# Hossein Eslambolchi

Hossein Eslambolchi is an Iranian-American businessman. He is known for his prominent role in AT&T where he was global chief technology and information officer beginning in 2005. He first joined AT&T Bell Laboratories in 1986 and became an officer of the company in 2003. He left AT&T soon after its takeover by SBC in 2006. Eslambolchi developed the beam forming used in 5G mobile systems and worked on ultrasound technology. He is currently a venture partner at Cloudscale Capital Partners and chairman and CEO of 2020 Venture Partner.

## AT&T years

Eslambolchi joined AT&T Bell Laboratories in 1986 and was soon appointed global Chief Technology Officer, Global Chief Information Officer, President and CEO of AT&T Labs, President & CEO of AT&T Global Network Services, and was a 16B officer of the company beginning in 2001. He also served as a member of AT&T's governing Executive Committee. He left AT&T soon after its merger with SBC in January 2006.
Eslambolchi served as Chief Technology Officer and advised AT&T's leadership on its corporate strategy from 2001 to 2005. He advocated an MPLS architecture based on Ethernet that would allow all services to run on IP and work together with connectivity to any device through location-based services.
In addition to serving as CTO of AT&T, Eslambolchi was president of AT&T's Global Networking Technology Services, President and CEO of AT&T Labs & Chief Information Officer. He oversaw the development of an IP/MPLS network that succeeded AT&T's legacy voice and data networks. Eslambolchi designed the Service Over IP architecture that allowed legacy services to migrate over to new architecture.
As President of Global Network Services, Eslambolchi oversaw AT&T's global network and its Global Network Operations Center (GNOC), of which he was the primary engineer.
As Chief Information and Investment Officer, implemented a Concept of One and Concept of Zero business processes. While moving AT&T's legacy networks onto an IP/MPLS platform, he also directed the convergence of the operating support and customer service systems underlying the network.

## Life and work

Eslambolchi is the great-grandson of Iranian prime minister Mohsen Sadr; he is also a descendant of the famous Persian aristocrat Anoushirvan (Shir) Khan Qajar Qovanlou 'Eyn ol-Molk' 'Etezad od-Doleh' and through him, he is twice a descendant of the nineteenth-century Persian king Fath Ali Shah. Eslambolchi graduated with the highest honors from the University of California, San Diego, earning BS, MS, Ph.D., and Post Doc in Applied Physics. From 2010 through 2013, he served on the board of directors for Clearwire. Eslambolchi served on the board of trustees for SUSMA and technical advisor to the University of California's school of engineering, where he started the CNS center for bringing together various computing and engineering fields.
Eslambolchi is also a neurosurgeon in the field of neuroscience using stem cells for identifying neurodegenerative diseases of the brain with highly strong success rate.

## Awards and patents

* Extreme Network Transformation by Dr. Eslambolchi, Kaveh Hushyar, and Harald Braun, www.amazon.com
* Awarded Ellis Island Medal of Honor - May 2017
* Appointed to the AT&T Fellow, AT&T's highest technical honor, in 1999.
* Named R&D "Inventor of the Year" by the Research & Development Council of New Jersey, 2002 and 2013
* Holds over 1400+ worldwide patents (Received, Pending, and in-preparation, www.uspto.org
* AT&T Science & Technology Medal and AT&T Significant Patent Award, 1997.
* Top 10 Most Influential CTOs of 2005 (InfoWorld)
* #1 'mover and shaker' in telecommunications, Light Reading, 2003, for his visionary prediction of IP and MPLS worldwide in 2003
* 10 Internet Business Leaders of 2005 (Cisco IQ Magazine).
* Premier 100 IT Leaders of 2004 (Computerworld Magazine).
* Top Ten Innovators of 2003, Executive Council of New York.
* IEEE Chairman Quality Award, for improving the reliability of IP networks worldwide, 2008.
* Innovator of the Year, 2003 (Cisco Systems).
* Top 100 influential technology leaders of the 21st century, (Sun Microsystems).
* Top 100 alumni at the University of California, San Diego.
* Dr. Hossein Eslambolchi One of the Top 200 LinkedIn influencers along with over 150+ Blogs and 350,000+ followers
* 2020 Vision Book by Dr. Eslambolchi, www.amazon.com - 2006