CTO, MoCA

Dr. Monk is responsible for new technology and standards activities at Entropic. Previously, he led the engineering development of Entropic’s coax-based multimedia networking chipset. This technology was standardized by MoCA, the Multimedia over Coax Alliance, and is now the de facto standard for multimedia home networking over coax for the majority of Pay TV service providers in the United States. Dr. Monk  is CTO of MoCA and serves on the MoCA Board of Directors. Prior to co-founding Entropic he was involved in the development of cable and satellite integrated circuits at Conexant and ComStream Corporation and was a researcher at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. He is involved in various organizations, including Vice-Chairman of the UCSD Corporate Affiliates Program, Co-chair of the CommNexus Semiconductor SIG, the Technical Advisory Boards of the UCSD Electrical Engineering Department and the USD Engineering Department and is a member of  the CONNECT Public Policy Committee. Dr. Monk holds a M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the California Institute of Technology and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of California, San Diego.

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