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Dr. William E. Steele - Chairman & CEO
Dr. William E. Steele is Chairman & CEO of KenCast. Prior to founding the company, Dr. Steele spent fourteen years with GTE Corporation; five of those years as General Manager of the ImageSpan division of GTE Spacenet. Dr. Steele’s vast experience in the satellite and telecommunications industry includes a position as Vice President of Marketing at the Microband subsidiary of McDonnell- Douglas and Sales Manager at the American Satellite Corporation division of Fairchild. Dr. Steele was an Assistant professor of Economics at Villanova University and holds a Ph.D. in Economics from New York University.
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Dr. H. Lewis Wolfgang III - President & CTO
Dr. H. Lewis Wolfgang III is President & Chief Technology Officer of KenCast and a member of the Board of Directors. Dr. Wolfgang’s has special interests in combinatorics and algorithms and is responsible for much of the innovative technology introduced by KenCast since he joined the team in September,1997. Dr. Wolfgang received his Ph.D. in Mathematics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He holds an AM and AB (Summa Cum Laude) in Mathematics from Harvard University.
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Dr. Eric C. Reed - Chief Operating Officer
Dr. Eric C. Reed is Chief Operating Officer at KenCast. Prior to joining KenCast in April 2012, Dr. Reed spent 11 years at Harmonic, most recently as Manager of the NY Video Algorithms Group and was responsible for the software development of a video transcoder for broadcast and broadband applications. Dr. Reed received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, with a concentration in image and video signal processing, from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He holds a M.S. in Electrical Engineering from MIT and a B.S. (Summa Cum Laude) in Electrical Engineering from Drexel University. He is the recipient of a National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship.
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Professor Michael J. Fischer – Co-Founder
Professor Michael J. Fischer is a co-founder of KenCast, part owner and advisor to the company. A Professor of Computer Science at Yale University since 1983, Professor Fischer specializes in cryptographic protocols and distributed systems. He held the post of Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of the ACM for four years and has published over 90 papers on theoretical computer science. Professor Fischer in the past has taught at MIT, Carnegie Mellon, and the University of Washington. He holds a B.S., Mathematics, University of Michigan, M.S., Applied Mathematics, University of Michigan, and a Ph.D., in Applied Mathematics from Harvard.
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Susan C. Young - VP, Corporate Communications
Prior to joining KenCast in March 1997, Susan spent 23 years working with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, including a position as Vice President of Systems Development, where she directed systems planning, design, implementation, and maintenance of all automated systems. She holds a B.S. in French from Columbia University.
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Alexandre Parizot - VP, Engineering
As Vice President of Technology, Alexandre Parizot has contributed extensively to all of KenCast’s software products, most recently the Linux product line. Alexandre received his diplomas in Electronics and Technology from the Lycee Gustav Eiffel and the University of Burgundy, both in his native country of France. He received a B.S in Computer Science from The University of New Haven. He joined the KenCast team in January, 1997.
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Dr. Weimin Fang, VP, Technology
Dr. Fang joined KenCast, Inc. in June 2000, shortly after receiving his Ph.D. degree in Mathematics from the University of Pennsylvania. He has directed the development of the KenCast mobile broadband product line for the last 6 years. He won a Gold Medal at the 27th International Mathematical Olympics, 1986. He holds a B.S., Mathematics, Peking University, Beijing, P.R. China, May 1990, an M.S., Computer Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 1998, and a Ph.D., Mathematics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
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James Brown - Director of Sales Engineering
James Brown joined KenCast in April 2008 as the Director of Sales and Engineering. Previously, James spent nine years as the Principal Engineer at Technicolor Enterprise Services where he designed commercial and government based satellite and internet systems for training, digital signage, and multi-media streaming. James has also worked in advanced technology development for Verizon Wireless and designed communication equipment for Cisco Systems. Throughout his extensive career James has always been a communications solutions designer implementing technology to meet demanding business requirements of a data dependent world. He received his BSEET in Communications and Technical Marketing from Southern Polytechnic State University in Marietta, Georgia.
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Jim Carroccia- VP, Operations
Jim Carroccia is Vice President of Operations at Kencast. Prior to taking this position in May 2007, Jim spent 12 years with PanAmSat working in various roles in the Sales and Marketing, Network Engineering and Network Operations divisions. His extensive background includes experience in Business Development, Product Development, and Product Management. He received his B.S. in Communications/Media from State University of New York.
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