Tom Lookabaugh joins Harmonic board of directors

He has more than 30 years of experience in the semiconductor, communications equipment and service provider industries, as well as academia.

Harmonic has added Tom Lookabaugh to its board of directors. At 55 years old, he has more than 30 years of experience in the semiconductor, communications equipment and service provider industries, as well as in academia.

Lookabaugh is currently president of Thomas Lookabaugh Associates, a consultancy serving the telecommunications industry. Previously, he was an executive at Cable Television Laboratories (CableLabs), where he led cross-industry research and development activities, and at ViaSat, where he was responsible for the commercial mobility business. Prior to ViaSat, he was CTO of Entropic Communications, a provider of semiconductor solutions for the connected home market, and CEO of PolyCipher, a cable industry company that focused on the development of security and infrastructure products. Prior to PolyCipher, Lookabaugh was an associate professor of Interdisciplinary Telecommunications and Computer Science at the University of Colorado. Additionally, he was a co-founder of video equipment manufacturer DiviCom, which was acquired by C-Cube Microsystems and then Harmonic in 2000, where he was president of the Converged Systems Division.

Lookabaugh holds a Bachelor of Science in Engineering Physics from the Colorado School of Mines; He has a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, Statistics and Engineering Management; and has a Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University.

Patrick Harshman, president and CEO of Harmonic, was "delighted to welcome Tom to our board of directors. Tom's deep knowledge of the cable industry, his extensive experience in bringing cutting-edge technologies to the market and his experience as an executive, make him an ideal complement to the Harmonic board, especially in line with the new growth initiative of CableOS."