Principal

Kourosh Parsa, Ph.D. – Founder & Managing Director

Dr. Parsa has over 20 years of experience in the field of wireless communications, with over a decade at the cutting edge of the wireless industry, inventing numerous technologies in the field of wireless data and WCDMA. His wireless career began in 1990 at RAM Mobile Data as manager of data systems engineering wherein he oversaw the system planning and dimensioning of the Mobitex Packet Radio System.

As Interim Chief Executive Officer and VP of Technology and Standards, Dr. Parsa led the success of Golden Bridge Technology (GBT) in globalization of Common Packet Technology as part of UMTS (Universal Mobile Terrestrial System). Specifically, he originated and co-invented The Common Packet Channel Technology and managed the process of acceptance of this technology as part of the UMTS standard.

Dr. Parsa was also one of the chief architects of the Wideband Packet CDMA RTT, which was jointly submitted to International Telecommunication Union (ITU) in January of 1999 by American Standard bodies, TR46.1 and T1P1.5, which was subsequently merged into the European ETSI and Japanese ARIB proposals.

Additionally, he worked with the R&D division at InterDigital, where he was involved with Broadband CDMA technology innovation. Additionally, as a Member of Technical Staff at NYNEX Science and Technology, he was involved with IS95 and GSM system research.

Dr. Parsa has published and presented more than 30 papers technical papers in the field of Packet Radio, WCDMA and the future of mobile communications. He also holds 20 issued patents in the field of wireless communications. Dr. Parsa has been frequently invited as a speaker at industry forums, corporate clients and universities.

Dr. Parsa holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the City University of New York. He has taught wireless courses at New Haven University, Bridgeport University, and City College of New York.