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Kristine Faulkner
VP, Product Development
and Management,
Cox Communications
Known for her prowess in
business services, Faulkner
spearheads Cox's commercial
and optical Internet products.
Favorite Tech: " Session
Initiation Protocol (SIP), the
enabling intelligence that
drives real-time communications
capabilities such as
presence, user call control,
video conferencing and more.
SIP is transforming the business
services communication
landscape and evolving how
we think about the services
we provide. "
Mari Ghuneim
VP, Digital Media,
Bravo Media
Ghuneim manages content and
operations for BravoTV.com
and TelevisionWithoutPity.com.
She expanded Bravo's online
portfolio to include lifestyle hubs
such as Food by Bravo, Style by
Bravo and Guides by Bravo.
Sherisse Hawkins
VP, Nav and Subscriber
Equipment, TW Cable
WICT's Rocky Mt Chapter's '08
Woman of Technology honoree,
Hawkins' focus is on customerfacing
elements of the MSO's
digital navigator product.
has reached a major inflection
point with the rapidly growing
number of consumer-owned
IP-enabled devices and the
popularity of over the top
competition... this creates
an opportunity for operators,
programmers and manufacturers
to work together to deliver
IP content to Gateways and Settops
that easily connect existing
TVs and consumer-owned IP
devices throughout the home. "
Work-Life Balance: " The
line between our professional
responsibilities and home lives
is often blurred. Our expectations
of ourselves are at times
unrealistic. The ability to prioritize
our careers and personal
goals, recognize we can't do
everything, and celebrate our
accomplishments without guilt
is a daily struggle. "
Susan Grant
EVP, CNN News Services
Named by Women in Technology
as one of its Women of the Year
('06), Grant has grown CNN's
newsgathering and affiliate
distribution arm from 250 local
news stations to more than 800.
Charlotte Field
SVP, Infrastructure
and Ops, National
Engineering and Tech
Ops, Comcast
A WICT-SCTE Women in
Tech honoree, Field leads
support of Comcast's
national infrastructure
and ops for enterprise and
customer-facing networks &
products.
Favorite Tech: " We have
so many different and exciting
cable technologies that make
the ability to control and
receive content anywhere,
anytime, with any device a
reality, " she says. " Our challenge
is to make sure we are
always on and to provide the
best customer experience to
the user. "
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Vicki Hamilton
SVP, Enterprise Digital Ops
and Performance, TBS
Hamilton provides strategic
insight for business activities
on emerging platforms and
facilitates project management
for large-scale tech initiatives.
Favorite Tech: " Receiving
content anywhere, anytime, on
any platform and on devices
ranging from the size of your
palm to a big screen in your
living room. Technology is truly
changing our ability to communicate
and our accessibility
to content and information. "
Rhonda Holt
VP, Digital Media
Technologies and Asset
Management, TBS
Holt heads TBS' Web technology
team, overseeing 24-hr tech
and ops support for all consumer-facing
digital properties.
Top Tech: She's most excited
by " the proliferation of connected
devices-smartphones,
tablet PCs, and connected
televisions that provide exciting
new opportunities to deliver our
content. These new platforms
challenge our technology
assumptions and methods
about content delivery to the
end-consumer. "
Lisa Hsia
Senior VP, Digital Media,
Bravo
The recipient of six news Emmys,
Hsia oversees Bravo's
digital and emerging media.
Tech Trend: " I think we're
finally at the point of being able
to achieve true trans-media
storytelling-that is, the ability
to tell a story across multiple
devices and technologies, using
the strengths of each individual
platform to enhance the consumer's
overall experience and
innovate with a whole new form
of content creation. "
Barbara Jaffe
SVP, Network Ops, HBO
The '09 Women in Tech
honoree, Jaffe has a business
pedigree yet she's moved to
the tech side, overseeing HBO's
relationships with distributors
and directing assessment of
new consumer technologies.
Marva Johnson
VP, Technology Policy &
Industry Affairs,
Bright House Networks
The WICT board member
evaluates tech policy implications
and establishes and
drives regulatory strategies.
Marsha
Sandy Howe
SVP, Strategic Market
Development, Arris
One of the most articulate execs
in tech, Howe is that rare
individual who's designed
technology and sold it.
Tech Trend: " Our industry
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Humphreys Gee
VP, Billing, Suddenlink
Gee maintains all aspects of
Suddenlink's billing systems
for its 1.3mln residential customers.
She recently co-led
a billing statement redesign
with an improved, full-color
customer-friendly format that
cut page printing by 50%.
Trish Jones
SVP, Strategic Audience
Solutions, TBS
Jones is responsible for
leading the emerging
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