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OPERATIONS LEADERS
64. IN BUILD MODE
John Cinelli | President & CEO
MetroNet
Years in Media & Broadband: My
career in telecom/broadband started
in 1990 before the popularity of cell
phones, when pay phones were
ubiquitous and we used calling
cards to check our voicemail while
travelling.
Education: BA, Tufts University
My personal superpower is: I connect
easily with people. I know a little bit
about a lot of things and am a good listener. This helps me
to put people at ease when we first meet.
It can be tough to keep up with Cinelli. Not only does he run a company
powered by a 100% fiber optic network capable of delivering
symmetrical speeds of up to 10 Gbps, but MetroNet is expanding
faster than a 4K movie download on a Gigabit connection. Areas under
construction include Des Moines, IA, Fayetteville and New Bern,
NC. With Cinelli in charge, the operator launched services in its ninth
state this year. Construction activity is only expected to quicken with
65. FAST AND FURIOUS
Charles Treadway | CEO
CommScope
Years in Media & Broadband: 12
years
Education: BS, Electrical and
Electronics Engineering, University
of Louisiana at Lafayette; MS,
Electrical and Electronics
Engineering, Clemson University;
MBA, Business Administration and
Management, Harvard University
It has only been eight months since
Treadway stepped in to lead CommScope, but you wouldn't
believe it if you saw how much he's done in that short time. He's
been evaluating the company's structure from top to bottom,
looking for ways to optimize its business portfolio. The fruits
of that labor? Treadway's plan to spin off CommScope's Home
Networks business by the end of the first quarter of 2022. ■
April's announcement that funds managed by global investment firm
KKR will be joining long-time partner Oak Hill Capital and management
as investors.
MY PROUDEST PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT OVER
THE PAST 12 MONTHS IS... helping my team and my company
navigate through Covid-19. I remember so well how anxious we all felt
at the beginning as we had to learn to operate during the pandemic.
WHAT HABIT ARE YOU KEEPING POST-PANDEMIC?
I had tried for many years to use video conferencing instead of phone
calls, but it never really caught on. After the last year of so many
people working from home, they became very comfortable using this
technology. The same is true for me and most of my calls now are video
versus voice alone. I think it's a much better way to communicate.
WHAT SORT OF BROADBAND WILL THE AVERAGE U.S.
HOUSEHOLD NEED IN FIVE YEARS? With more people still
working and learning from home even as the COVID-19 pandemic starts
to subside, I see the need for reliable, fast internet speeds increasing
exponentially. Driving this, as we all know from our personal experience,
is that the number of connected devices in our homes continues to
grow rapidly. This trend promises to accelerate as the choices for
direct-to-consumer video, the adoption of the " Internet of Things, " and
the maturing of the functionality of the Cloud continue to grow. These
secular trends play to MetroNet's strengths of providing high-speed,
symmetrical and affordable connectivity - making it easy for its
customers to use this service. ■
66. CYBERSECURED
Noopur
Davis | EVP, Chief Product
and Information Security Officer
Comcast Cable
SVP, Product and Information Security
Comcast Corporation
Years in Media & Broadband: 30
Education: BS, electrical engineering, Auburn University;
Master of Science, computer science, University of Alabama
The disruption and digital transformations spurred by the global
pandemic-from an influx of online business dealings and educational
pivots to work-from-home strategies-escalated issues
of network security and reliability to even higher prominence.
Davis, who oversees cybersecurity functions for all Comcast
Cable products and services for residential and business customers,
has been on the case. Her responsibilities include product
security and privacy, information and infrastructure security, data
protection, and security architecture and engineering. Look for
her to continue ensuring the company is up to speed as well as
tackling new horizons in the realm of AI and IoT devices. ■
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