Chief Information Officers On Track For Cable Show

By ( Multichannel News ) published

Complete Cable Show 2009 coverage from Multichannel News

The CIO.IT program at Cable Show '09 next month will feature presentations and discussion panels with nearly 30 senior information-technology executives.

Now in its fourth year, CIO.IT will feature five sessions and other networking events during at the National Cable & Telecommunications Association's annual convention. The CIO.IT events are scheduled for Thursday, April 2, and Friday, April 3, at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center.

CIO.IT will include a keynote address by Gary Beach, publisher emeritus of CIO Magazine, and four panel discussions:

"Stating the Case: Business Contributions of IT Management"

Panel to include:

• Moderator: Don Rippert, CTO, Accenture

• Andrew Baer, CIO, Comcast Corp.

• Frank Boncimino, SVP & CIO, Time Warner Cable

• Michael Gabriel, CIO & EVP Information Technology, HBO

• David Kline, CIO, Discovery Communications

"OSS & BSS: Transforming the Back Office to Capitalize on New Growth Opportunities"

Panel to include:

• Moderator: Michael Grebb, Executive Editor, CableFAX Daily, Access Intelligence

• Jim Anthony, VP - Strategic BSS, Comcast Corp.

• Gary Cronk, VP of Technology Strategy, Time Warner Cable

• Cliff Hagan, SVP Enterprise IT, Cablevision Systems Corp.

• Tom Vari, SVP & CIO, Rogers Cable

"Now Approaching Tomorrow: Technology Takes Me There"

Panel to include:

• Moderator: Gary Arlen, Arlen Communications

• Drew Fredrick, Sr. Director, IT & Technology, Travel Channel

Sree Kotay, Chief Architect and SVP of Software Engineering, Comcast Corp.

• Scott Teissler, CIO/CTO, CNN

• Bob Zitter, CTO, HBO

"Crafting the Code: Software's Rising Profile in Cable Operations"

Panel to include:

• Moderator: Jonathan Tombes, Editor, Communications Technology

• Jenifer Cistola, VP, Cable Information Services, CableLabs

• Chris Dressler, VP Technology Architecture, Cablevision Systems Corp.

• Kashif Haq, Strategic Execution Officer, CIO, CNO, Bright House Networks

• Scott Hatfield, CTO, Cox Communications

• Yvette Gordon-Kanouff, Chief Strategy Officer, SeaChange International

Sponsors of CIO.IT include Accenture, Oracle, Sigma Systems and SAP.