Mohammad Shakouri

Interim Chairperson, WiMAX Forum
Corporate Vice President and Innovation and Marketing
Alvarion

Dr. Mohammad S. Shakouri, corporate vice president, strategy, for Alvarion, has 22 years of experience in wireless system, microwave and fiber optic networks. Previously, during three years at Lucent, Dr. Shakouri was responsible for managing, building and developing network solutions for European and South American broadband wireless markets. He also spent 14 years in technical and management positions with Hewlett-Packard developing microwave and fiber optic communication components and systems. He co-founded the wireless systems division, where he was responsible for the engineering team’s development of low-cost residential digital wireless systems for U.S. and Asian markets.

 
Dr. Shakouri earned his doctorate degree in electrical engineering from Stanford University on Subpicosecond GaAs Wafer Probe Systems. In addition to his position with the WiMAX Forum, he is on the board of directors for the Wireless Communications Association and was the 2005 IEEE MTT-SVC chairman.