Former Altice USA exec Pragash Pillai joins VCTI board

VCTI, the broadband and network technology experts, today announced the appointment of visionary executive Pragash Pillai to the company's Board of Directors.

Pillai is a member of the Cable TV Pioneers Class of 2023 and most recently served as CTIO at Altice USA. Before Altice, he was Senior Vice President of Infrastructure Engineering at Cablevision Systems. He joined Cablevision after the successful sale of Bresnan Communications to Cablevision for $1.36B. He brings extensive experience in the broadband sector, with a deep understanding of market forces and the need to plan strategically to capture opportunity.

VCTI will benefit from his extensive experience operationalizing and improving efficiencies around the deployment of new technologies across large, dispersed networks.

Pillai has successfully improved operations and expanded market opportunity at various Telecommunication companies across a number of different roles. Most recently as the CTIO of Altice USA, he led the strategy and execution of the FTTH program completing 1M homes passed per year FTTH expansion rate, in addition he also led the operation integration of Suddenlink and Cablevision after the acquisition by Altice.

During his tenure at Cablevision and Bresnan he led management roles in engineering and operations.

Read the full press release here.

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