Arroyo Appoints Dr. John Pickens to Vice President of Technology and Tom Foster to Vice President of National Accounts; Appointments Valuable as Company Adds Customers and Rapidly Expands North American Cable Deployments.PLEASANTON, Calif. -- Arroyo Video Solutions, Inc., which recently unveiled its first product, Arroyo OnDemand - an open standards solution for video on demand (VOD See video-on-demand. VoD - video on demand ) which delivers industry leading "Always ON" scalability, - today announced the recent appointments of Dr. John Pickens to vice president of technology, and Tom Foster to vice president of national accounts. Dr. Pickens will take the lead in the development of Arroyo's streaming media technologies, while Foster will drive strategy and relationships within North American cable. "We are very excited about the addition of John and Tom to our executive team," said Paul Sherer. "Our business is growing rapidly and Tom and John will leverage their extensive experience to help us accelerate and manage that growth." Sherer continued, "John has a wealth of experience as a video technology innovator, and his remarkable vision and knowledge of where the industry is heading will serve us well. Tom has held senior positions in the cable industry for 27 years, most extensively with Time Warner Cable This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. . He has a deep understanding of cable operations and is the ideal appointment to help us capitalize on our momentum in the industry with key cable operators." New Appointments' Backgrounds: Dr. John Pickens, V.P. of Technology Dr. Pickens served as CTO (Chief Technical Officer) The executive responsible for the technical direction of an organization. See CIO and salary survey. and vice president of technology at COM (1) (Computer Output Microfilm) Creating microfilm or microfiche from the computer. A COM machine receives print-image output from the computer either online or via tape or disk and creates a film image of each page. 21, where he drove the definition and implementation of DOCSIS (Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification) A cable modem standard from the CableLabs research consortium (www.cablelabs.com), which provides equipment certification for interoperability. and Packetcable standards for integrated video, voice and data over cable. During his tenure, the company grew from a start-up to a public company with over $250 million in annual revenue. Most recently, Dr. Pickens has consulted for a number of leading technology companies and organizations, including CableMatrix and CableLabs, and he serves on the board of advisors of several others. Previously, Dr. Pickens held several senior roles in companies such as 3Com, CSI and Bell North Research. He is a member of the Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE SCTE Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers SCTE Society of Cable Television Engineers SCTE Serial Clock Transmit External ), the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Not to be confused with the Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE). The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers or IEEE (pronounced as eye-triple-e (IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, New York, www.ieee.org) A membership organization that includes engineers, scientists and students in electronics and allied fields. ) and the Internet Society, and has several patents in video and networking technology. Dr. Pickens received a Ph.D. from the University of California The University of California has a combined student body of more than 191,000 students, over 1,340,000 living alumni, and a combined systemwide and campus endowment of just over $7.3 billion (8th largest in the United States). Santa Barbara in electrical engineering and computer science. Tom Foster, V.P. of National Accounts Prior to joining Arroyo, Foster was vice president of engineering for Time Warner Cable in Rochester, N.Y., where he managed the planning, testing and roll out of advanced services such as digital cable, video on demand (VOD) and high-speed data. He was previously vice president of network services, engineering and local programming for Time Warner Communications in Rochester, N.Y. Before joining Time Warner, Foster held various senior management positions at Scripps Howard Cable in Sacramento, Calif., Greater Rochester Cablevision in Rochester, N.Y. and American Cablevision in Indianapolis, Ind. Foster received his bachelor's degree in management from St. John Fisher College in Rochester, N.Y. He is an active member of the SCTE, and was past president of the Upstate New York Upstate New York is the region of New York State north of the core of the New York metropolitan area. It has a population of 7,121,911 out of New York State's total 18,976,457. Were it an independent state, it would be ranked 13th by population. Chapter. He is also a member of the editorial board for International Journal of Communication Systems. About Arroyo Video Solutions Headquartered in Pleasanton, California, Arroyo Video Solutions' first product, Arroyo OnDemand, offers video operators a unique network-centric on demand architecture that uses 100 percent open-standard hardware platforms. Arroyo OnDemand employs Arroyo Video Accelerator technology, which improves performance ten-fold over other leading VOD products, and is the first solution to deliver "Always ON" nonstop VOD. Arroyo is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. , funded by leading Silicon Valley venture firms Matrix Partners, DCM-Doll Capital Management and Foundation Capital; and by Time Warner Investments and Comcast Interactive Capital, the investment arms of two of the nation's largest media companies. For more information, please visit www.arroyo.tv. |
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