{"id":776,"date":"2003-08-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2003-08-15T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T04:00:00","slug":"centillium-communications-appoints-hassan-parsa-vice-president-of-business-development-industry-veteran-to-drive-business-development-and-strategic-partnership-initiatives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/08\/2003\/centillium-communications-appoints-hassan-parsa-vice-president-of-business-development-industry-veteran-to-drive-business-development-and-strategic-partnership-initiatives.html","title":{"rendered":"Centillium Communications Appoints Hassan Parsa Vice President of Business Development; Industry Veteran to Drive Business Development and Strategic Partnership Initiatives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FREMONT, Calif.&#8211;(BUSINESS WIRE)&#8211;Aug. 15, 2003&#8211;Centillium Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq:CTLM), innovator of broadband communications technology, today announced the addition of venture capital andnetworking industry veteran Hassan Parsa as Vice President of Business Development. Reporting directly to Centillium&#8217;s Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder, Faraj Aalaei, Parsa is responsible forguiding the Company&#8217;s business development and strategic partnership initiatives.<\/p>\n<p>  &#8220;The addition of Hassan further strengthens one of the deepest and most talented executive teams in our industry,&#8221; said Aalaei. &#8220;To say that we are thrilled to have someone with Hassan&#8217;s experience  on board is an understatement. As we continue to extend our leadership position in the Broadband Access Markets, Hassan&#8217;s proven ability to identify and develop strategic partnership opportunities  will be invaluable.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>  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&#8217; investment strategy and managed many of the firm&#8217;s most successful  investments. Prior to founding LVP, Parsa held executive and business management positions at Lucent Technologies and AT&amp;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.<\/p>\n<p>  About Centillium Communications<\/p>\n<p>  Centillium Communications, Inc. combines technical innovation and customer commitment to make broadband communications &#8211; in business and at home &#8211; a practical reality. The Company designs and  markets communications chipsets for Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) central office and customer premises equipment and for carrier- and enterprise-class Voice over Packet (VoP) gateways and switches.  The Centillium Communications headquarters are located at 47211 Lakeview Blvd., Fremont, CA 94538. Additional information is available at www.centillium.com.<\/p>\n<p>  Centillium Communications and Centillium&#8217;s logo are trademarks of Centillium Communications, Inc.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FREMONT, Calif.&#8211;(BUSINESS WIRE)&#8211;Aug. 15, 2003&#8211;Centillium Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq:CTLM), innovator of broadband communications technology, today announced the addition of venture capital andnetworking industry veteran Hassan Parsa as Vice President of Business Development. 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