BackFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SCTE ISBE Contacts: Joe Madagan, SCTE ISBE Editor, Marketing & Communications, jmadagan@scte.org, 800-542-5040 Paul Schneider, PSPR, Inc. for SCTE ISBE, pspr@att.net, 215-817-4384
Visit SCTE ISBE online at www.scte.org
Tuck Executive Education at Dartmouth Contact: Phil Barta, Managing Director, Business Leadership Programs, philip.e.barta@tuck.dartmouth.edu, 603-646-6474
CHARTER EVP TOM ADAMS TO DELIVER SCTE ISBE-TUCK FIRESIDE CHAT
Joins Comcast's Dave Watson On Agenda For May 6-11 Event At Dartmouth
FEB. 12, 2018 (Exton, PA)-Tom Adams, executive vice president of Charter Communications and vice chair of the SCTE ISBE Board of Directors, will deliver a featured presentation during the SCTE ISBE Leadership Institute at Tuck Executive Education at Dartmouth, it was announced today by the Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE), SCTE's global brand, the International Society of Broadband Experts (ISBE), and Tuck Executive Education at Dartmouth.
Adams, who has played a key role in Charter's integration of Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks properties, will speak on the importance of managing change and bringing together diverse corporate cultures in today's dynamic business environment. Adams' Wednesday, May 9 session is one of two fireside chats with MSO senior executives on the SCTE ISBE-Tuck agenda; Dave Watson, president and CEO of Comcast Cable and senior executive vice president of Comcast Corporation, will address attendees on Monday, May 7.
The 2018 SCTE ISBE Leadership Institute at Tuck will be conducted Sunday, May 6 through Friday, May 11 on the Dartmouth College campus in Hanover, N.H.
Every year, I am gratified by the willingness of leading executives such as Tom Adams and Dave Watson to share their time and their experiences with our SCTE ISBE-Tuck classes, said Mark Dzuban, president and CEO of SCTE ISBE. As representatives of the two largest operators in the country-and as veterans of the industry-Tom and Dave each have unique perspectives that can make the SCTE ISBE-Tuck experience significantly more valuable for attendees and their employers.
Adams, who has national oversight of field operations for Charter, previously spent 17 years with Time Warner Cable as regional vice president of operations for Wisconsin and regional vice president of operations for Eastern Carolina. Earlier in his career, he worked for NewChannels Corporation in various leadership roles including vice president of new business.
Now in its eighth year, the annual SCTE ISBE-Tuck program attracts elite professionals who include senior directors, vice presidents, senior and executive vice presidents, and C-level executives from across the cable industry. The immersive curriculum offers opportunities for intensive learning and peer interaction for executives representing service providers, technology partners, industry associations, and other organizations. In 2017, its 62 attendees and 4.9 rating (out of a possible 5.0) tied records set in 2016 for attendees and student satisfaction. Applications for the SCTE ISBE-Tuck program are available for qualified executives in the United States and abroad at http://www.scte.org/tuck.
Pat Esser, president of Cox Communications, was featured at the 2017 SCTE ISBE-Tuck fireside chat. Previous guest lecturers have included Michael Powell, president and CEO of NCTA-The Internet & Television Association; Neil Smit, now Vice Chairman of Comcast Corporation; Michael Angelakis, now Chairman and CEO of Atairos and a Senior Advisor to the Executive Management Committee of Comcast Corporation; Balan Nair, now President and CEO of Liberty Global's Latin American and Caribbean operations; Bob Stanzione, Executive Chairman and Chairman of the Board of ARRIS; Phil McKinney, president and CEO of CableLabs ; and Jerry Kent, Chairman and CEO of Suddenlink prior to its acquisition by Altice. The late Glenn Britt, Chairman and CEO of Time Warner Cable, began the program's tradition of industry guest lecturers in 2011.
SCTE ISBE-Tuck is designed to help C-Level executives, vice presidents, and senior directors foster the leadership and critical-thinking skills needed to create and implement successful business and technology strategies. The program leverages the faculty and resources of the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, which is consistently ranked among the world's Top 10 business schools by Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, The Economist, and U.S. News & World Report.
SCTE ISBE-Tuck is part of the SCTE ISBE Leadership Institute, which has enhanced the careers of more than 600 current and future leaders. A complementary program, the SCTE ISBE Leadership Institute at Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business, is a technically oriented curriculum that is geared toward high-potential, mid-level cable engineering and operations professionals. The 2018 SCTE ISBE-Georgia Tech program will be conducted Monday through Thursday, March 12-15; information and applications are available at http://www.scte.org/georgiatech.
# # #
About Tuck Executive Education at Dartmouth:
Tuck Executive Education offers executives innovative and transformative learning opportunities that address real-world business problems and accelerate their own professional development. Tuck's world-class faculty brings both deep content knowledge and highly strategic facilitation skills that fully engage experienced executives in an active and collaborative learning process. Executives emerge with skills and insights to address the challenges their organizations face and take their own leadership development to the next level. For more information, please visit http://www.tuck.dartmouth.edu/exec/ or contact Phil Barta at 603-646-6474.
The Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE) is part of a uni
