Payam is a systems architect with a unique combination of skills ranging from systems and control theory to Internet architecture to wireless protocols and software development. He has developed embedded systems, all-optical network switching products for the Internet core, IPv4 and IPv6 protocol stacks, cutting-edge wireless chips and technologies, and much of the software that fuels these products.

Previously, he was a Senior Principal Scientist at Broadcom, developing millimeter-wave systems while contributing to IEEE802.11 standards. He also developed embedded IPv4/v6 protocol stacks for mobile devices in a different role. Prior to that, he was a Director of Software and Protocols at WiLinx Corporation, where he developed MAC architecture for an Ultra-Wide band (UWB) SoC Based on Wikimedia Alliance standards. Before WiLinx, He had various systems and software engineering roles in multiple networking companies, including ADVA Optical Networking, where he developed the first routing and path computation engine for a Generalized Multi-Protocol Label Switching (GMPLS) control plane for all-optical switches.

Payam has received multiple IEEE appreciation awards for his contributions to IEEE 802.11ad and 802.11ay standards, which extend Wi-Fi operation to the 60GHz spectrum. He is currently contributing to the 802.11be standard, the basis for the next generation of Wi-Fi after Wi-Fi 6.

Payam holds a Ph.D. and M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology, and a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Sharif University of Technology.

He holds 20+ granted U.S. and worldwide patents.