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Ride our wave to your future
Develop, Advance and Lead with SCTE's professional development!
SCTE: Essential Knowledge for
Cable Professionals™
SCTE Chapter Newsletter September 30, 2014
SCTE San Diego Chapter Newsletter is produced by:
Bob Weaver San Diego Chapter President
Director Adam Kruse Cox Communications [email protected]
Director John Mooney Time Warner Cable [email protected]
Director Ed Mowers Time Warner Cable [email protected]
Director Andy Norton Time Warner Cable [email protected]
Associate Director James Garcia Time Warner Cable [email protected]
Associate Director Dennis Kee Time Warner Cable [email protected]
Associate Director Scott Scrimiger Cox Communications [email protected]
Associate Director Justin Serrano Cox Communications [email protected]
Table of Contents: SCTE San Diego Chapter Participant Appreciation Event
SCTE Cable-TEC Expo Photos SCTE San Diego Chapter Technical Session Photos September 17th
SCTE SoCal Vendor Days: 10/29 & 10/30 SCTE San Diego Chapter Board of Directors Annual Election 2nd Notification
SCTE San Diego Chapter Members Photography Forum
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Contact Us:
Links: Join SCTE
The Value of SCTE Membership SCTE Mobile Apps Collection
SCTE Primers SCTE Certification SCTE Live Learning Schedule
SCTE Virtual Classroom Courses San Diego Chapter Facebook
Region 1 Representative Shane Portfolio
President Bob Weaver Cox Communications [email protected]
Vice-President Brian Wesley Cox Communications [email protected]
Secretary Dan Sullivan Cox Communications [email protected]
Treasurer Laurie Dargavell Cox Communications [email protected]
Webmaster Ron Carso Corning Gilbert [email protected]
Director Gary Boyer Cox Communications [email protected]
Director Kevin Coldani Datacraft Technologies, Inc. [email protected]
Director Tom Kennedy Power & Telephone Supply [email protected]
SCTE - Region 1 Representative Shane Portfolio
SCTE San Diego Chapter Participant Appreciation Event:
When: Wednesday October 15, 2014
The SCTE San Diego Chapter Board of Directors will host our 2nd 2014 SCTE San Diego Chapter participant appreciation pizza lunch and open house from12pm to 2pm. This event is open to all participants who attended one or more of our SCTE San Diego Chapter technical sessions during 2014. In addition all SCTE Members may sponsor up to 2 additional guests. (Please RSVP so we may order enough Pizza for everyone). Please join your fellow members and industry friends and take this opportunity to meet and discuss your professional development needs. Now is the time to begin brain storming for our 2015 technical topics and we need your feedback. So come on in and chew the fat (Pizza) and let’s discuss your SCTE San Diego Chapter upcoming 2015 strategic plan.
Raffle Prizes:
Modern Cable Television Technology, Second Edition ($111.00 value) 27th edition Newton's Telecom Dictionary: Telecommunications, Networking,
Information Technologies, The Internet, Wired, Wireless, Satellites and Fiber SCTE Pocket Guide: Subscriber Access Networks
Location: Cox Copley Campus 5651 Copley Drive San Diego CA – Room – “California 2”
Time: 12:00pm to 2:00pm
Fee: Free to SCTE Members, 2014 Technical Session Participants & Sponsored Guest
Please RSVP to confirm your attendance: Bob Weaver SCTE San Diego Chapter President at [email protected] (619-266-5295) Visit our SCTE San Diego Chapter Website for all Chapter Events and other information.
www.SCTE-SanDiego.org
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2014 SCTE Cable-TEC Expo Denver Colorado
Please visit our SCTE San Diego Chapter Facebook page for the full set of Expo photos
Click on the button
Congratulations to Bob Acheson – SCTE Member of the year
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SCTE San Diego Chapter Technical Session – September 17 2014
“DOCSIS Today and Beyond” Presented by: Dave Sinclair, Systems Engineer, Cisco [email protected]
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SoCal Vendor Days
Technical Sessions Schedule
*Technical Sessions are subject to change
Location: Doubletree Hotel Ontario 222 N Vineyard Ave Ontario, CA 91764
SCTE Chapter Presidents:
SoCal Chapter - Ron Lopez, Charter Communications [email protected]
San Diego Chapter - Bob Weaver, Cox Communications [email protected]
Desert Chapter – Mike Nelson, TimeWarner Cable [email protected]
Event Chair: Bob Acheson, [email protected]
Registrations Chair: Paul Graves, [email protected]
Technical Sessions Chair: Bob Weaver, [email protected]
Event Treasurer: Joe Haro, [email protected]
SCTE Technical Sessions* 2014 SoCal Vendor Days October 29th & 30th
Topic Speaker Vendor Training Room AM Session PM Session
Video Fundamentals Pam Nobles SCTE Rainbow Lake 08:30am to 10:00am NA
RFoG Overview and Troubleshooting Jim Ormori Aurora Hunters Peak 08:30am to 10:00am NA
Ethernet Transport & VoIP Trunking Eve Danel VeEx Keller Peak 08:30am to 10:00am NA
Optimizing Digital Carriers Juan Castro JDSU Strawberry Peak 08:30am to 10:00am See Below
Optimizing Digital Carriers Juan Castro JDSU Strawberry Peak 10:15am to 11:45am 1:30pm to 3:00pm
Digital Leakage and LTE interference Mark Graves Arcom Hunters Peak 10:15am to 11:45am 1:30pm to 3:00pm
Wi-Fi Troubleshooting Thomas Kurata Fluke Keller Peak 10:15am to 11:45am 1:30pm to 3:00pm
DOCSIS 3.1 Ayham Al-Banna Arris Cedar Lake 10:15am to 11:45am 1:30pm to 3:00pm
PON / DPoE 101 Jorge Figueroa Sumitomo Rainbow Lake 10:15am to 11:45am 1:30pm to 3:00pm
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Topic: Video Fundamentals [email protected]
Pam Nobles joined SCTE in 2007, after 25 years of experience working with cable system
operators. She is responsible for the development and implementation of SCTE’s certification and training programs that align with industry needs to advance the knowledge and skill levels of engineering and operations professionals. Pam’s area of focus is field operations and back-to-basics topics. Pam holds a Master’s degree in Curriculum and Instruction from Colorado Christian University, a B.S. in Electrical Engineering Technology from Metropolitan State University, Denver, a B.A. in Fine Arts from William Paterson University of New Jersey, and an A.A.S. in Forestry from Paul Smith's College, New York.
Pam’s SCTE certifications include the Broadband Communications Technician (BCT)-Emeritus, Business Class Services Specialist (BCSS)-Emeritus, Broadband Distribution Specialist (BDS)-Emeritus, Broadband Transport Specialist (BTS)-Emeritus, Broadband TelecomCenter Specialist (BTCS)-Emeritus, and BTCS-Data-Emeritus. She has completed the SCTE-Georgia Tech Management Development Program and the SCTE-Tuck Executive Leadership Program at Dartmouth.
Topic: Optimizing Digital Carriers [email protected]
Juan Castro has been in the cable industry for over 28 years, initially employed with United Cable, followed by
several other cable companies achieving advancement as an Installer, Manager, Trainer and Director. As an employee of TCI he helped launch HITS and with Charter Communications assisted with the implementation of Digital and Workforce Management. This experience has provided him with a strong technical background. He truly enjoys sharing his knowledge with others and has had the opportunity to provide presentations throughout North America and South America with topics to include Fiber Optics, Status Monitoring, MPEG, DOCSIS as well as Field Test Equipment. Juan Castro is currently employed with JDSU as a Technical Sales Support Engineer and has remained an active member of the SCTE – Southern Chapter for the over 24 years.
Topic: Ethernet Transport & VoIP Trunking [email protected]
Eve Danel is a Senior Product Manager at VeEX Inc. for carrier Ethernet and mobile backhaul solutions. Prior to
joining VeEX in 2011, she was a Product Manager at Ditech Networks responsible for VoIP voice quality. From 2000 to 2005 she served as a Product Manager for Sunrise Telecom's Ethernet test and measurement products. Eve holds an MS degree from San Jose State University.
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Topic: RFoG CATV Applications [email protected]
James Mori joined Aurora Networks in 2011 as part of the field services division for the Western US
markets. As a field sales engineer and system designer he currently supports Aurora’s optical transport design, application and deployment including specialize focus of the RFOG equipment with various MSO’s, Utilities, and Municipalities. In prior roles James spent several years with Suddenlink Communications as a Regional Engineer including the commercial deployment of RFOG systems with the MSO and held technical positions with CCOR, Cox Communication and TCI. James is based in Reno, NV near Lake Tahoe and on the board of directors with the Sierra Chapter of the SCTE in Northern California.
Topic: Wi-Fi Troubleshooting
Thomas Kurata is the Sr. Product Planner for Fluke Networks AirMagnet spectrum analyzers products
(Spectrum ES, Spectrum XT) as well as entry level WiFi products (AirCheck WiFi Tester, AirCheck for Windows, AirCheck for Android). He has extensive experience in cellular technology and test and measurement and currently based in Colorado Springs. Thomas has worked in the Test & Measurement field for 7 years with JDSU, EXFO and Fluke Networks. He was a product manager for cellular test solutions both active (at JDSU) and passive (at EXFO). Prior to test & measurement, Thomas worked for T-Mobile USA for 13 years in a variety of roles: business development, product development, engineering and operations. Thomas was the manager of Data Performance Management and was responsible for wireless data training at the T-Mobile technical call centers around the country. Before moving to Colorado, Thomas worked in Silicon Valley for Apple Computer, DSC communications, Alcaltel/ITT in the local area networking and data communications. Thomas is a graduate
of UCLA with a degree in Math-Computer Science.
Topic: DOCSIS 3.1 [email protected]
Ayham Al-Banna is a Distinguished Systems Engineer & Architect in the Chief Technology Office at
ARRIS Group, where he works on defining the architecture for the US Cable Access Modules of the current and future ARRIS CCAP/CMTS systems and products. Dr. Al-Banna’s research interests include RF Communications, HFC networks architecture & migration, DOCSIS 3.1, Traffic Management, etc. He has several issued & pending patents and authored a book about characterizing and mitigating wireless Interference in IEEE802.11 WLANs. Dr. Al-Banna is a senior IEEE member and has numerous publications in the area of Wireless and Cable Communications. He is a technical reviewer for the IEEE vehicular Technology Journal and several other IEEE conferences.
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Topic: Digital Leakage and LTE interference [email protected]
Mark Graves is the Western Sales Manager for Arcom Digital. He started working for Arcom in April of
2014. Prior to this position Mark held a position as a Manufacture’s Rep in the NW where he represented product for Arcom. He also was employed with Trilithic for 6+ years where he began as an Applications Engineer then moved into Sales. Mark has been in the Cable Telecommunications industry for over 25+ years which involved industry accomplishments with Northland Communication, TCI and various other MSO’s across the US. Throughout his career I’ve Mark has held several positions in technical operations, applications, quality assurance and project management. A Mark holds multiple technical certifications through NCTI as well as the SCTE and listed as a SCTE Speaker and Proctor.
Topic: PON / DPoE 101 [email protected].
Jorge Figueroa is currently a Principal Network Architect with Sumitomo Electric Lightwave. Jorge received a
Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Clemson University in 1996 and 1997 respectively. From 1998 to 2011 he held positions in technical support and sales engineering at ARRIS. During his tenure at ARRIS he lived in the US, Asia, and Europe where he helped promote and deploy DOCSIS technologies with MSOs around the world. In the last 3 years his efforts have focused in making EPON a viable access technology for the North American MSO market, the last two with Sumitomo Electric, the leading provider of EPON in Japan. Jorge currently resides in Tampa, FL.
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To Pay by Check ONLY-If Paying by Credit Card, Please Register Via the SCTE Website:
SCTE On-Line Registration - Golf Tournament
Player Information
Company Name: __________________________________ Contact Name: ______________________________
Address: ________________________________________ City: _______________________________________
State: ___________ Zip: ______________ Phone: ____________________ Email: __________________________
SCTE Membership Number:____________________________
Player’s Names (Please Print!) /Company Name /Phone
1.________________________/_______________________/_________________________
2.________________________/_______________________/_________________________
3.________________________/_______________________/_________________________
4.________________________/_______________________/_________________________
Costs
__________$135.00 Single Player _______$150.00 Hole Sponsorship
__________$525.00 Per Foursome _______$20.00 Mulligan Package
__________Total
If NOT an SCTE member, please add 10% for costs or become a So Cal SCTE Member.
Payment Information If by Check
Check #________________
Make Checks Payable to “SoCal-SCTE Golf Tournament” Mail to: SoCal-SCTE, P.O. Box 2391 Irwindale, CA 91706
Contact Joseph Haro at Joseph.haro@charternet
* The Mulligan Package provides Two Mulligan strokes and participation in the $500.00 Putting Contest & GRAND PRIZE a $30,000.00 Value
Ford 2014 F-150 Super-Crew Cab
For all golf tourney questions; please contact Sergio Ahumada @ 951-288-4572, [email protected]
SCTE SoCAL Chapter
24nd
Annual Golf Tournament
October 28th
2014 Los Serranos Golf Course Chino Hills CA
Both South & North Course Reserved
Player Registration
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SCTE San Diego Chapter Board of Directors Election Notification Each year we open half of our board seats for membership opportunity to serve and contribute towards the mission of the Society. Six seats are available for a two year term from 2015 through 2016. Directors are representatives for the Society and the Chapter Board collectively. Directors are dedicated to the professional and technical development of its membership and the broadband telecommunications industry.
Candidate Eligibility • Current member of the SCTE • Employed (present or past) in a company that serves in the Cable Telecommunications industry • 18 years of age or older • Ability to commitment to a 2-year term and faithfully attend and contribute in Chapter board meetings as well as SCTE sponsored events.
Role Description Elected Board Members serve a two-year term. Board Members play a key role in developing local as well as collaborative programs with other nearby chapters in an effort to serve the needs of the membership and the Society. Our San Diego Chapter emphasis is on professional development targeted for all disciplines within our cable telecommunications industry. In addition, you will represent the membership in guiding the Chapter's future focus. Please contact Bob Weaver at [email protected] to request your official SCTE San Diego Chapter Board of Director candidate’s application form. Thank you,
Bob Weaver SCTE San Diego Chapter President
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This page is dedicated to the Chapter Membership “Open
Forum Photo Page”. If you have a photograph you would like considered for placement on this page please contact [email protected] AKA “Grandpa Bob” to discuss your submission and where to upload your creative capture for inclusion on this page…
Photography submitted by Bob Weaver, SCTE Member-San Diego Chapter, “Humming Along”
Photography submitted by Mark Judd, SCTE Member-San Diego Chapter … “Orange is Awesome”
SCTE San Diego Newsletter is produced by: Bob Weaver, SCTE San Diego Chapter President, Please send feedback or requests to Bob Weaver
