Rich Prodan, Ph.D.
VP & CTO, Broadband Communications Group
Broadcom Corporation
A member of Broadcom’s executive management team, Rich coordinates and promotes advanced developments of new technologies from advanced Physical Layer cable transmission technology to the integration of data, voice, and video applications and services. While CTO of CableLabs, Rich played an instrumental role establishing next generation DOCSIS 2.0 and 3.0 cable modem standards. He was also an eight-year advisor to the FCC Advisory Committee on Advanced Television Service testing and developing HDTV systems for the US.
Jon Cave
Senior Product Manager
Service Provider Video Technology Group
Cisco Systems, Inc.
As Senior Product Manager within the Business Unit defining Cisco’s Next Generation IP Video Platform, Jon is responsible for developing and driving business and product strategy for Cisco’s next generation gateways, including DOSCIS Residential Gateways, as well as advanced services platforms. Jon has more than 15 years of experience in the telecommunications industry encompassing development engineering and product management of data, voice, and video networking products. Prior to joining Cisco, Jon was Director of Product Management for Intellon Corporation, a market leader in power line communications semiconductors for digital home networking. Jon also has entrepreneurial experience at companies developing solutions for WiFi as well as VoIP products. Earlier in his career he worked at Scientific Atlanta in hardware engineering developing mobile voice satellite communications systems.
Charles Cerino
VP Comcast Center Technology
Comcast Corporation
During Charlie’s tenure at Comcast, he has held system, region and corporate engineering positions. He has been active in the Delaware Valley Chapter of the SCTE serving as a Founder, Board member and President. Charlie also chaired the NCTA’s engineering sub-committee on CLI and FCC regulations. He has focused his career on exploring new technologies and was instrumental developing and launching cable modem service for Comcast.
Vince Groff
Executive Director, Corporate Development
Cox Communications
Vince determines strategies and leading corporate development for Cox products and services. Key activities include establishing alliances and ventures within the industry as well as with key partners and suppliers. He is also Cox’s lead investigator of the business impact of emerging technologies and start-up companies, and works closely with the Venture Capital community. Previously, Vince led Cox’s interactive television product development effort and the OpenCable initiative. He is also involved in the Consumer Electronics plug-and-play project and other CableLabs standards efforts.
Anton Monk, Ph.D.
VP of Technology & Co-Founder
Entropic Communications, Inc.
Dr. Monk is responsible for new technology and standards activities at Entropic. Prior to co-founding Entropic, he led standards activities, physical layer system design and IC verification for several Conexant product lines, including cable modems and fixed wireless access. Before Conexant, he was involved in the development of cable and satellite ICs at Comstream Corporation and performed communication system research at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California.
Will Beals
Director of Hardware Systems Architecture
EchoStar Technologies L.L.C.
Will has worked on EchoStar’s digital Set-Top Box (STB) design and engineering for more than 20 years, primarily designing STBs for DISH Network. He is currently charged with investigating and developing new STB technologies for cable, satellite, telco and IPTV providers.
Ted Michaud
Distinguished Member of the Technical Staff
Motorola Broadband Communications Sector
Motorola, Inc.
Ted joined Motorola, then General Instrument Corporation, as a member of the engineering staff. A 26-year veteran of the CATV industry, he has served in various engineering positions for the company.
Tom Leacock
Engineer Manager, Panasonic Engineering Promotion Center of America
Panasonic
Tom has worked on the development of home networking and digital video processing for both displays and cameras for over twenty years. He is currently involved in the standardization of home networking via MoCA and its application to digital set top boxes and displays.
Sundeep Ahluwalia
Director of Product Marketing
NXP Semiconductors / Trident Microsystems
Sundeep Ahluwalia has more than 12 years of experience in the STB and home networking industry. He is currently the Director of Product Marketing at NXP and is responsible for MPEG SoCs and Front-end products for the STB market. Prior to NXP, Sundeep was with Pulse-Link as their Director of Marketing for their UWB Chipset solutions for the home multimedia networking markets. Sundeep was also with Conexant for seven years in a Marketing role.
Sundeep has an MBA from UC Irvine, a Masters degree in Computer Science from CSU Chico and a Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering from UC Berkeley.
Brian Whitton
Executive Director of Access Technologies
Verizon Communications
Brian is responsible for directing the design and development efforts of next generation access network platforms. Prior to his current position, Brian was Assistant VP of technology development for GTE. He also has held positions in product development, business operations development, engineering, systems development, business planning and technology planning.
