Page 1 of 10 Ride our wave to your future Develop, Advance and Lead with SCTE's professional development! President Bob Weaver bob.weaver@cox.com Vice-President Brian Wesley brian.wesley@cox.com Secretary Dan Sullivan daniel.sullivan@cox.com Treasurer Laurie Dargavell laurie.dargavell@cox.com Webmaster Ron Carso Corning Gilbert ron.carso@cox.net Gary Boyer gary.boyer@cox.com Kevin Coldani Datacraft Technologies, Inc. kevin@datacraft.tv Tom Kennedy Power & Telephone Supply tom.kennedy@ptsupply.com Contact Us: Adam Kruse adam.kruse@cox.com John Mooney Time Warner Cable john.mooney@twcable.com Ed Mowers Time Warner Cable edward.mowers@twcable.com Andy Norton Time Warner Cable andy.norton@twcable.com Associate James Garcia Time Warner Cable james.garcia1@twcable.com Associate Dennis Kee Time Warner Cable dennis.kee@twcable.com Associate Scott Scrimiger scott.scrimiger@cox.com Associate Justin Serrano justin.serrano@cox.com SCTE - Region 1 Representative Shane Portfolio shane_portfolio@cable.comcast.com 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 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 SCTE San Diego Chapter Participant Appreciation Event: When: Wednesday October 15, 2014 The SCTE San Diego Chapter Board of s will host our 2 nd 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) 27 th 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 bob.weaver@cox.com (619-266-5295) Visit our SCTE San Diego Chapter Website for all Chapter Events and other information. www.scte-sandiego.org 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 s Annual Election 2 nd Notification SCTE San Diego Chapter Members Photography Forum Page 1 2 3 4-8 9 10
Page 2 of 10 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
Page 3 of 10 SCTE San Diego Chapter Technical Session September 17 2014 DOCSIS Today and Beyond Presented by: Dave Sinclair, Systems Engineer, Cisco dsinclai@cisco.com
Page 4 of 10 SoCal Vendor Days Technical Sessions Schedule 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 *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 ron.lopez@charter.com San Diego Chapter - Bob Weaver, bob.weaver@cox.com Desert Chapter Mike Nelson, TimeWarner Cable mike.nelson2@twcable.com Event Chair: Bob Acheson, socalvdays@gmail.com Registrations Chair: Paul Graves, paul.graves@cablecomllc.net Technical Sessions Chair: Bob Weaver, bob.weaver@cox.com Event Treasurer: Joe Haro, jharo@chartercom.com
Page 5 of 10 Topic: Video Fundamentals pnobles@scte.org 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-tobasics 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 juan.castro@jdsu.com 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. 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 edanel@veexinc.com 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.
Page 6 of 10 Topic: RFoG CATV Applications jomori@aurora.com 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 ayham.al-banna@arrisi.com 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.
Page 7 of 10 Topic: Digital Leakage and LTE interference Graves.mark@arcomlabs.com 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 jfigueroa@sumitomoelectric.com. 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.
Page 8 of 10 To Pay by Check ONLY-If Paying by Credit Card, Please Register Via the SCTE Website: Player Information SCTE SoCAL Chapter 24 nd Annual Golf Tournament October 28 th 2014 Los Serranos Golf Course Chino Hills CA Both South & North Course Reserved Player Registration SCTE On-Line Registration - Golf Tournament Company Name: Address: Contact Name: 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 $525.00 Per Foursome $150.00 Hole Sponsorship $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, sahumada@charter.net
Page 9 of 10 SCTE San Diego Chapter Board of s 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. s are representatives for the Society and the Chapter Board collectively. s 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 bob.weaver@cox.com to request your official SCTE San Diego Chapter Board of candidate s application form. Thank you, Bob Weaver SCTE San Diego Chapter President
Page 10 of 10 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 bob.weaver@cox.com 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