Mr. Nikolich enables commercialization of emerging technologies, technical standards, intellectual property and ventures in data communications and broadband industries as a successful entrepreneur, founder, angel investor and board member of companies in their earliest stages of development.

He is an IEEE Life Fellow, IEEE Standards Association Treasurer, and since 2001 has served as Chairman of the IEEE 802 LAN/MAN Standards Committee overseeing technical standards development for wired (e.g., Ethernet) and wireless (e.g., Wi-Fi) networking applications.

Mr. Nikolich is a partner in YAS Broadband Ventures LLC, holds several patents and has a BS in Electrical Engineering, a BS in Biology and a M.S. in Biomedical Engineering from Polytechnic University in Brooklyn, N.Y (currently known as NYU Tandon School of Engineering).