Mike EmmendorferVP of Technology & Field CTO at CalixSpeaker
Profile
Mike Emmendorfer is VP of Technology and Field CTO at Calix with responsibility for defining new access, premises, and cloud platforms and standards. He is a technology evangelist discussing vision and requirements with communication service providers (CSPs). Prior to Calix, he was VP of Systems Engineering and Architecture at both CommScope and ARRIS. He managed half of the CTO Networks group globally with responsibilities for PON, DOCSIS, and Cloud platforms. In 1999, he joined Charter Communications as a founding member, later engineering executive, of its Internet, Telephone & Business Services Units. He created their first Data Network & Application Engineering and Architecture organizations. Mike ushered in new technologies to create a modern CSP using PON, DOCSIS, Wi-Fi, Ethernet, IP/MPLS, VPN, Email, VoIP, EMS, NMS, provisioning, and automation. He oversaw the initial launch and ongoing deployments of residential, SMB, large business, MDU, hospitality & mobile Xhaul services across Charter’s 40 state footprint.