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The InfluenTIals
and A&E as well as a high-level rights
agreement for the rights to Patricia Gucci's
life story. Her relationships with colleagues
at other entertainment companies also
allows her to gain insight on best practices
at other companies.
Rodolfo Martinez
VP, Production, esPn
International and
Deportes
Martinez coordinated
production teams and
pooled resources from
ESPN, ESPN Deportes,
ESPN Brasil, and ESPN Latin America to
bring viewers complete coverage of the
2014 FIFA World Cup. The networks even
shared on-air talent. The result was recordbreaking
ratings. Largely due to Martinez's
efforts, Nación ESPN and SportsCenter
each took home a Sports Emmy earlier
this year, a first for any Spanish-language
cable sports network. Right now Martinez is
preparing to launch the new ESPN studios
in Mexico City in 2015.
Dennis Mathew
VP, new Business,
Design and
Deployment for Xfinity
home, Comcast Cable
Over the past 12
months, Mathew led the
nationwide design and
deployment of Xfinity Home, Comcast's
broadband and cloud-based platform that
provides next-generation security, home
control and energy management features.
He actively mentors a number of minority
employees within Comcast and works to
advance minority achievement. Mathew
is conscious about not only preserving the
environment but also saving customers
from spending too much. " Our vision is for
the home to get smarter and smarter, " he
says. " We want your systems to understand
where you are, what your preferences
are, and how to react accordingly.
You're comfortable, you're conserving
energy, you're optimizing your bill, and
there's very little required of you. "
naketha Mattocks
VP, Original Movies,
Disney Channels
As the motivating
force behind the Disney
Channel Original
Movie franchise,
Mattocks knows what
the teen and 'tween demographic
craves. New projects include the TV
movies " Zapped, " and " How to Build a
Better Boy. " While TV movies are her
bailiwick, Mattocks loves miniseries:
" I grew up on them and I'm so glad
they're back. It's a great opportunity
to see interesting and diverse stories
from talent that wouldn't always do
television. " Could a Disney miniseries
be far behind?
Rodrigo Mazon
Director, Content
acquisition, hulu
Mazon joined Hulu to
help build and launch
Hulu Latino-and his
success has been
notable. Not only did
he play an integral role in building the
service from a single content partner-
Univision-to its current 70-plus
content partners, but he's driving Hulu
Latino originals such as teen drama
" East Los High " -the first English language
program with an all-Latino cast.
Mazon's goal is to lead Hulu to become
the top destination for Latino content,
regardless of language. As part of that
mission, he's overseeing plans to make
the service the voice of the new millennial
Latino.
Brigette McCray
sVP, Program Planning
and strategy, scripps
networks Interactive
Since she began
overseeing the Migration
Task Force this
spring, McCray has
successfully shifted several Scripps
series to different nights. Her scheduling
strategies led to Travel Channel's
highest weekend ratings in network
history. McCray knows first-hand the
benefits of loving your job. " I believe
lots of people can be good at a job, but
you can only be great at something you
really love, " she says.
Charlon McIntosh
GVP, Business Class
Customer Care,
Time Warner Cable
McIntosh is a business'
best friend-at
least when they need
customer service.
She created new and innovative ways
to deliver superior customer service to
the TWC's commercial users. When it
comes to diversity, McIntosh says, " we
have the opportunity to improve the
diversity within our more senior levels of
the organization by creating programs
that promote the development of entrylevel
managers and prepare them to be
industry leaders. "
nodir nazarov
VP, IP network
Technology,
Cablevision systems
Nazarov is responsible
for the operational
readiness of Cablevision's
network, which
delivers Internet, WiFi, voice and TV
service to the company's 3 million
customers. It's not surprising security is
top of mind for this savvy exec. " It has
become a priority to make networks
more secure, with a focus on protecting
the overall customer experience,
customer data and network infrastructure
itself, " he says. " At the end of the
day, our industry needs to ensure that
our customer data is safe and that our
customers can stay connected anytime,
all the time. Security is core to this. "
Fewer than 200 people worldwide have
Nazarov's specialized triple Cisco (CCIE)
certification, giving him a highly unique
skillset and knowledge base.
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