Speaker Bio
Laurent Perraud is the Founder, CEO and CTO of Abside
Networks with 25 years of extensive expertise in wireless
systems, from RF integrated circuits to software and
networking.
Former Principal Investigator of the AWNS/WNAN
DARPA program with MACOM, he pioneered the design of
wide-band Cognitive Software Defined Radios. At Abside, he
led key contributions to the 4G LTE efforts of the Google Loon
program, and then grew Abside Networks to become one of
the very few US-based RU providers.
He holds 13 patents in
material science, IC design, and wireless systems, and has
authored 10 publications with hundreds of citations. Perraud
attended École Polytechnique and was awarded the
prestigious first prize in physics.