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Pam Nobles
Senior Director,
Education &
Certification
SCTE
Nobles has helped train
thousands of cable
engineers and has created career development
and progression plans that enable cable
operators and individual members to track
training growth and impact. Mentoring comes
naturally to Nobles, who considers the most
important benefi t of mentoring the confi dence
it gives to the mentees to take necessary
risks to move their careers forward.
Kim Norris
COO
Viamedia
Always an innovator,
Norris has built and
monetized interactive,
addressable and set-top
box data platforms for several large MSOs in
the industry. Her infl uence on the industry has
been her passion and success as a builder,
with 20 years growing ad sales businesses
for large MVPDs. " The ability of women to be
detail-oriented and collaborative in a matrix
company environment and partner landscape
suggests a whole host of new areas of opportunity, "
she says.
Anna Tran Reyna
SVP, Business & Legal
Affairs, Digital Media
Fox Networks Group
Reyna has been a
key contributor to Fox
Networks, successfully
negotiating several major pay TV carriage
agreements that resulted in TV Everywhere
product launches across multiple distribution
platforms and devices. Her efforts continue
to help the company extend the reach of its
digital products across all networks.
Vibha Rustagi
CEO
itaas, a Cognizant
Company
There are very few
women in cable tech
who've achieved the
status of Rustagi.
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Known for her persistence and commitment
to customers, she always has a vision for
what's next in her life and the organizations
that she leads. " The possibilities of what advanced
technology is bringing to the industry
and to this world that inspires me, " she says.
Margret Schmidt
VP, Design and
Engineering & Chief
Design Officer
TiVo
Schmidt is an important
voice in the greater
design community. This year, she joined the
industry faculty for UC Berkeley's Engineering
Leadership Professional Program, teaching
ways to approach design and innovation that
result in delighted and passionate customers.
Her favorite trick for unwinding? " Watching
TV, of course! "
Ingrid Simunic
Senior Director,
Product Management
Time Warner Cable
Simunic has been a
major player in helping
TWC launch more than
50 new features and products. She also created
apps for television, laptop and mobile
devices that change how consumers think
about and use phones. She believes understanding
technology and digital space is the
way to successfully manage any part of the
business today. " Women have huge potential
to differentiate themselves with an understanding
of technology and use this expertise
to grow their careers, " she says.
Myrna Soto
SVP & Global Chief
Information Security
Officer
Comcast
Soto focuses on continued
security integration,
expansion of enterprise security risk management
and providing additional services to
Comcast business class customers, including
comprehensive security analytics. " There is
still a huge opportunity for more women in
cable to take their business experience and
apply it to the more technical work streams
within the cable industry, " she says.
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Carolyn Terry
Senior Director,
Content Operations
Support Center
Time Warner Cable
Terry knows how important
the engineering
fi eld is for women in cable. She is the best
example, having worked her way up from an
entry-level installer at Comcast in 1986 to
senior director of national content operations
support at TWC. " Engineering and technology
have the biggest opportunities for women,
specifi cally in the areas of software design
and systems architecture, " she says.
Donna Thomas
Consultant
Moving into the digital
media space on the
technology side of the
business is challenging
to say the least. Thomas
not only made the transition, she is widely
considered a digital media expert. Having
held senior executive positions across the
content supply chain, she continues to be on
the cutting edge of offerings such as UltraHD
and High Dynamic Range. Formerly at Technicolor,
Donna is now consulting with a variety
of clients on digital strategy and distribution.
Stephanie Trotter
VP, Video Program
Office
Time Warner Cable
The senior executives
depend on Trotter for all
of Time Warner Cable's
video, media and many technology projects.
She has contributed greatly to the success of
TWC, working as part of the Technology and
Program Management departments. While
cable has seen more women execs of late,
there are still opportunities for improvement,
she says. " I believe this is a gap that we will
close-but it will take perseverance. "
Aimee Viles
SVP, Emerging Media
Bravo & Oxygen Media
If anyone knows the
constant changes in
the media landscape,
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