Seachange president yvette kanouff wins top techie award and named one of the most powerful women in cable for 2011

Acton, mass.--(business wire)--seachange international (nasdaq: seac), a leading global multi-screen video software company, announced today that leading cable industry media outlet cablefax magazine, has named seachange president yvette kanouff one of the most powerful women in cable and the top techie for 2011. the honors were announced this week at the society of cable telecommunications engineers (scte) cable tec expo in atlanta. “we went through our women in tech list; checked it twice, and decided to bestow our 2011 top techie honor to yvette kanouff,” said debbie vodenos, publisher, cablefax & communications technology. “we congratulate her for building seachange from the ground up to a company that has become a leader in multiscreen video technology worldwide.” kanouff commented, “i am humbled by all the great women we have in the cable industry today and honored to be considered among them. i’m also proud that we have joined forces to collectively nurture more women in the technical fields in this industry to fill the void that exists there.” kanouff co-founder of techconnect kanouff has worked for years to encourage more women engineers in cable. for instance, she recently co-founded with bright house networks president nomi berman, the techconnect initiative through the society of cable telecommunications engineers (scte) and women in cable telecommunications (wict). techconnect is designed to strengthen and cultivate the involvement in the cable industry by women engineers and technologists by teaming a core group of promising engineers each year with recipients of the women in technology award, presented annually by scte, wict and communications technology magazine. working on a one-on-one basis throughout the year, these “mentors” share expertise and experiences that will increase professional development and networking opportunities for program participants. keynote speaker at tech it out research reveals the number of women in technology positions is alarmingly low, and is trending downward. to help reverse this trend, wict’s tech it out initiative was launched in 2009 to build awareness of the tremendous opportunities for women in cable technology. today, wict has bolstered its tech it out initiative to include a women in technology mentoring program and increased leadership training through a collaboration with scte, as well as a content partnership with namic. kanouff, a 1997 recipient of the women in technology award, will serve as a featured keynote speaker at the tech it out program on thursday, nov. 16 during scte’s cable tec expo. about seachange international seachange international (nasdaq: seac) is a global leader in multi-screen video and one of the largest software companies worldwide. the company provides innovative, emmy award-winning solutions and services for back office, advertising, content, in-home devices and broadcast to hundreds of media companies, including all major cable operators in the u.s., europe and latin america, plus other blue-chip companies such as virgin media, at&t, hutchison whampoa, vodacom and dish network. headquartered in acton, massachusetts, seachange is tl 9000 certified and has product development, support and sales offices around the world. visit www.schange.com.
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