Kaveh Razazian is the CTO of Energy and Telecom at Sagemcom, France who is overseeing the technical advancement and development as well as establishing milestones and goals in the field of smart grid communication ( PLC, Cellular and RF technologies). He also leads the strategic innovation team in the field of end to end Smart Grid solutions. He has worked for over 25 years in the field of wireless and power line data communications. He architected the next generation of low bit rate digital base-band power-line and subsequently he led the introduction of Hybrid PLC/RF communication which was adapted by Energy Distribution of France (ENEDIS) in their smart grid technology. These solutions have also been adapted by ITU and IEEE as the global specification.