Summary
Mohsen Banan is a veteran engineer and entrepreneur with over two decades designing distributed systems, messaging protocols, and mobile data networks, and more than eleven years leading Neda Communications to profitable, innovation-driven outcomes. He blends deep protocol expertise—author of RFC-2188 and RFC-2524 and co-author of Internetwork Mobility—with hands-on software engineering, shipping portable, efficient open-source protocol engines via the ByStar/Libre-Halaal ecosystem. Mohsen has influenced industry standards through sustained participation in IETF, CTIA, and other bodies and founded the Free Protocols/Libre-Halaal Foundation to advocate patent-free protocols. His career spans building a state-of-the-art data center, leading teams that integrated messaging services for AT&T, and contributing to the creation of the CDPD standard. Recently he’s focused on autonomy-oriented internet services and open-source projects such as GOSSONOT and MARMEE, using GitHub as a public distribution channel. Based in Bellevue, WA, he pairs strategic industry advocacy with tactical, low-level coding and teaching experience.
8 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
MSEE, Electrical Engineering, MSEE, Electrical Engineering at University of Washington
BSEE, Electrical Engineering, BSEE, Electrical Engineering at Seattle University
French, Persian