication: real-time A/V media multicast at edge 2003 to 2004 DWDM-RAM: US DARPA-funded program on agile optical transport 2003 to 2004 Packet capturing and forwarding service on IP and Ethernet traffic 2002 to 2003 CO2: content-aware agile networking 2001 to 2003 Active networks: US DARPA-funded research program 1999 to 2002 ORE: programmable network service platform 1998 to 2002 JVM platform: Java on network devices 1998 to 2001 Web-based device management: network device management 1996 to 1997 Technology Innovator & Patent Leader Created & chaired Nortel Networks EDN Patent Committee Facilitated continuous stream of innovative ideas & their conversion into intellectual property rights Developed intellectual property assets through invention & analysis of existing technology portfolios Aptel Communications Netanya, Israel - 1994 to 1995 Software Engineer, Team Leader Start-up company focused on mobile wireless CDMA spread spectrum PCN/PCS Developed a mobile wireless device using an unlicensed band - Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS); FCC part 15 - unlicensed transmitters Designed & managed a personal communication network (PCN) & personal communication system (PCS), which were the precursors of short text messages (SMS) Designed & developed network communications software products in C/C++ Invented & implemented a two-way paging product Scitex Ltd. Herzeliya, Israel - 1990 to 1993 Software Engineer, Team Leader Software & hardware company acquired by Hewlett Packard (HP) Developed system and network communications in C/C++ Invented Parallel SIMD Architecture Participated in the Technology Innovation group Shalev Ramat-HaSharon, Israel - 1987 to 1990 Start-up company Software Engineer Developed real-time software and algorithms in C/C++ & Pascal PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS IEEE senior member IEEE CNSV co-chair, Intellectual Property SIG (2013) President Next Step Toastmasters (an advanced TM club in the Silicon Valley) (2013-2014) Technical co-chair, IEEE Hot Interconnects 2005 at Stanford University Member, IEEE Communications Society (COMMSOC) Member, IEEE Computer Society Member, IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society Member, IEEE-USA Intellectual Property Committee Member, ACM, ACM Special Interest Group on Data Communication (SIGCOM) Member, ACM Special Interest Group on Hypertext, Hypermedia, & Web (SIGWEB) Member, IEEE Consultants Network (CNSV) Global Member, Internet Society (ISOC) President Java Users Group Silicon Valley Mountain View, CA,1999-2000 Toastmasters International FORMER ADVISORY BOARDS POSITIONS Quixey search engine for wireless mobile apps Mytopia mobile social games iLeverage - Israeli Innovations PROFESSIONAL AWARDS Top Talent Award - Nortel Top Inventors Award - Nortel EDN Certified IEEE-WCET Wireless Communications Engineering Technologies Toastmasters International Competent Communicator (twice) Toastmasters International Advanced Communicator Bronze
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