"Over the last 25 years, Dev has built a reputation as an expert in broadband and network access infrastructure technologies. Prior to Narad, he founded two successful companies. MaxComm Technologies, his most recent venture, developed residential and telephone central office products for voice and data integration. His earlier company, Dagaz Technologies, designed, manufactured and sold digital subscriber line access multiplexers (DSLAMs) and associated Customer Premises Equipment (CPE). His career also includes serving as vice president of architecture and technology at Cisco's access business unit, and senior level management positions at Bell Laboratories.

Dev holds a BS in electrical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, an MS in electrical engineering from the University of Maine, and a PhD in electrical engineering from the University of Massachusetts. He is the author of several technical papers and holds numerous US patents."