Parviz Yegani received the B.S. degree (with distinction) from Tehran Polytechnic University, Iran, the M.S. degree from Michigan State University, and the Ph.D. degree (with high honors) from Purdue University in 1978, 1986, and 1989, respectively, all in Electrical Engineering.

In January 1990, he joined the faculty of the State University of New York at Stony Brook as an assistant professor of the Department of Electrical Engineering. In Sept. 1990 he joined the IBM Networking Division in Research Triangle Park, NC. At IBM Dr. Yegani engaged in design and architecture of fast-packet switched networks and wireless multimedia communications networks.

In July 1994, Dr. Yegani joined QUALCOMM where he participated in wireless systems design and standards projects. He made significant contributions to the enhancement of the CDMA air-interface signaling protocol and network standards. This resulted in publication of several CDMA core standards.

In June 1999, Dr. Yegani moved to Ericsson where he continued his role in leading wireless network standards. As the co-chair of the architecture group in TSG-A 3GPP2 he led an effort to develop the packet data architecture for wideband CDMA systems.

In February 2000, he joined Cisco Systems where he is currently leading the Mobile Wireless Standards and Architectures Group.

Dr. Yegani is currently serving as the chair of a task force in Mobile Wireless Internet Forum (MWIF) where he is leading an industry wide effort to define an IP-based Open Radio Access Network Architecture. He is also involved in standards activities in TIA, 3GPP2 and IETF. He is currently the chair of the All-IP Ad Hoc group and the vice chair of the 3G access network architecture working group in TSG-A/3GPP2.

Dr. Yegani's research interest includes IP routing and switching, mobile wireless network architectures and protocols and high-speed communications networks. He has made significant contributions in the areas of computer communications, wireless communications and high-speed communications networks. He has published some thirty papers in IEEE transactions and other refereed journals and conference proceedings.