he developed. Jain's work also inspired other video industry entrepreneurs such as Brian Hinman, co-founder of PictureTel, Polycom, and 2Wire. Optivision later, after Jain's untimely death, had an initial public offering primarily thanks to the Optivision optical switching technology. References External links Anil K Jain Obituary, November 1988 1946 births 1988 deaths Video compression Fellow Members of the IEEE American Jains American academics of Indian descent University of Rochester alumni University of Southern California faculty University at Buffalo faculty University of California, Davis faculty