Les Borden
Les Borden has a solid track record of superior achievement
and leadership in diverse fields within the computer and cable
industries: He has experience in networking applications and protocols
with specific emphasis on DOCSIS, the standard for data over cable TV systems.
He has extensive experience with personal computers, word
processors/desktop publishers, spreadsheets, relational databases,
graphics applications, content converters, and project management
systems, used to both produce and guide other technical communicators in
producing best in class customer training and technical product
documentation for the broadband industry. He also has experience in planning and implementing
product presentations for trade shows and customer demonstrations
including organizing and providing guidance to technical support
personnel to present leading-edge, broadband data communications products. Most
recently, Les has been involved with the Cisco “10K” and the Arris “C4″ CMTSs, as
they implement the new DOCSIS 3.0 protocol.
Currently Les is investing his time assisting with the development and support of
DOCSIS 3.0 training for a major CMTS manufacturer.
The YAS Team
Success Stories
Oracle to Buy Endeca Technologies - On October 18, 2011, Oracle announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Endeca, a leading provider of unstructured data management, web commerce and business intelligence solutions. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions and is expected to close before the end of 2011. Read More...
Acquisition - How 7 founders invented BAS “the most successful start up in 2 years”. Paul Nikolich, one of the founders shares the success stories, where Chris Grobicki was an employee and Rouzbeh Yassini was a board member of BAS. Read more...
IPO - As board member and original series A investor, Rouzbeh Yassini was member of the team which navigated successful IPO of Entropic from 2001 to 2008. Read More...
Global Standards - In 1996, Rouzbeh Yassini accepted the challenge of overseeing the creation of a cable industry standard for modem technology. With his know-how and guidance and tireless work of many individuals and 100’s of vendors the Data Over Cable Services Interface Specification (DOCSIS) was created thru CableLabs (first global standards in 50 years) and remains the basis for almost all cable modem deployments worldwide. By 2003, the DOCSIS initiative had created a multi-billion dollar Broadband opportunity for cable operators, a $35 modem for the industry (a major price reduction from $18,000 in ‘88), and a new formula for technological innovation. 950+ million cable modems were deployed by 2010. Read more...
Start Up - An entrepreneurial team of technologists came up with a novel way to improve documentation workflow using OCR. After developing their initial concept based on innovations in optical scanning & business logic the founders of this startup approached YAS for help with Venture Community. We worked with them to create a viable business plan with presentation materials to provided introductions to a number of VCs. Following successful funding YAS continued to support the company by providing executive consulting until a full management team was in place, at which point the YAS team moved to an advisory role. Read more...
Strategic - YAS partners helped a major service provider to develop a five-year strategic plan. YAS came to the project with many years of industry experience and knowledge and quickly assimilated themselves with the internal team to provide key contributions in both technology and business areas. The YAS team was able to review the strategy from an independent perspective, validate the major directions and make suggestions on technology choices and timing resulting in an improved plan and a higher confidence level from the operator’s executive management team.
Development - The YAS team assisted a major MSO in developing first industry specification for a new consumer video display product. YAS managed this project and coordinated inputs from the MSO’s business and technical teams as well as the vendor community over 4 years period. We provided program management, technical expertise and executive leadership to drive the program to a successful completion on time and within budget, enabling the operator to save Billions of dollars in capital equipment. Read more...
IEEE - Paul Nikolich as the Chair of IEEE 802 is in charge of the global standardization. Read more...
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