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As PBS’s Chief Technology Officer, John McCoskey is responsible for providing leadership, management and technical guidance for broadcast technology and IT systems for PBS while overseeing a team of 130 employees and focusing on the Next Generation Interconnection System (NGIS); broadcast distribution systems development; implementation of a new rights management system; as well as corporate business continuity and disaster recovery.
Prior to PBS, Mr. McCoskey served as Vice President, Product Development for Comcast Media Center. Other professional experience includes serving as the Chief Technology Officer of Brief Original Broadcasts (BOB); Senior Vice President, Technology and CTO at Discovery Communications; as well as positions at GTE Spacenet and Communications Satellite Corporation.
Mr. McCoskey holds two M.S. degrees from Johns Hopkins, one in Management and one in Computer Science. He also earned a Bachelor of Science from Bucknell University in Electrical Engineering. He is an inventor with 40 issued/published utility patents related to technology and media. | 