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Emerald
Coast Chapter Officers . . .
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President
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Rick
Stacey
Cox
Communications Gulf Coast, LLC
MTC Supervisor
320 Racetrack Road, NW
Fort Walton Beach, FL 32547
Phone: 850-314-8123
Rick .Stacey@cox.com
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President-Elect/Vice
President
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Tony
Garcia
Southern
Sales Group, Inc.
1141 Legacy Lane
Aiken, SC 29803
Phone: 803-641-0032
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Secretary
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Powell M. Bedgood
Mediacom Communications Corporation
VP Engineering
1613 Nantahala Beach Rd.
Gulf Breeze, Florida 32563
Phone: 850-934-7715
pbedgood@mediacomcc.com
Powell Bedgood is currently Corporate Vice President of Engineering for Mediacom Communications Corporation located in Gulf Breeze, Florida. His responsibilities include Disaster Recovery, Hospitality Solutions, Alternative Guide Development, Integration and Deployment, Broadband Stimulus Management, Advanced Set-Top Box Applications Integration and Deployment, and management of DOCSIS 3 deployments. Prior to his current position in Gulf Breeze, he served as Vice President of Engineering for Mediacom's South Central Division and Director of Engineering for Mediacom's Georgia Region.
Mr. Bedgood started his career in the cable industry in 1979, and has been an active SCTE member since 1983 serving on the Board of Directors for SCTE Palmetto Chapter, SCTE Dixie Chapter and SCTE Emerald Coast Chapter where he is currently serving as Chapter Secretary. Mr. Bedgood holds a Bachelor of Business Administration Degree from Chaminade University in Honolulu, HI and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Electronics and Instrumentation Technology from Augusta Technical Institute in Augusta, GA.
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Treasurer
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Joice
Ventry
Meeting Spots
Owner & Meeting Manager
148 Longleaf Drive
Crawfordville, FL 32327
Phone: 850-926-2508
Joice@meetingspots.net
Owner
and meeting manager at Meeting Spots, a meeting planning firm
for the last 11 years. Previously, served as controller and
meeting planner for the Florida Cable Telecommunications Association
for 9 years.
Also
served on Big Bend Crime Stoppers Board of Directors.
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Chairman
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Mark
O'Ceallaigh
Cox Communications Gulf Coast, LLC
Vice President, Network Operations
320
Racetrack Road, NW
Fort Walton Beach, FL 32547
Phone: 850-314-8100
Mark.O'Ceallaigh@cox.com
Mark
O'Ceallaigh is the Vice President of Network Operations for Cox Communications,
Gulf Coast, Florida, and at different times in his 34-year
career has been involved in most every aspect of cable telecommunications,
as well as a writer/reporter for newspapers in the St. Petersburg,
Tampa Bay area.
Originally
from Chicago by way of St. Petersburg, Florida, he worked
for Time Warner Communications for 27 years' prior to joining
Cox.
Mark
is a graduate of the University of South Florida, earning
a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism, a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology,
and an MBA in Technology Management. He resides in beautiful bucolic Santa Rosa County, Florida, with his wife and daughter.
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At-Large Board Members
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Bruce Prescott Tulsat Atlanta
Byron Knowlton
Cox
Ricky Lynch
Comcast
Dave McNight
Mediacom
Pat Skerry
Commscope
Greg Worthman
Times Fiber/Amphenol
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