Officers . . . SCTE

Emerald Coast Chapter Officers . . .


President

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



President-Elect/Vice President

Tony Garcia
Southern Sales Group, Inc.
1141 Legacy Lane
Aiken, SC 29803
Phone: 803-641-0032
Tgarcia@southernsalesgroup.com



Secretary

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.



Treasurer
Joice Ventry, Chapter Treasurer

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.


Chairman
Mark O'Ceallaigh, Chapter President

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.


At-Large Board Members

Bruce Prescott   Tulsat Atlanta
Byron Knowlton    Cox
Ricky Lynch    Comcast
Dave McNight    Mediacom
Pat Skerry    Commscope
Greg Worthman    Times Fiber/Amphenol