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RGB Networks Management Team
RGB Networks is led by a team of recognized leaders who have shaped the digital video stream
compression and distribution industry. With a proven track record of success, the RGB team is preparing
once again to revolutionize the delivery, distribution and management of on-demand digital video
streams.
Jef Graham, Chairman & CEO
 Graham
brings over 20 years global experience in the computer and networking
hardware, software, and service industries to his role as Chairman
and CEO of RGB Networks. Graham has previously held positions of
CEO, executive vice president and general manager in Fortune 500
companies and private start-ups. Graham has a proven track record
of driving successful global product development, marketing, sales
and channel management efforts.
Prior to RGB, Graham was executive
vice president of the Application Products Group (APG) at Juniper
Networks, a division created through
the acquisition of Redline Networks and Peribit Networks, a company
focused on improving business efficiency by resolving the technical
limitations of WANs. As chairman and CEO of Peribit, Graham successfully
guided the company through a $337 million acquisition by Juniper
in 2005.
Before joining Peribit, Graham held the post of senior
vice president at 3Com overseeing operations of their Commercial
and Consumer division.
During his tenure at 3Com, Graham managed several key business
units, including the systems, connectivity and consumer business
units.
Graham served on the executive committees at both 3Com and Juniper,
reporting directly to the CEO.
From 1993 to 1995, Graham served
as the CEO of Trident Systems, a document management systems integrator.
Prior to Trident, Graham
worked for Hewlett-Packard for fifteen years at several posts around
the world, most recently serving as general manager of both a hardware
and a software division. He began his career as an IBM systems
engineer.
Graham currently serves on the board of directors for NETGEAR
and holds a B.A. with honors in Business Studies from Sheffield
Hallam University in the United Kingdom.
Adam S. Tom, Co-Founder & Executive
Vice President
 Tom
brings more than 20 years experience in digital compression and
video transport to his position as co-founder and Executive Vice
President at RGB Networks. In his previous
role as President and CEO of RGB, Tom successfully led the company
from inception through first product introduction, achieving
multi-million dollar sales within months of the product release
and positioning
the company for exceptional growth.
Prior to RGB, Tom co-founded
Imedia, where, as vice president of sales and marketing, he developed
the product and business strategy
for the company's revolutionary statistical re-multiplexing technology — now
standard equipment for digital video distribution for cable and
satellite. In 1999, Imedia was acquired by Terayon Communications
Systems, where Tom helped develop the company's broadband product
and market strategy while serving as vice president of marketing,
Digital Video Systems.
Before Imedia, Tom worked at General Instrument
Corp., where he designed the digital video decoder and transport
system now widely
used to deliver digital cable television. He was also a core member
of the development team whose work produced the US national standard
for high-definition television (HDTV).
Tom began his career at Apple
Computer, where he developed a packet video delivery system for
IP networks. He holds a B.S. degree with
Highest Honors in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from
the University of California at Berkeley, and an M.S. degree and
Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology. Tom holds 12 patents in digital video
delivery and compression.
Dr. Edward A. Krause, Co-Founder & CTO
 With
30 patents to his name, Dr. Krause is an acknowledged leader
and Emmy Award winner in the video delivery and compression industry.
Before RGB, Krause was a co-founder of Imedia, a pioneer in the
development, delivery and processing of compressed digital video.
As Imedia's CTO, Krause led the development of the company's
revolutionary statistical re-multiplexing CherryPicker product that set
the industry standard for video stream management. Imedia was
acquired by Terayon Communications Systems in 1999.
Prior to Imedia, Krause worked at General Instrument Corp., where he developed
the digital video system that, combined with a prototype audio system from
MIT and contributions from several video
manufacturers, evolved into the US national standard for HDTV.
While at General Instrument, Krause also developed the DigiCipher I and
DigiCipher II video compression systems that earned him a technical Emmy
Award from
the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.
Krause holds a B.Sc. degree from the University of New Brunswick, and M.S.
and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Dr. Peter A. Monta, Co-Founder & Chief Scientist
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Monta brings more than 12 years of expertise in video, audio and speech
signal processing to RGB Networks.
Prior to RGB, Monta was head architect and principal engineer at Terayon
Communications Systems, where he contributed to the company's next-generation
broadband multiplexing platform. Monta joined
Terayon following its acquisition of Imedia, where he served as principal
engineer for Imedia's CherryPicker statistical re-multiplexing technology
and its pioneering recoding ASIC for compressed
digital video. Before Imedia, Monta developed low-bit-rate video telephony
technology at General Instrument Corp., and performed algorithm design
and implementation of a hybrid speech coder for
Globalstar, an LEO satellite telephony system, at Qualcomm.
While at MIT, Monta designed and implemented a low-bit-rate
perceptual audio coder that formed part of a joint MIT/GI
hardware prototype submitted to the HDTV Grand Alliance competition.
Monta holds four patents and has published nine articles on digital
signal processing and advanced digital television systems. He earned
a B.S. degree
in Physics and an M.S. degree in Mathematics from
Carnegie-Mellon University and a Ph.D. in Mathematics from the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology.
Charles Corbalis , Vice President, Engineering
 Charles Corbalis brings over 25 years of precedent-setting experience in
carrier-class data communications to RGB Networks in his role as Vice President
of Engineering. Corbalis is credited with the early development and delivery
of multiple waves of high-performance, high-reliability switch and software
platforms. His professional peers have dubbed him the “Father of Frame
Relay,” and he is a pioneering architect of ATM switching.
Most recently, Corbalis was co-founder, President and CEO of Calient
Networks, where he recruited and led a team of professionals in the
development, marketing and sales of the world’s largest photonic
switch fabric utilizing MEMS technology.
Prior to co-founding Calient, he was Vice President and General
Manager of Cisco Systems’ Multiservice Switching / WAN Business
Unit, which he built to $700 million in annual sales. He worked
closely with the technical and marketing leadership within many
service providers such as AT&T, WorldCom, NTT and Telecom Italia,
to tailor and adapt the Cisco products for their specific frame
relay and ATM service offerings.
Prior to its acquisition by Cisco, Corbalis was co-founder and
Vice President of Engineering at StrataCom, Inc., where his architecture
and implementation led to the industry’s first fast-packet,
carrier-class switching platform and high-performance products
such as the StrataCom IPX, BPX, AXIS and StrataView+. He holds
over 16 patents in the areas of data communications systems, protocols
and software, and received the 1996 Dvorak Award for his contributions
to frame relay and fast-packet switching.
Corbalis earned his BSEE/CS from the University of California,
Berkeley and his MSEE from Stanford University.
Lou Mastrocola, Vice President, Sales
 Mastrocola
joins RGB Networks from Motorola Broadband Communications (formerly
General Instrument Corp.), where, as senior director of product
marketing, he was
instrumental in deploying more
than 2,000 digital systems around the world. Mastrocola also held
a number of other senior sales and marketing positions at General
Instrument, where
he was responsible for major accounts and multi-million
dollar product lines.
Before Motorola/General Instrument, Mastrocola served as Point-of-Sale
Product Manager at Schlumberger Smart Cards and Systems, where
he managed multiple product lines and worked with
financial institutions and universities to develop smart card and
point-of-sale (POS) technology solutions.
Prior to that, Mastrocola was a senior design engineer at Checkpoint
Systems, where he managed the development of RF-based article surveillance
security
systems. Mastrocola has also held engineering
positions at the Naval Air Development Center, RCA Corp. and PSG
Industries.
Mastrocola holds a B.S.E.E. degree from Drexel University and an
MBA from St. Joseph's University.
Michael Lee, Vice President, Operations
 Lee brings over 20 years of experience in manufacturing and supply chain disciplines
to RGB Networks where he is responsible for all aspects of RGB’s product
manufacturing and operations. He has held senior management positions at many
start-up and rapid-growth technology companies, including COM21 Inc., Sun Microsystems
and SAN Valley Systems. Most recently, he helped return 3PAR Data to profitability
in a short time through cost reductions and implementation of manufacturing
efficiencies.
Lee has extensive experience and a proven track record designing
and implementing strategies that ensure advancement in production volume
while improving time to market and reducing manufacturing costs.
Lee holds a B.S.
degree from Cogswell College and has completed numerous technical and business
programs at the University of California.
Ramin Farassat, Vice President, Product Marketing
 Leveraging his 17 years of experience in the data, voice and video networking
industries, Farassat is charged with strategically marketing RGB Networks’ line
of video processing products to service providers domestically and abroad.
He is an expert in the convergence of data and broadcast networks, video services,
voice-over-IP (VoIP), broadband wireless, network management, and security
technologies.
Farassat was most recently Director Product Marketing & Broadcast
Technologies Architect at SkyStream Networks where he was responsible for changing
the company’s market focus to take advantage of growing market segments
worldwide, and successfully launching carrier-class video headend products
for the telco and MSO markets. He also held management positions at Cisco Systems,
NewBridge/Alcatel and Compaq Computers, where his responsibilities ranged from
initial research and product definition to the launch of leading edge products.
Farassat earned a B.S. in Electrical Engineering with an emphasis
on Data Communications from San Jose State University.
Sarah Hackforth, Vice President, EMEA
 Hackforth brings a wealth of European cable television industry experience to RGB, where she applies her knowledge and expertise to lead the growth of RGB’s business throughout Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). She joined RGB from Entone Technologies, where, as Vice President of Sales and Operations for EMEA, she developed the go-to-market strategy for Europe and successfully marketed, sold and supported video-on-demand (VOD) server solutions for the cable, IPTV and satellite markets. Hackforth has extensive experience working with all of the major cable and telco operators throughout EMEA, as well channel and technology partners. She has also held executive and sales management positions at Terayon Communications, RiverDelta Networks, Newbridge Networks and Motorola.
Hackforth holds a B.A. degree in Communications, with Honors in Journalism, from Bloomsburg University in Pennsylvania.
Bill Jamaca, Vice President, Customer Services
 Bill Jamaca brings over 25 years of senior level experience in the networking, hardware, software, support and services sectors to his role at RGB Networks. As an expert in building and growing customer support and service organizations for both start-up and established companies, Jamaca is charged with building on the success of RGB’s customer support efforts as the company expands into new markets and grows its product line.
Jamaca comes to RGB Networks from Xsigo Systems, where, as Vice President of Support and Services, he was responsible for global customer support for Fortune 500 customers. Prior to Xsigo, Jamaca was Senior Director of Global Technical Support Operations for Extreme Networks, where he managed global customer support and successfully implemented an initial response center in India. Previously, Jamaca served as Vice President, Customer Services at Agile Software and CIO of the NetCare Professional Services Division of Lucent (formerly Ascend Communications).
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