EXTON, PA – Industry veteran and former Comcast exec Chris Bastian has been named as the new senior vice-president and CTO of the Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE).
Over the past three decades, Bastian has been at the forefront of Wi-Fi, advanced broadband and telecommunications security developments with Comcast, RCN and the National Security Agency. He joins SCTE following more than 10 years at Comcast, where he most recently was executive director focusing on Comcast’s Xfinity Wi-Fi network.
With SCTE and its global brand, the International Society of Broadband Experts (ISBE), Bastian will be responsible for all areas of technology and engineering to ensure that SCTE and ISBE maintain a leadership role in standardizing and operationalizing advanced technology, including the SCTE Standards Program and the SCTE Engineering Committee—as well as ground-breaking efforts such as SCTE’s Energy 2020 program. Based in SCTE’s Exton, PA headquarters, he will officially begin his role on December 14.
“Harnessing the power of new services, maintaining the integrity of our networks and ensuring our customers’ security are among the objectives that will define cable’s future success,” said SCTE and ISBE president and CEO Mark Dzuban, in the news release. “Chris Bastian’s strong record of accomplishment in those areas, his background with large and small MSOs and his leadership abilities all made him an ideal fit for our CTO position.”
