A place for sharing and collaborating
The UpRamp Community is where CableLabs members share their outside innovation work. In doing so, they’re exposing the community to new startups and partnerships, developing new relationships, sharing best practices, overcoming obstacles, brainstorming, and seeking collaboration opportunities. All of this happens in our monthly meetings and bi-annual events, in addition to a community Slack channel and collaboration platform.
This community is made up of the people changing cable’s direction by working with others to invent the future.
The UpRamp Community is made up of those that lead:
The UpRamp Community is led by an advisory group of eight members and Lisa Schwab, Director of Strategic Growth Engagement at CableLabs.
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| Charter | TBD | |
| Comcast | Kevin O’Toole | SVP, Strategy, Investments & Planning |
| Cox | Josh Sommer | Head of New Growth & Development |
| Liberty Global | Bill Warga | VP Strategy & Technology |
| Mediacom | JR Walden | CTO |
| Midco | Jon Pederson | CTO |
| Vodafone- Germany | Michael Reinartz | Director Innovation & Consumer Services |
Startups getting customer traction in the industry
From 2016 to 2019, the UpRamp team ran three cohorts of the Fiterator, our later-stage accelerator program that helped startups find product-market fit with CableLabs members.
Startups on stage making an impact
For 10 years, the Innovation Showcase featured nearly 200 emerging tech companies at both intimate and large events in front of industry decision makers. Those companies have gone on to raise $2 billion in ventures funds, nearly a third of them have been acquired, and 5 percent have achieved IPO.
Members can reach the UpRamp Mighty Networks community here.
Lisa Schwab, Director of Strategic Growth Engagement, runs the UpRamp Community.
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