Cablefax The Magazine - June 2018 - 24

36. BRAVE NEW WORLDS
Andy Albert
SVP, Content Acquisition
Cox Communications
Years in Cable: When I started in cable, it
was a different world - (31)
Education: Syracuse University;
College of William and Mary
Mark Greatrex
EVP, Chief Marketing & Sales Officer
Cox Communications
Years in Cable: 7
Education: BA, Economics, London School of
Economics; MBA, NYU
Greatrex has worked to take Cox into new
markets through sponsorship deals that aren't
what you may initially connect with the company.
Cox recently announced a national sponsorship
arrangement with the Drone Racing League,
using the partnership to further spread the word
on its WiFi products. Albert has worked diligently
to resolve a number of Cox's retrans agreements,
resolving a dispute last year that saw Hearst
stations across five TV markets briefly go dark.
He's also launched new programming on Cox,
including Hallmark Drama.
Andy Albert
Favorite restaurant: Fat Matt's Rib Shack or
Goldberg's Deli
Best advice your mom or dad ever gave you?
Use the right tools for the job and do it right
the first time.
Your social media platform of choice? Facebook,
but check in on lots of them
What's the first thing you read in the morning?
My calendar
Last show I binged not on my network(s):
" The Americans " and " Billions "
If you could have a superpower, what would
it be and why? Teleportation-there are I
places I gotta see
Mark Greatrex
The biggest innovation in media/broadband
over the last year? Widespread Gig availability
via DOCSIS 3.1
If you wrote a " Black Mirror " episode, what
dark side of technology would you explore
and why? The pernicious undermining of human
values as a reminder to keep our human
morality in a virtual world.
Best advice your mom or dad ever gave you?
" Stand up to bullies. "
Last show I binged not on my network(s):
" Peaky Blinders " ■
37. STREETS OF PHILADELPHIA
David Cohen
Senior EVP & Chief
Diversity Officer
Comcast Corp.
Years in Cable: 16
Education: Swarthmore
College, JD; University
of PA Law School
Kimberley Harris
EVP & General Counsel
NBCUniversal
Years in Cable: 6
Education: Harvard;
JD, Yale
D'Arcy Rudnay
EVP & Chief Communications Officer
Comcast Corp.
Years in Cable: 10+
Education: Trinity Washington Univ; Univ of PA
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Cohen works tirelessly to evolve perceptions
of Comcast. He's been the driving force
behind the launch and growth of broadband
adoption program Internet Essentials since
2011. The program has connected four
million low-income Americans from one
million households since its launch. He's
also dedicating himself to doing everything
possible to close the digital divide, working
with nonprofits like the Boys and Girls Clubs
of America, United Way and City Year to
move toward these goals. Harris cuts through
the legal-ese that naturally surrounds the
day-to-day operations of an entertainment
behemoth, and is a front-line champion for
all NBCU business dealings. Bringing more
than 35 years of experience in strategic communications
to the table, Rudnay was invaluable
in the Dreamworks Animation and NBCU
transactions, and has been celebrated by her
peers for her leadership in her field-finding
her name on Cablefax's " Most Powerful
Women " list for the last seven years.
June 2018
D'Arcy Rudnay
What product or
service could you not
live without?
These days? Treadmill
... it keeps me sane.
Favorite restaurant:
Vernick Food & Drink
and Parc Restaurant
Favorite podcast:
NPR's Fresh Air ... fantastic interviews and
produced here in Philadelphia
What's the first thing you read in the
morning? My iPhone for texts from my girls ...
then Wall Street Journal
The biggest innovation in media/broadband
over the last year? Xfinity xFi ... I think we're
just beginning to scratch the surface on what's
possible with AI and machine learning when it
comes to IoT and the connected home ... and
it's really exciting. ■
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