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Chief Technology Officer and Co-founder
An inventor and serial entrepreneur, Amir Ansari brings more than 19 years of experience to Prodea as our Chief Technology Officer.
Prior to co-founding Prodea, Amir served in the office of the Chief Technology Officer of Sonus Networks, Inc. There he was responsible for providing technical guidance and direction in deploying one of the industry’s first soft switches in a carrier network.
Amir joined Sonus via its acquisition of Telecom Technologies, Inc., where he was co-founder and chief technology officer. There Amir led efforts to design and deploy the company’s softswitch, the most robust and scalable product of its type. Telecom Technologies’ client list consisted of Fortune 500 companies such as WorldCom, Qwest Communications, Hewlett-Packard, Sprint, and AT&T.
Amir is a member of the X Prize Foundation’s Vision Circle and its Board of Trustees. Amir is also actively involved with several non-profit organizations that strive for social development. He has co-authored numerous technical papers and filed several U.S. patents in the areas of voice over IP and multimedia services. He earned a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering and computer science from George Mason University.