Comcast's Watson, Arris's McClelland Join SCTE•ISBE Cable-Tec Expo® Opening Day Lineup
Join Liberty Global’s Fries,
Charter’s Rutledge on
Strongest-Ever Opening Day Agenda
Comcast Cable President and CEO Dave Watson and ARRIS CEO
Bruce McClelland will cap off the strongest opening day
lineup in SCTE•ISBE Cable-Tec ExpoÒ history when they offer insights
on technology and business at the Annual Awards Luncheon on
Wednesday, October 18, in Denver.
Watson and
McClelland will share thoughts on technology and innovation
during the noon luncheon panel discussion in the Mile-High
Ballroom in the Colorado Convention Center. The two
executives join two other CEOs—Mike Fries, CEO of Liberty
Global, and Tom Rutledge, Chairman and CEO of Charter
Communications—on the Cable-Tec Expo opening day agenda. The
luncheon panel will be moderated by Jeff Baumgartner,
technology editor of Multichannel News.
The luncheon
panel will closely follow a star-studded Opening General
Session that will include an opening keynote conversation
between Fries and Tony Werner, President, Technology and
Product of Comcast Cable, a closing keynote address by
Rutledge, and other insights from the Expo co-chairs: Altice
USA Vice Chairman, Business Development–Network and
Technology Services Terry Cordova and Charter Executive Vice
President of Engineering and IT Jim Blackley. The Opening
General Session also will feature an operations panel with
Debi Picciolo, senior vice president of operations, West
Region for Charter Communications; Ed Marchetti, senior vice
president, technical operations, customer experience for
Comcast; Patricia Martin, vice president, service assurance
for Cox; and moderator Leslie Ellis, Multichannel News technology
columnist and president of Ellis Edits.
“Nowhere is
SCTE•ISBE’s role as the center of gravity for technology
implementation and deployment more evident than at SCTE•ISBE
Cable-Tec Expo,” said Mark Dzuban, President and CEO of
SCTE•ISBE. “The insights of Dave Watson and Bruce
McClelland—together with those of our Opening General
Session speakers and others—will provide our attendees with
an enriched understanding of the opportunities that are
ahead for our industry and the technologies that are the
foundation for business strategies success.”
As President
and CEO of Comcast Cable, Watson is responsible for all
business aspects of the Company’s cable operations.
Previously, Watson served as Chief Operating Officer where
he drove the operating strategy and execution that have led
the phenomenal growth of Comcast Cable into the nation’s
largest ISP and one of the largest video providers.
As CEO,
McClelland is responsible for ARRIS’s growth strategy,
including driving the company’s leadership in video,
broadband, and wireless and expansion into enterprise and
new vertical markets. Prior to being named CEO, McClelland
was President of ARRIS’s Network & Cloud and Global
Services business, establishing ARRIS as a broadband network
leader.
SCTE•ISBE
Cable-Tec Expo will be conducted Tuesday, Oct. 17 through
Friday, Oct. 20 at the Colorado Convention Center. Expo
Week begins on Monday, Oct. 16 with a One Day Immersion
program at The Cable Center; the event is supported by the
Emma Bowen Foundation and is designed to stimulate career
opportunities for college students, recent graduates, and
graduate-level candidates. On Tuesday, Oct. 17, the agenda
will feature the start of almost four-dozen technical
workshops, a deep-dive seminar on Remote PHY that is free
to all paid Full Conference attendees, and the Cable TV
Pioneers Annual Banquet and Class of 2017 induction
ceremonies.
Other
highlights of Cable-Tec Expo 2017 include an ongoing
series of thought-leadership presentations at the
Innovation Theater in the heart of the exhibit hall, an
International Experience underscoring Expo’s growing
importance within the global cable community, and the
CORTEX Olympics @ Expo Evening skills events that
recognize workforce expertise. Registration and additional
information on registration options are available at http://expo.scte.org.
SCTE•ISBE Cable-Tec Expo® is renowned as the pre-eminent venue that combines the thought leadership, engineering innovation, and deal-making that power the technological future of broadband telecommunications. As a nexus for content and service providers, technology partners, and industry experts, Cable-Tec Expo provides rich insights into technologies, products, and services that can generate revenue, streamline operations, and increase customer satisfaction. In addition to learned presentations and technology-centric exhibits, Cable-Tec Expo features valuable learning, peer-to-peer interaction, and networking opportunities that are designed to prepare the technology workforce for the advent of future products and services.
Source: Comcast Cable and ARRIS media announcement