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CableLabs Adds Two In Strategic Assessment: VP for Go2Broadband and a Chief Architect.


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LOUISVILLE, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 9, 2003

CableLabs(R) has hired Jenifer Cistola as Vice President of Go2Broadband(SM) (G2B G2B Government to Business
G2B Got to Bounce
) and Ed Miller as Chief Network Architect, both in the Strategic Assessment Department.

"These two industry veterans are great additions for us in key areas," said Dr. David Reed David Reed or Dave Reed may refer to:
  • David P. Reed (born 1952), an important American computer scientist
  • David A. Reed (1880–1953), U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania 1923–1935
, CableLabs Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President of Strategic Planning Strategic planning is an organization's process of defining its strategy, or direction, and making decisions on allocating its resources to pursue this strategy, including its capital and people. . "G2B is about to take off with the addition of digital video service offerings and with helping our industry with its churn issue. Our network planning also is poised for more attention and focus as we develop next-generation technologies over cable networks," he added.

Cistola comes to CableLabs from Scientific-Atlanta where she was Vice President of Product Marketing. In her role at CableLabs, she is responsible for the CableLabs G2B service that creates an Internet-based electronic commerce tool to assist affiliated computer makers, retail partners, and content providers in selling cable services. G2B is an industry-wide tool that not only identifies cable services available at a particular address, but also links affiliates directly with the cable operator(s) so that services may actually be ordered.

"The G2B project will continue to work closely with CTAM CTAM Cable and Telecommunications Association for Marketing
CTAM Cable Television Administration and Marketing Society
CTAM Centralized Tuition Assistance Management (Army education)
CTAM Climb to and Maintain
 (Cable & Telecommunications Association for Marketing) and the industries' leading marketing representatives as we add new offerings," Cistola said. A CTAM "TAMI" award winner for her work bridging between marketing and engineering, Cistola holds a bachelor's of Industrial Engineering (BIE) degree from the Georgia Institute of Technology Georgia Institute of Technology, in Atlanta, Ga.; coeducational; state supported; chartered 1885, opened 1888. It is a member school in the university system of Georgia. Significant among its facilities and programs are the Frank H. .

Miller returns to CableLabs in a role that will focus on defining the next-generation network architecture for cable systems as well as working with CableLabs member companies to advance new packet-based solutions over the PacketCable Multimedia platform. He previously worked for Terayon Communications as Vice President, Voice Solutions. Miller held various positions during his prior three-year stint at CableLabs, leaving as Director of PacketCable(TM) in 2001.

He holds a Bachelor's of Science degree, Magna Cum Laude cum lau·de  
adv. & adj.
With honor. Used to express academic distinction: graduated cum laude; 25 cum laude graduates.
, in Electrical Engineering (EE) from the University of Pittsburgh, and a Master's Degree in EE from Carnegie Mellon University Carnegie Mellon University, at Pittsburgh, Pa.; est. 1967 through the merger of the Carnegie Institute of Technology (founded 1900, opened 1905) and the Mellon Institute of Industrial Research (founded 1913). .

Founded in 1988 by members of the cable television industry, Cable Television Laboratories is a non-profit research and development consortium that is dedicated to pursuing new cable telecommunications technologies and to helping its cable operator members integrate those advancements into their business objectives. Cable operators from around the world are members. CableLabs maintains web sites at www.cablelabs.com; www.packetcable.com; www.cablemodem.com; www.cablenet.org; and www.opencable.com.

CableLabs, 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. , CableHome, PacketCable, OpenCable, OCAP OCAP Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (Canada)
OCAP Open Cable Application Platform (middleware software specification)
OCAP Out of Control Action Plan
, CableCARD(TM), and CableNET are trademarks of Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. Go2Broadband(SM) is a service mark of CableLabs.
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