Jim Chiddix was named vice chairman of the Vyyo board of directors in 2007. During prior positions as chairman and CEO of OpenTV as chief technology officer of Time Warner Cable and with Time Warner’s Mystro TV Mr. Chiddix earned respect as an industry leader involved in each wave of technical innovation. As CTO of Time Warner Cable for 15 years he was responsible for all corporate engineering and research and development activities and played pioneering roles in the adoption of hybrid/fiber coax broadband network architecture video-on-demand and digital cable. In addition to his new role with Vyyo Mr. Chiddix will remain on the board of directors of OpenTV. A member of the Cable Pioneers he has been honored with multiple awards for technological innovation including an Emmy Award for his team’s visionary work on cable’s HFC architecture; and the Vanguard Award for his work on the introduction of addressable converters. |