David Sobin

David Sobin is a well known American inventor, and the CEO of BAMnet Corporation, the parent company of ReplayLocker. A 24-year AT&T Executive, he led the team which created the first DSL (Digital Subscriber Line) product in the early 1980s and deployed it globally. While at Bell Labs, he was awarded a patent for his invention of a fiber optic backplane.[1] He left AT&T/Lucent in 1996 to found his own DSL company, which was subsequently sold for approximately $50M in 1998. He holds BS and MS degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering.[2][3][4][5][6]

References

  1. ^ US 4870637, Follett, David R. & Sobin, David L., "Optical backplane", published 1989-09-26, assigned to AT&T Co. and AT&T Bell Labs. 
  2. ^ "About BAMnet Corporation - Dialup and Wi-Fi Internet Access". Bamnet.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-06-12.
  3. ^ "BAMnet's Management Team". Bamnet.net. Archived from the original on 2015-06-28. Retrieved 2015-06-12.
  4. ^ Diccon Hyatt. "Bringing Instant Replay to High School Sports". Princetoninfo.com. Retrieved 2015-06-12.
  5. ^ "Officers & International Board of Directors | Polytechnic Institute Alumni Association | NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering". Engineering.nyu.edu. Archived from the original on 2015-06-10. Retrieved 2015-06-12.
  6. ^ "Abigail Epstein, David Schumer". The New York Times. Retrieved 2015-06-12.