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and Bravo, but she also drives
cross-portfolio business
development efforts. Jo always
has her eye on the news, and
counts HBO's launch of its
direct-to-consumer offering
and the increasing availability
of OTT options as the biggest
story in cable this year. And you
can count on Jo to identify new
partnerships and capitalize on
market trends like streaming
video to grow revenue across
multiple platforms.
Aljit Joy
SVP, Comcast Innovation
Labs, Comcast Cable
employees. And she says that
acknowledging, respecting
and capitalizing on people's
differences is what diversity
means in the workplace. Moving
forward, Keys' priorities
include improvements in
packaging, customer retention
and the overall customer
experience, including product
enhancements and better
customer service. She continues
to oversee new-business
integration and is spearheading
many key initiatives for
the company.
Damon Phillips
VP, Digital Product
Management, ESPN
deployment of increased
speed for the Optimum
Online service. Under his
management, Cablevision
also continued to enhance
its VOD, MR-DVR and voice
infrastructure. He says it's
all about teamwork. " We
have brought all of Cablevision's
core infrastructure
teams together in one team
via the establishment of
our infrastructure engineering
group, " he says. And
that puts everything under
one umbrella, supporting
a more seamless and efficient
approach.
Michael Quigley
SVP, Brand Distribution,
Turner Broadcasting
Systems
Joy works with some of the
smartest people in the cable
industry. He leads Comcast's
Lab teams, which include
PhDs, Distinguished Fellows
and hundreds of active inventors
from a wide variety of
educational backgrounds. The
lab's long-term focus includes
network, video and data infrastructure;
connected spaces
and devices; consumer Internet;
new apps and platforms;
and next-gen wireless technology.
He defi nes success as
" helping people grow along
with businesses growth. "
Charlene Keys
Area VP, Operations-South
Carolina, Time Warner Cable
Focus on your strengths.
That's one of the best pieces
of business advice Phillips has
received. And that's exactly
what he has done at ESPN. For
years, he has driven programming
for ESPN3, and now with
ESPN Cricket 2015, he has
created a gateway for multicultural
sporting events that
may otherwise not have made
it to the small screen. He plays
a key role in some of the most
active and innovative digital
video initiatives in media today.
Pragash Pillai
SVP, Infrastructure
Engineering,
Cablevision Systems
Vibha Rustagi
President & CEO, itaas,
a Cognizant Company
Under Keys, Time Warner
Cable's South Carolina market
encompasses more than
400,000 customers and 400
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Pillai's impact on Cablevision
in 2014 was significant,
as he managed the
Quigley transitioned into a
new role this year overseeing
account management
functions for Turner's major
domestic affiliate clients
and ad integration initiatives
with distribution partners.
This forward-thinking
and strategic executive has
become deft at navigating
the changing media
landscape and creating
new revenue-generating
distribution opportunities.
He sees two big stories in
cable this year as consolidation
and the launch and
expansion of OTT services,
both by operators and
content providers. He's
now working on expanding
linear and on-demand
content distribution opportunities,
which include
OTT, SVOD and other new
business masters.
September 2015
This 25-year cable &
telecom industry vet
started her career as an
engineer and marketing
and sales professional at
Scientific-Atlanta, which
has since become part of
Cisco. While there, she had
a hand in the design and
launch of the first digital
networks and early interactive
applications where
she was awarded seven
patents. Now as one of the
three founders of itaas,
Rustagi's strategic vision
has grown the company
from a 3-person startup
to an exceedingly attractive
acquisition target for
Cognizant, which brought
itaas into its fold in 2014
and has more than 170,000
employees worldwide.
Magesh Srinivasan
GVP, Commercial
Engineering & Operations
Time Warner Cable
Srinivasan designed the
Ethernet Passive Optical
Networking architecture that
makes TWC's Ethernet
Everywhere service unique.
But his ability to calmly and
objectively assess engineering
issues in order to fi nd
creative solutions that
benefi t customers and the
company makes him a
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