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John Holobinko
Director of Strategy
Access Networks
John Holobinko has over 30 years’ leadership experience as a VP and Director of Strategy/Product Management in large corporations and CEO of emerging software and hardware companies.
Prior to joining Cisco as the lead of strategy for Access Networks, he was VP Strategy of the $1B Network Infrastructure business for Motorola Home (now Arris Group), where he was responsible for driving product innovation and business transformation in areas such as next generation IP video, optical, access networks and cloud-based services.
Earlier in his career, he was CEO of VPIsystems, a big data analytics firm for optimizing large communications networks and CEO of Aplion Networks, which created one of the first layer 4-7 IP switching and routing systems. He also cofounded American Lightwave Systems, Inc. a pioneering company of long-haul optical digital video transport, PON and HFC optical network products.
John holds six patents in optics, smart devices, and signal processing.
Articles
Celebrating Success of the OpenRPD Initiative
Widespread adoption of distributed access architecture (DAA) in cable networks depends upon a robust ecosystem. Simply put, there needs to be interoperability between node/shelf-based Remote PHY Devices (RPD) supplied by a multiple vendors and CCAP cores from multiple vendors, such that there can be…
Preparing for FDX in Your Access Network Now
Bandwidth consumption remains on a steady, never-ending rise. Subscribers now value their high-speed data service more than any other, including video. Based on subscriber bandwidth demand, many cable access networks built years ago are reaching their capacity limits – and many have already reached…
