John D. Schanz
Expo Program Committee Chair
Executive Vice President, National Engineering & Technical Operations
Comcast Cable

In this role, John D. Schanz oversees Comcast's engineering and network operations for the company's industry-leading cable video, high-speed Internet and voice services. He also leads the technology strategy for the deployment of new, complementary communications products and services. Under John's leadership, Comcast's products are now delivered over one converged, fiber-rich network which provides service to 24.4 million cable customers, 14.7 million high-speed Internet customers, and 6.1 million voice customers.

Prior to joining Comcast, Schanz served as Executive Vice President of Network and Data Center Operations for America Online (AOL). He previously held senior management, operations, and engineering positions with leading technology and communications companies, including Sprint, GE Information Services, and Transaction Network Services.

Schanz holds a Bachelor of Engineering in electrical engineering from Manhattan College of Engineering in Riverdale, N.Y. He also completed General Electric's Information Systems Management Program, an intensive two-year program combining business rotation with practical training and formal coursework in advanced information technology and systems.

Nomi Bergman
Bright House Networks
President

Nomi Bergman is President of Bright House Networks, the nation's sixth largest cable television provider. She and her team provide corporate guidance, execution, and oversight of technology, product and strategic partnerships across the company's video, broadband, voice and wireless platforms.

Bergman began her career as a systems consultant at Arthur Andersen & Co, and then joined Advance Publications' Systems Group, owned by the Newhouse family. After the formation of the Time Warner/Advance Newhouse partnership in the early 1990s, she joined Time Warner Cable, working in customer care, business operations, and IT. Later, as Vice President and General Manager of High Speed Data Services for Time Warner Cable's Charlotte, North Carolina division, she led the launch of the RoadRunner broadband Internet service.

Bergman was part of the senior management team that successfully launched Bright House Networks in 2003. Under the leadership of this new team, Bright House Networks has had its two flagship divisions–Tampa Bay and Orlando–named Systems of the Year by both MultiChannel News and CableWorld. She and her team helped launch VoIP-based voice services that reached 500,000 subscribers in less than 24 months, and the company won J.D. Powers Awards three years in a row as best telecommunications service provider. Bright House Networks has also launched innovative new products across its digital video and high-speed data platforms.

Bergman is actively involved with and a member of CableLabs^®, NCTA, CTAM and NAMIC. She has served on the Board of Directors for WICT, and is a graduate of WICT's first Betsy Magness Leadership Development Program (BMLI) class. She is currently on the Board of Directors for SCTE. She was recognized by WICT and SCTE with the Women in Technology award and in January 2009 she was recognized as CED's Person of the Year. Through her participation and leadership with these key groups, Bergman has become a key spokesperson and advocate for industry innovation and new competitive technologies and services, all with the goal of continuously improving customer value and satisfaction.

Bergman holds a degree in Economics and Statistics from the University of Rochester.

Ralph W. Brown
CableLabs^®
Chief Technology Officer

Ralph Brown is CableLabs^®' Chief Technology Officer. Previously, Brown served as Senior Vice President of the Broadband Access Department within CableLabs^®, which is responsible for DOCSIS^® and CableHome™ specification development and certification programs.

Prior to CableLabs^®, Brown worked for Excite@Home and Time Warner Cable in the area of broadband interactive television.

Brown earned a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His Master's thesis was in the field of Speech Recognition. He received his Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Summa Cum Laude, from North Carolina State University.

Jack Burton
Cablevision
Director, Systems Engineering

Jack Burton is the Director of Systems Engineering for Corporate Engineering and New Technologies at Cablevision. He is responsible for evaluation of technologies to assist Cablevision with development of new products and services as well as for improvement of existing ones. Specific projects include Voice Over IP, Business Services, and Optical Transport. He also represents Cablevision on several CableLabs^® committees and roundtables.

Before joining the corporate group in 1999, Burton was Director of Network Engineering of Cablevision Lightpath, Inc. Earlier he was Manager, Fiber Optics for Cablevision's Long Island Systems.

Prior to joining Cablevision in 1988, Burton spent three years at the MTV Networks division of Viacom International, as Project Engineer. He also held Staff Engineer positions at Tribune United Cable in Rockville, MD, and at Warner Amex Cable in Cincinnati, OH.

Burton holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering, from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1981. He is an active Private Pilot and Amateur Radio Operator.

Kip Compton
Cisco Systems
Senior Director & General Manager

Kip Compton leads a Cisco organization focused on enabling the transformation of entertainment and television in our convergent multi-device world using advanced IP networking and content delivery technologies. In this role he is responsible for the strategic direction, product development, business partnering and delivery of leading-edge products such as the Cisco Content Delivery System for TV on-demand, web/streaming and mobile content delivery.

Compton has more than 12 years of senior leadership experience in systems and network engineering including roles in both equipment and service providers. His areas of interest include working closely with customers to solve strategic challenges such as service velocity, feature integration, content distribution, targeted advertising and digital media security.

Compton assumed his current position in January 2006 after serving three years with Comcast Cable Communications as vice president of video and media engineering. In that role, he led the team responsible for developing Comcast's digital cable, simulcast, security, switched broadcast, video on-demand, and streaming media infrastructure and services.

Compton held roles at Cisco from 1998 to 2001 as director of technology strategy and later director of entertainment solutions, responsible for defining Cisco's technology and solutions strategy in areas including cable, digital video, streaming media and XML/Web services. These roles included Cisco engagements with cable operators, middleware partners and set top manufacturers on iTV and DOCSIS^® set top box projects in North American and Europe.

Compton earlier served as director of Internet Systems and Services for MediaOne Group, a cable operator purchased by AT&T. Prior, Compton was manager of strategic technology and programs for AT&T New Media Services. Earlier in his career he worked for SNET/SBC in their internet and video services development organization.

Mark DePietro
Motorola
Vice President, Strategy & Business Development

Mark DePietro is Vice President of Strategy & Business Development for Motorola's Broadband Home Solutions business. In this role, DePietro is responsible for P&L for Motorola's Conditional Access products and services, as also oversees joint venture, strategic investment, and mergers & acquisitions activities for the Broadband Home business. DePietro serves on the Board of CCAD, a Motorola-Comcast joint venture. He also serves on the board of ReadyTrace corporation.

DePietro joined General Instrument in 1994 and assumed responsibility for the design of GI's digital cable system. The system launched in 1996, and was the world's first commercial digital cable system. It has won 8 Emmy awards for technical innovation, and it holds the largest market share within the US. The business now produces multiple billions of dollars of revenue annually for Motorola. Since 1994, DePietro has held roles of increasing responsibility for several product lines within Motorola's video, voice, and data businesses.

DePietro has over 25 years of high-tech experience. Before joining General Instrument, DePietro was a founder of Transdigital Communications, an aviation entertainment electronics company. Prior to that, he held engineering positions in the aerospace industry.

DePietro holds a BSEE from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, an MSEE and EEE from the University of Southern California, and an MBA from Villanova University. He is a member of Phi Kappa Phi and Beta Gamma Sigma.

Rick Gasloli
Comcast Corporation
Senior Vice President, Technical Engineer
NE&TO

Rick Gasloli is Senior Vice President and Group Technical Advisor at Comcast. In this role, he sets strategic direction and leads objectives that cut across the various functional areas of Comcast's National Engineering and Technical Operations (NE&TO) organization.

Gasloli joined Comcast in 1997 as Director of Online Engineering where he played a key role in getting Comcast's high-speed business off the ground. Under his direction, Comcast was one of the first MSOs to deploy DOCSIS^®-based cable modems. As Vice President of Online/Network Engineering, he led a team that migrated ISP services from Excite@Home to Comcast. Today, Comcast is the largest Broadband provider in the United States. Most recently, he has been leading Comcast's Showcase Market initiative the purpose of which is to speed the deployment of new cross-platform technology infrastructures and the products and services they support. In April 2008, Comcast's Twin Cities Showcase market successfully launched a DOCSIS^® 3.0-based high-speed data service cable of 50Mbps, and next generation video on-demand (NGOD). 

Gasloli began his career by designing pipeline facilities for Great Lakes Transmission Company, a major transporter of natural gas. He then transferred into information technology where he held various technical and management roles of increasing responsibility in the oil/gas, automotive, and health care industries.  

Gasloli received a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Michigan, and an MBA from Wayne State University.

Mike Hayashi
Time Warner Cable
Executive Vice President

Mike Hayashi was appointed Executive Vice President, Advanced Engineering and Technology for Time Warner Cable in March, 2008. Since joining Time Warner Cable in 1992, Hayashi has been the creative engineering force behind most of Time Warner Cable's technological endeavors. His contributions include involvement in digital television, Video on Demand, HD and DVRs. He is currently responsible for all engineering development activities within Time Warner Cable.

Hayashi joined Time Warner Cable in 1992 as Vice President International Development where he guided external technology partners in advanced technology product development as part of the then newly-formed Time Warner Entertainment unit.

Prior to joining Time Warner Cable Hayashi held various positions at Scientific-Atlanta in Georgia including Vice President Video Product Line and Marketing Director Interdiction and International markets. There he developed requirements for the first integrated electronic program guide and achieved the #1 market share slot in the UK and the #3 slot in Japan. Hayashi started his career at Pioneer Communications of America as staff engineer for Warner Cable's Qube project. 

Hayashi graduated from St Joseph College in Yokohama, Japan in 1974, earned a BS in Engineering from Harvey Mudd College in Claremont, California in 1978 and an MBA from Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio in 1986.

Doug Ike
Charter Communications
Vice President Advanced Video Engineering

Doug Ike has over 20 years of experience in the telecommunication and cable television industries and is currently responsible for all corporate engineering for advanced video products at Charter Communications.

His previous positions also include engineering and management roles at MediaOne Labs, AT&T Broadband, Callahan Associates in Germany, and Adelphia. Ike has led engineering teams focused on deploying advanced digital TV services, such as VOD, HDTV, CableCARDs, and interactive applications. Ike has also been a participant in various industry forums regarding digital video standards.

Gil Katz
Harmonic Inc.
Senior Director Cable Solutions & Strategy

Gil Katz is Sr. Director of Cable Solutions and Strategy for Harmonic Inc., working with MSOs to define and implement next generation architectures for digital video and on-demand services.

For the past twelve years, he has focused on scalable VOD systems and solutions, with a leading role in the creation of several concepts, products and solutions which later became industry standards. Katz was part of the Harmonic team that defined the EdgeQAM product category, and worked with key VOD suppliers do define the end-to-end architecture. Katz spent several years developing and advocating the concept of MPEG delivery using IP technology, including introduction of the first cable product to support this new technology. Thanks in part to Katz's efforts, IP has become an industry standard for video delivery.

In the last few years Katz has been focusing on convergence solutions; as part of this activity he was leading the definition and development of the first Universal EdgeQAM as well as the first Cable-IPTV solution. Once again, it became an industry standard and the Universal EdgeQAM is now widely deployed in VOD, SDV, M-CMTS, Broadcast and Cable-IPTV systems. Katz is a key contributor to Comcast's NGOD initiative, has served as a member of the DVB-Simulcrypt standards committee, and is a graduate of the Technion Institute of Technology with a degree in Software and Hardware Engineering. An experienced speaker, he has presented at many conferences throughout the world.

Paul Liao
CableLabs^®
President and CEO

Dr. Paul F. Liao was named President and CEO of Cable Television Laboratories, Inc., on June 10, 2009. In this capacity he heads the research and development organization responsible for charting the cable television industry's course in technology.

Prior to joining CableLabs ^® , he held the positions of Vice President and Chief Technology Officer for the Panasonic Corporation of North America, and was the President of its Panasonic R&D Company of America. In these positions, Liao was responsible for technology direction and R&D for Panasonic in North America.

Before Panasonic, he held a number of positions at Bell Communications Research, Inc. (Bellcore) and Bell Laboratories including as the Vice President for Emerging Networks, Assistant Vice President of the Solid State Research Laboratory, the Network Systems Research Laboratory, and the Network Architecture and Foundations Center.

Liao is a recipient of the IEEE Millennium Medal and a past President of the IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society. He is a former editor of the Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics, and has been Co-Editor for the Academic Press Series entitled Quantum Electronics. Liao has also served as a member of the Board of Trustees of Brookdale Community College located in Lincroft, New Jersey.

He is a fellow of the IEEE, the American Physical Society, and the Optical Society of America and was part of the Leadership New Jersey Class of 1989.

Lisa Lee McLaine
Broadband Insights, Inc
President & CEO

Lisa McLaine is the founder, President & CEO of Broadband Insights. She is the driving force behind Broadband Insights' focus on helping the Cable Industry to achieve very aggressive goals, in an extremely competitive marketplace.

McLaine played a key role in projects such as leading the engineering teams to carry out the Adelphia integration into the giant Time-Warner complex, implementing new products for Time Warner Cable, TCI/ATT Broadband, Charter, Adelphia and Liberty Media and relocating MCI's engineering and IT functions from Washington D.C. to Colorado Springs, and many more. She is a specialist in complex transitions. She has facilitated acquisitions, mergers, organizational realignment, bankruptcies, product rollouts and operational efficiencies.

Before founding Broadband Insights, McLaine led the US Cable practice for KPMG Consulting (now known as Bearing Point). She is also known for her role at CableLabs^®, where she led the OpenCableâ„¢ effort. McLaine has 25 years of product development, engineering and technical management experience, having held senior management positions at KPMG Consulting, CableLabs^®, MCI, Sprint and Excel Communications. She has done work for many MSO's, Liberty Media, CableLabs^®, Motorola, Concurrent, Scientific Atlanta and Cisco. In addition, she has played a lead role in industry organizations. Most recently, she served on the BOD of the Rocky Mountain WICT organization, where she was responsible for creating a local executive education program and where she doubled overall membership. McLaine was inducted into the Rocky Mountain WICT Walk of Fame.

Kevin J. Mousseau
Ubee Interactive
Vice President, Field Application Engineering

Kevin Mousseau is Vice President of Field Application Engineering, responsible for supporting System Operators located throughout the Americas in their deployments of existing as well as new and evolving technologies.

Prior to joining Ubee Interactive in July of 2008, Mousseau was Vice President of Solutions Engineering at Arris where he managed a team of engineers supporting major MSO's in North America. 

His technical expertise includes focus on product areas such as CMTS, edge QAM, data CPE, voice CPE, wireless, VoD, Ad Insertion and OSS. 
A 20+ year veteran in the cable industry and a member of the SCTE since 1994, Mousseau has held executive roles at Terayon, Cisco, 3Com, LANcity & others that have promoted the evolution of the internet through the use of standard deployable technologies.

Early in his career, the experience that Mousseau gained while serving as a Satellite Communications Equipment expert for the US Air Force, working on the development and deployment of secure communication techniques used for satellite surveillance and airborne executive support missions, has allowed him to uniquely apply this experience to current day communication challenges and implementations.

Mousseau obtained his A.A.S in Electronic Engineering from the College of the Air Force and is a standing candidate for a BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of NH.

Marv Nelson
SCTE
Vice President, Professional Development

A 30-year veteran of the cable telecommunications industry, Marv Nelson is vice president, professional development, of the Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE). He joined the SCTE staff in 1991. He has served in his current position since 1996, leading the formation and implementation of the Society's professional development opportunities.

Prior to SCTE, Nelson worked 12 years for Metrovision Inc., first as a bench technician and later as a chief technician.

Nelson holds a bachelor of arts in organizational management and MBA from Eastern University in St. Davids, Pa. He is an SCTE-certified Broadband Communications Technician (BCT^®) and Broadband Communications Engineer (BCE^®) and an ASAE Certified Association Executive (CAE).

Pam Nobles
SCTE
Director of Professional Development, Education and Certification

Pam Nobles leads the development and implementation of many of SCTE's professional development services and certification programs. Nobles works in conjunction with volunteer committees and working groups to align the Society's programs to industry needs.

Nobles has served the industry in various engineering and learning and development roles since 1982. Before joining SCTE, Nobles was with Comcast in Philadelphia, where she most recently held the position of senior director of CommTech development. She was honored as SCTE Member of the Year in 2002 and received the Women in Technology Award in 1996. She has been an active SCTE member since 1984.

Nobles holds a Masters degree in Curriculum and Instruction, a BS in Electrical Engineering Technology, a BA in Fine Arts, and an AAS in Forestry.

Dermot J.A. O'Carroll
Rogers Cable Communications Inc
SVP, Engineering & Network Operations

Dermot O'Carroll joined Rogers Cable Inc. in November of 1995 bringing with him over 20 years of experience in various technology, engineering and business management functions. In his capacity as Senior Vice President, Network Engineering and Operations, he is responsible for the end to end functions of the network. He has overseen the rebuild of the entire network, the building and implementation of the industry–leading Network Operations Centre and the introduction of new technologies such as Internet over Cable, Interactive Digital Television, VOD, Digital Phone Service using Packet Cable architecture, and most recently Switched Digital Video.

O'Carroll was previously with Unitel Communications Inc. as Vice President, Network Services. As such he was responsible for the design, planning, implementation management and operation of Unitel's National Telecommunications network. This included both the Advanced Intelligent Voice network and the national Data and Frame Relay network. Prior to joining Unitel, he spent 15 years with Bell Canada, the largest local and long distance telephone company in Canada.

O'Carroll was born in Ireland and educated at University College of Dublin, Ireland graduating in Electrical Engineering. He is a member of the Professional Engineering Association of Ontario. He has been Vice President of the Radio Advisory Board of Canada for the years 1990–1995 and serves on the Board of Directors for the Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE).

Joseph Selvage
Mediacom Communications Corporation
Vice President, IP Network Engineering

As the VP of IP Networks for Mediacom Communications, Inc, Joe Selvage and his team is responsible for all aspects of network and transport infrastructure within Mediacom. Selvage's team deploys and operates all internal, external and customer facing IP networks.

Previous to Mediacom, Selvage spent 16 years at Adelphia as Director of Systems Engineering. Selvage has spent 30 years in cable primarily focused on evaluation, development and deployment of new technologies into cable operations.

Guy Sucharczuk
Aurora Networks
President & CEO

Guy is a widely recognized and respected industry leader, known for his ability to bring advanced technology solutions to the market, and is a co-inventor on nine Aurora Networks patent applications.

Before founding Aurora Networks, he was General Manager of C-Cor.Net's optical products development and manufacturing facility in Sunnyvale, California and, prior to C-Cor.Net's acquisition of Silicon Valley Communications, Inc., served as the latter's Vice President of Research and Development, product marketing and operations.

Guy entered the broadband communications industry as a member of the Harmonic Lightwaves, Inc. R&D staff and, subsequently, the marketing department, where he managed the product development and marketing of Harmonic's return path products and element management products. Guy earlier worked in the R&D departments of Avantek and Motorola.

He is a member of the IEEE and SCTE and has been published in numerous trade publications and journals.