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SCTE unveils 2013-14 Board of Directors


EXTON, PA – The SCTE has announced the selection of its seven appointed and eight elected members of the Board of Directors for the upcoming 2013-14 term.

The Board comprises seven appointed directors, each of whom serves a two-year term, and eight regional directors, who are elected for one-year terms.  The eight regional directors are selected from and elected by SCTE’s 13 regional representatives, each of whom acts on behalf of an SCTE region.

For both the 2013-14 and 2014-15 terms, Tony Werner, executive vice president and CTO of Comcast, has been newly appointed as a director, and Terry Cordova, senior vice president and CTO of Suddenlink, has been reappointed.  Entering the second year of their terms are five other appointed members: Mike LaJoie, executive vice president and CTO of Time Warner Cable and chairman of the current 2012-’13 SCTE Board; Ralph Brown, CTO of CableLabs; Pat Crull, Ph.D., group vice president and CLO for Time Warner Cable; Jim Hughes, senior vice president, Global Broadband Sales for CommScope; and Martha Soehren, Ph.D., Chief Talent Development Officer and senior vice president for Comcast University and Comcast Cable.

The eight elected directors for the 2013-’14 board term are:

– George Bosak, technical training manager, Midcontinent Communications

– Ron Hardzog, Jr. executive director, video engineering, Cox Communications

– Roger Hughes, senior engineer, Armstrong Cable Services

– Joe Jensen, executive vice president and CTO, Buckeye CableSystem

– Randy Love, market project manager, Comcast Cable Communications

– Mario Massi, senior manager, permit design & approval, Cogeco Cable

– Nick Segura, manager, network operations, Charter Communications, and

– Rick Sullivan, Midwestern sales account manager, Times Fiber Communications/Amphenol. 

Hughes, Jensen, Segura and Sullivan serve on the current 2012-’13 SCTE Board of Directors.

“SCTE’s continued success is in no small measure due to the dedication of our board and our regional representatives,” said Mark Dzuban, president and CEO of SCTE.  “I’m grateful to the outgoing board members for their contributions and look forward to working with the 2013-’14 board to drive new levels of technology innovation, standards and learning for the industry.”

The 2013-’14 board will meet for the first time and will elect officers on October 21 in conjunction with SCTE Cable-Tec Expo 2013.