Harmonic announced it has expanded the company's board of directors with the appointment of Dr. Tom Lookabaugh. Dr. Lookabaugh, has over 30 years of experience in the semiconductor, communications equipment, and service provider industries, as well as in academia. Dr. Lookabaugh is currently president of Thomas Lookabaugh Associates. Previously, he was an executive at Cable Television Laboratories, where he led cross-industry research and development efforts, and at ViaSat, where he was responsible for the commercial mobility business. Prior to ViaSat, Dr. Lookabaugh served as the CTO of Entropic Communications, a provider of semiconductor solutions for the connected home market, and as CEO of PolyCipher. Prior to PolyCipher, Dr. Lookabaugh was an assistant professor of Interdisciplinary Telecommunications and Computer Science at the University of Colorado. Dr. Lookabaugh co-founded the video equipment manufacturer DiviCom, which was acquired by C-Cube Microsystems and then by Harmonic in 2000, where he served as president of the Convergent Systems Division.