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Fanny Mlinarsky

Fanny Mlinarsky started her career in the early 80s and has advanced through technology and executive management roles. Her background comprises hands-on product development, R&D management, P&L and CTO responsibilities. As President of octoScope, Mlinarsky focuses on developing and marketing test solutions and services for IEEE 802 wireless and 3GPP 3G/4G/LTE technologies. Her expertise spans RF, PHY, MAC, transport and application layers. Mlinarsky has published over 20, 19 and 6 on wireless technologies and standards. She has delivered numerous at industry forms and has developed for EE Times. Career Summary

octoScope 10/2006 present

President

octoScope is wireless test solutions and services company. Our solutions include:octoBoxTM family of anechoic testbed solutionsoctoFadeTM wireless channel emulation logic

Our services include:Testbed development and test automationWireless CTO services, including architecture, tech marketing, investor due diligence

Azimuth Systems 10/2001 10/2006

Founder and Chief Technology Officer

Azimuth Systems is the leader in wireless test systems for performance and functionality testing of WLAN and broadband wireless access devices and networks.Founded the company and raised the first round of venture capital from North Bridge and Kodiak; built the management team and helped select a CEOThought leader on product direction and architectureDrove IEEE 802 standards work; founded the 802.11T test specification committeeAuthored original articles and white papers and presented at industry conferences

Hewlett-Packard / Agilent Technologies 10/1998 10/2001

General Manager, 4/2000 10/2001

Research and Development Manager, 10/1998 4/2000

The WireScope (www.wirescope.com) business unit of Agilent Technologies develops hand-held network and cable analyzers for installers and maintenance technicians. Hewlett-Packard acquired this business from Scope Communications, where Fanny was VP of Engineering.Responsible for P&L of the WireScope business consisting of R&D and marketing teams developing the WireScope family of hand-held network and cable analyzersContributed to the development of industry standards at TIA and at the ATM ForumPublished and presented technical papers

Scope Communications (now Agilent) 1/1993 - 10/1998

VP Engineering

Scope Communications was the manufacturer of hand-held network and cable analyzers for network installers and maintenance technicians. Scope was acquired by Hewlett-Packard in October of 1998 and became the WireScope Operation of HP and subsequently Agilent.Managed engineering, customer service and manufacturingResponsible for product definition, product management and product developmentContributed to the industry standards, authored and presented technical papers

Star-Tek (now 3Com) 9/1990 - 1/1993

Principal Engineer

Star-Tek was a manufacturer of LAN concentrators for token ring, Ethernet and FDDI networks. The company was acquired by 3Com in 1993 at which time Scope Communications was formed.Developed WireScope 16 - the first generation of cable analyzer products that later became the foundation of Scope Communications technology; started the development of FrameScope 802 Ethernet and token ring network analyzer that was later finished and shipped under ScopeLead a team of engineers in the development of Ethernet and FDDI hub plug-ins

Concord Communications (now CA Technologies) 8/1988 - 9/1990

Principal Engineer

Concord Communications develops software solutions that monitor and qualify the operation of critical Internet services.Developed broadband CATV-based modem and Network Interface Card products

Chipcom (now 3com) 1/1985 - 8/1988

Engineering Section Manager

Chipcom was a manufacturer of high-end enterprise hubs supporting Ethernet and other mainstream networks. The company was acquired by 3Com in 1995.Developed CATV-based Ethernet RF modem technology, including products such as Ethermodem III Bridge and Ethermodem broadband transceiver

Teradyne 6/1983 - 1/1985

Design Engineer

Teradyne is a manufacturer of automated test equipment. Products include systems to test and inspect semiconductors, circuit boards and software.Developed analog and RF subsystems for the A300 automated test platform used to test digital video components in the production environmentPatents

US7349670, US7075893, US6724730, US6259258, US6198292, US7889663, US8116758Education

MIT graduate Electrical Engineering courses 1983-1984

Columbia University Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering, 1983

Columbia University Bachelor of Arts, Computer Science, 1982

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