MANI SUBRAMANIAN

1652 Harts Mill Road                                                              Cell: (678) 488-0524

Atlanta, Georgia  30319                                                         Tel:   (770) 226-0653

email: manis@bellsouth.net                                                    Fax:  (253) 270-3370

           manis@hifiwi.com                                                        ________________________________________________________________

 

Biography of Dr. Mani Subramanian

 

Education

Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Purdue University

M.S., Electrical Engineering, Purdue University

M.S., Computer Science, Bell Labs Program

D.M.I.T., Post-Graduate Diploma, Electronics, Madras Institute of Technology, India

B.S., Physics, Madras University, India

 

Employment

HiFiWi LLC

CEO and Managing Partner (2003 –Present)

         Founder and Partner. Developing a broadband managed single-access point solution for home based on hybrid technologies.

Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia

Research/Adjunct Professor, College of Computing (1996 - Present)

         Established several courses, a network operations center for the campus, and a research program in Last Mile/Meters broadband access network management.  Wrote a textbook on network management that is used all over the world with special edition in India and a translated edition in Republic of China.

 

ChanneLogics, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia

Founder, CEO and Chairman of the Board (2000 – 2002)

         Co-founded the company and raised $10 million in two rounds of funding.  Dynamic bandwidth management product for multimedia cable access network being used by Multiple System Operators (MSOs). Acquired by Scientific Atlanta,

 

CADNET Corporation (previously Byers CADNET), Atlanta, Georgia

Vice President of Technology (1994 - 1996)

         Introduced new programs and products that expanded the business into new channels and new markets on network printing software.  Helped turn business around and form a separate corporation.

 

MELITA INTERNATIONAL, Norcross, Georgia                                                                         

Vice President of Engineering and Operations (1992 - 1993)

Consolidated numerous customer specific releases into a generic CTI (Computer Telephony Interface) product to redirect engineering efforts from predominantly maintenance to development. Initiated new programs based on LAN / WAN architecture that enabled company to leapfrog in the industry.

 

VERILINK CORPORATION, San Jose, California                                                                    

Vice President, Advanced Product Development (1991 - 1992)

Created and established an Advanced Product Development program based on DS1/DS3 in network access connectivity for the corporation.

 

RACAL-MILGO INFORMATION SYSTEMS (previously DCA), Atlanta, Georgia                 

Vice President of Engineering (1987 - 1991)

Directed the development of LAN / WAN internetworking and network management products. Produced first IP bridge/router with backplane capability of OC-3 data rate.

 

OSI NETWORK MANAGEMENT FORUM                                                                                 

Technical Director and Member of the Board of Trustees (1989 - 1990)

Was elected as Board Technical Director. Coordinated the technical activities of 100 engineers from 14 corporations in generating the first CIMIP/CMIS network management specifications on a tight schedule.  Represented DCA / Racal-Milgo on this international consortium in addition to regular company operations activities.

 

BELLCORE / BELL LABS (prior to Bell System divestiture), New Jersey                             

District Manager, Bellcore / Supervisor, Bell Labs (1966 - 1987)

At Bellcore, developed operations systems involving main frame and PCs, including a very large “system of systems”, Work and Force Administration, that is deployed by all BOCs and in foreign countries.  At Bell Labs, managed research and development in the areas of software systems, T1 carrier system, and optical and microwave propagation.

 

PURDUE UNIVERSITY, West Lafayette, Indiana                                                                      

Asst. Prof. of Electrical Engineering, and Consultant to Bell Laboratories (1964 - 1966)

Headed Quantum Electronics Department.  Researched in quantum electronics, lasers and laser propagation.  Taught graduate and undergraduate courses, and guided graduate research program.

 

Books Publications

  1. Mani Subramanian, Network Management: Principles and Practice, Reading, MA, Addison-Wesley, 2000. Also released separate editions in India and People’s Republic of China.
  2. Chapter on “Network and Service Management,” in “Practical Handbook of Internet Computing,” Edited by Munindar P. Singh, CRC Press (to be released)
  3. Chapters on “Management of Last-Mile Broadband Networks,” and “Emerging Broadband Service Solutions,” in “Broadband Last-Mile Technologies,” Edited by Nikil Jayant, Marcel Dekker (to be released).

Recent Presentations and Publications

  1. Mani Subramanian, “Last Mile Broadband Solutions: Cable, DSL, and Wireless,” EntNet Tutorial, Supercom 2003, June 3, 2003.
  2. Mani Subramanian. “Mobile and Wireless Enterprise Network Management,” EntNet Tutorial, Supercom 2002, June 4, 2002.
  3. Mani Subramanian and Lundy Lewis, “QoS and Bandwidth Management in Broadband Cable Access Network,” Special issue on Network Management, Computer Networks, Vol. 43, No. 1, 16 September 2003.
  4. Mani Subramanian, “A Software-Based Elastic Broadband Cable Access Network,” Proceedings Manual of Cable-Tec Expo 2002, San Antonio, Texas, June 2002.
  5. Mani Subramanian and Minaxi Gupta, “A Policy Manager for Enterprise Service Management,” Reviewed and accepted paper for Policy Workshop, Bristol, UK, 15-17 November 1999.

Upcoming Conferences

  1. Mani Subramanian, “Mobile and Wireless Broadband Networks Management,” IEEE Wireless Communication and Networking Conference, March 21, 2004
  2. Mani Subramanian, “Home Networking: Market Drivers, Technologies, and Business Models.,” EntNet Tutorial, Supercom 2004, June 22, 2004.

 

Recent Patents

  1. Vijay Madisetti, Ajay Gummalla, and Mani Subramanian, “ Modification of a Wireless Access Point for Range and Robustness,” Provisional patent application serial no. 60/517508, January 15, 2004
  2. Mani Subramanian and Vijay K. Madisetti, “An Apparatus and Method for Broadband Access within the DSL Loop,” Provisional Patent application, Docket No. 10102002-MM, May 22, 2003.
  3. Mani Subramanian and Bill McKinnon, “Method and System for Quality of Service Enhancement for Access Area Networks”, Provisional patent application serial no. 60/205,963, May 19, 2000. Patent deployed in ChanneLogics product.
  4. Mani Subramanian, “CIMAP - An Integrated System for Operations Centers,” Bell Communications Research Exchange, January/February 1987. The system developed is deployed in all Bell Operating Companies now as Work and Force Administration (WAFA).

 

Synergistic Activities

·        Has founded two companies, ChanneLogics, Inc., and HiFiWi LLC. Channelogics was founded in 2000 and was acquired by Scientific Atlanta in 2002. HiFiWi LLC was founded in 2003.

·        Member of the Steering Committee, Wireless Internet Institute, an International organization to advance the deployment of wireless networks around the world.

·        Member of the Board of Directors/Advisory Board of Corporations.

·        Set up an academic network management program at Georgia Institute of Technology 1996 -2000 that included two academic courses at graduate and undergraduate levels, two continuing education courses, research on broadband network management, and writing of the first text book on network management Network Management: Principles and Practice. The textbook has been released as special publications in India and Hong Kong (recommended by Bureau of Higher Education of Republic of China) and is used worldwide.

·        Conceived the project, marketed the concept, developed and implemented a large software system in Bell Operating Companies (BOC).  Saved most BOCs millions of dollars due to reduced staffing and increased productivity.

·        Elected as the Technical Director of OSI/NM Forum 1989-90; led approximately 100 engineers from competing international corporations such as IBM, DEC, Amdhal, AT&T, Northern Telecom of Canada, British Telecom, Nippon, etc., to develop the first release of OSI network management standards specifications.

 

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