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THE TECHIES
Sherita Ceasar
VP, National Video
Development Engineering,
Comcast Cable
Ceasar leads more than just
Comcast's video deployment
engineering projects for core
video delivery. She founded
the NETO Women's Forum
within the company, which
aims to provide careerbuilding
resources, events
and networking groups
for women in tech roles.
She also brought Comcast
together with FIRST, a nonprofit
group that encourages
adolescents to be science
and technology leaders. And
this year, Ceasar's also the
2014 Women in Technology
award winner, a prestigious
honor sponsored by WICT,
SCTE and Cablefax. " Empowering
the team, inspiring
the team and then getting
out of the way has been
the secret sauce for me my
entire career, " she says,
noting the open field of possibilities
around tech. " The
opportunities for innovation
are endless. "
Terry Cordova
SVP/CTO, Suddenlink
and engineering. He is also
the national board chair of
SCTE. The cable industry
can be more inclusive by
identifying talented people
from diverse backgrounds,
he says: " Our workforce
should reflect the customer
base we serve. " The veteran
of more than 30 years
sees the increased use of
data service, along with
how the " Internet of Things "
will continue to drive the
demand for speed and
consumption, as emerging
trends in cable.
Jatin Desai
CTO, itaas
Barbara Gee
VP, Digital Sales Alliances,
Comcast Cable
the company to achieve
excellent customer service. "
Fun fact: Though born in
New York, Ip's first language
was Cantonese. He is now
relearning the language after
not formally speaking it for
many years.
Desai, a founding partner
and CTO of itaas, is currently
working on interactive
services such as
transactional TV, multiscreen
and multiplatform
applications. The 20-year
industry vet believes the
Supreme Court's Aereo
ruling as well as the battle
over classifying Internet as
a utility service will shape
cable in the years to come.
Defining diversity in 2014
means unity among diverse
people, he says: " As an
industry, we should look
at diversity in our media
and content, our service
offerings, and also making
services available to
under-represented areas. "
Cordova heads Suddenlink's
235-person team overseeing
technical operations
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Gee has successfully directed
and executed Comcast's
e-commerce sales strategy,
third party sales alliances
and increasing customer
acquisition and retention.
With more than 25 years of
experience in progressively
senior business development,
sales, marketing,
revenue creation and vendor
management, she's known
as multi-disciplined and
results-driven. She serves on
the Board of Directors for the
Emma Bowen Foundation,
a nonprofit created in 1989
to prepare minority youth
for careers in the media
industry.
Andrew Ip
SVP, Infrastructure and
Wireless Technology
Management, Cablevision
Bryant Issacs
President, Arris Assurance
Solutions, Arris
Bryant uses sophisticated
analysis to identify and address
hard-to-find intermittent
plant issues before they
become outages, increasing
customer satisfaction and
improving uptime. According
to Bryant, two key trends in
cable are the move to DOCSIS
3.1 for higher bandwidth
capacity and the move to
virtualized software solutions
for things like user interfaces,
navigation, gateway functions,
video processing, and
network functions. Diversity
to him refers to " things that
make us different from one
another. "
Marlon Jackson
VP, Digital Content,
SyFy Digital
During the past 12 months,
Andrew has led Cablevision's
outdoor WiFi network
expansion and upgrade
efforts. He believes diversity
in 2014 means more than
just the inclusion of multiple
viewpoints and backgrounds.
" It's also about building
teams, solving problems and
leveraging resources across
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Jackson's former mentor
was Rev. Robert Castle of St.
Mary's Episcopal Church in
Harlem, N.Y., who provided
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