CableLabs Hires Communications Chief

LOUISVILLE, Col. -- CableLabs, the non-profit research and development consortium for the cable industry, today announced it has appointed talented technology industry veteran, Wayne Surdam, as the vice president of communications. Surdam's hire comes after a string of organizational announcements including the hire of Phil McKinney as president and CEO and the addition of a new CableLabs' innovation lab in Silicon Valley. Surdam brings a wide range of experience in the enterprise, consumer and vertical markets within the personal computer, software, networking and telecommunications industries to CableLabs. He also brings extensive international experience, expanding companies into Europe, Asia Pacific and South Asia; including the rebuild of Hewlett-Packard's (HP) global public relations program and management of its global customer advisory councils. CableLabs