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THE INFLUENTIALS
Sharmila Ravi
VP of Business
Operations for
Consumer Services,
Comcast Cable
Since joining
Comcast in 2005,
Ravi has influenced
many of the MSO's important rollouts,
including Caller ID to the TV and PC.
Ravi counts " launching fastest speeds
and WiFi to our customers while cutting
customer reported troubles in
half " as a major accomplishment over
the last year. She is deeply involved
in South Indian community activities/
awareness programs, volunteering
and coordinating fundraisers for many
Indian American charity organizations.
Anna Tran Reyna
SVP, Business & Legal
Affairs Digital Media,
Fox Networks Group
Reyna helped negotiate
several key pay-TV
carriage deals that
made TV Everywhere
a reality across multiple platforms and
devices for Fox Networks. She also was
instrumental in extending the digital
reach of FOX Sports GO, FXNOW, Nat
Geo TV, and BTN2GO to millions of payTV
subscribers. " Cable has the capacity
to feature a plurality of information,
opinions and interests, " she says. " The
more the cable industry can speak to
diverse audiences, the larger and more
engaged its viewership will be. "
Caralene Robinson
EVP, Brand Marketing
and Creative, VH1
Robinson hasn't wasted
any time since joining
VH1 a couple years
ago: Her two shows-
" Dating Naked " and
" Mob Wives " -have already earned a
handful of PROMAX/BDA nominations. As
2016 approaches, Robinson's focused on
maintaining the strength of VH1 strongholds
such as " Love and Hip Hop Atlanta, "
Mob Wives and " Couples Therapy " while
launching new scripted vehicles, original
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movies and broader unscripted fare. " Projects
such as 'Empire' and Straight Outta
Compton prove that diverse storytelling is
monetizable, " she says.
Paul Robinson
GVP, Telesales -
Business Services,
Time Warner Cable
Robinson's determination
to create a
performance-based
culture within Time
Warner Cable's small business telesales
organization has proven quite valuable.
Overseeing more than 350 sellers
in seven centers across the country,
Robinson helped drive delivery of yearover-year
growth in Business Services.
" The best advice I have received is not
to worry about the career opportunities
that are ahead of you. Give 100% effort
to your current opportunity, and your
hard work will be noticed, " he says.
Freddy Rolon
VP, Programming and
Business Entities,
ESPN Deportes, ESPN
Rolon oversees the
ESPN Deportes Radio
and ESPNDeportesLA.com
businesses,
coordinating efforts between ad sales,
affi liate sales and production teams in
Miami and Los Angeles. He also drives
programming acquisitions, program development
and program scheduling for
ESPN Deportes, in addition to being the
point-person for internal stakeholders
as well as external relationships with
leagues and rights holders. Earlier this
year, NAMIC honored Rolon with a Next
Generation Leaders Luminaries award.
Miguel Santos
General Manager,
Myx TV
Santos oversees the
Asian American network's
strategy, programming,
production,
marketing, ad
sales and business development, with
the goal of elevating the narratives of
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one of the most under-represented
minority groups in media. With Santos
at the helm, the net launched on Time
Warner Cable in southern California
last November. He also upped the
net's digital offerings and launched
four new original programs. Santos
defines diversity as something " beyond
physical manifestation of race
or gender-it's about everything that
makes us human such as our beliefs,
personalities, and experiences. "
Savalle Sims
EVP, Deputy General
Counsel, Discovery
Communications
Sims manages all
litigation and intellectual
property matters
for the world's
#1 pay-TV programmer. Promoted in
December 2014, Sims has become
increasingly critical. From overseeing
risk management across the
company to her close work with business
affairs, talent management and
production, she not only creates huge
value for Discovery but was recognized
in 2014 for her commitment
to diversity as a member of NAMIC's
annual Luminary list. " Diversity is
ultimately about inclusion, " she says.
" Diversity is the byproduct of inclusion
that leads to richer thinking,
invites more creative solutions, and
results in greater productivity. "
Jeffrey E. Smith
SVP & Deputy Counsel,
Comcast Cable
Smith heads the
Cable Operations
practice group in the
Cable Law Department,
counseling in
advertising and marketing, purchasing
and procurement, commercial
business services, new products, and
general operations and facilities. A
graduate of both Brown University
and Harvard Law School, Smith was
previously SVP & General Counsel of
Broadnet Europe Sprl, a foreign operating
subsidiary of Comcast.
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