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THE TECHIES
guidance from his adolescence
into adulthood and
helped shaped his outlook
on life in general. Nowadays
Jackson oversees digital
strategies and content development
for networks supporting
websites, emerging
platforms, game expansion
and ad sales campaigns.
With consumers migrating
their viewing habits to
broadband platforms, cable
networks " must be vigilant
of this growing trend and
find a solution to retain TV
viewers, as well as content
creators, " he says.
Nancy Jo
VP, Digital Strategy &
Business Development,
Bravo and Oxygen Media
Aljit Joy
SVP, Comcast Innovation
Labs, Comcast Cable
looks for candidates who are
good communicators and
motivators, performanceand
action-oriented, positive,
decisive and energetic.
Damon Phillips
VP, WatchESPN & ESPN3
Joy leads thousands of engineers
all over the country
collaborating to develop the
next generation of ideas and
testing emerging technology.
He founded and led the initial
development of Comcast's
Xcalibur video platform, HD
video conferencing and text
messaging platforms. Outside
of his day-to-day job at
Comcast, Joy serves on the
Board of Trustees at Eastern
University and Intel Capital's
Consumer Advisory Board.
Charlene Keys
Area VP, Operations-South
Carolina, Time Warner Cable
Jo, formerly senior director
of business development
at Vevo, now develops and
oversees growth opportunities
and strategy in
digital media for Bravo and
Oxygen, identifying new
partnerships and growing
revenue across digital
platforms via alternative
methods of monetization.
The Harvard alum is also a
swimmer. " I've developed a
habit of always encouraging
friends and colleagues
to join me, " says Jo. " This
may result in a conversation
that would ordinarily
take five minutes, spread
over the breaks of a 20minute
set. "
care about others, from their
teammates to the customers.
" These attributes usually
come through in the way a
person talks and how they've
handled relevant challenges
in previous positions. " He
believes connectivity and content
portability are at the heart
of today's most important serThis
former Stanford
University linebacker these
days helps develop digital
video and audio products for
ESPN's Internet TV networks,
although he finds time to
coach his kids' sports teams.
The biggest innovation at
Disney/ESPN this year? The
launch of SEC Network and
SEC Network Plus of course!
In addition to working closely
with Disney and ESPN Media
Networks and ESPN consumer
marketing and sales,
Phillips is a central player in
bringing dynamic ad insertion
to digital platforms. He
sees the emergence and
adoption of TV Everywhere as
the emerging trend in cable.
Diversity, according to Keys,
is still about recognizing,
understanding, and accepting
differences beyond
gender, race and/or ethnicity.
She has led the efforts
around Enhanced Customer
Education, an initiative that
trains Time Warner Cable's
technicians to provide
additional education to
customers during home
visits so they can take full
advantage of TWC's products
and services-including connecting
all in-home wireless
devices and education on all
TWC apps. When hiring, she
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Pragash Pillai
SVP, Network Management
& Operations, Cablevision
vices and will remain a trend.
" So companies need to have
the right network architecture
and the right mix of products
that provide that experience.
And companies need the right
customer service, technician
and engineering teams to
support it, " he says.
Raghunadh Polavarapu
VP of Digital Operations,
TBS, TNT, Turner Classic
Movies
Pillai has been highly successful
in identifying talent at
Cablevision. " Passion is what
makes a qualified candidate
stand out from the rest, " he
says. He looks for deeply
committed professionals who
September 2014
Polavarapu, who's been
vital in the rollout of several
Turner networks' original TV
Everywhere apps, was part
of the team that won an
Emmy for the creation of TBS'
Conan tablet app. He is currently
working on next-gen TV
initiatives for three networks,
including leading a smart TV
initiative for Turner. This past
year, he led both technical
development and product
strategy of the Watch TBS
and Watch TNT apps, the key
component in an initiative that
made TBS and TNT the first
national entertainment networks
in the industry to stream
on-air content live across
multiple platforms 24/7. And
did we mention he happens to
be fluent in six languages?
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