CableLabs announced Mark Bridges will succeed longtime CEO Phil McKinney when the latter retires on January 1, 2027.
Bridges is currently CableLabs' EVP and CTO, having been appointed to those roles in 2023. In these roles, he has overseen CableLabs’ core research and development programs, technology investment decisions and the strategic direction of its innovation portfolio. He has also worked directly with member company executives on technology strategy and the development of industry specifications.
McKinney has served as CableLabs CEO since June 2012. He previously served as CTO at Hewlett-Packard.
"Mark has been central to CableLabs' technology strategy for more than a decade, including helping lead our expansion into cloud-native architectures, network convergence and AI,” McKinney stated. “He knows this organization, he knows our members and he knows what it takes to lead at this level. I am proud of what this team has accomplished and confident in where Mark will take it next."
Read the full press release here.