Mike Emmendorfer

VP of Technology & Field CTO at Calix

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Mike Emmendorfer is VP of Technology & Field CTO at Calix with responsibility for defining new access and subscriber experience solutions and related cloud management and AI platforms. He meets with communications service providers (CSPs) and industry standards organizations on next generation technologies. Prior to Calix, he was VP of Systems Engineering and Architecture at both CommScope and ARRIS. He managed half of the CTO Networks organization globally with responsibilities for PON, DOCSIS and cloud / virtualization platforms. In 1999, he joined Charter Communications as a founding member of its Internet, Telephone & Business Services Units. He led the transformation of Charter from a video cable operator to a modern communications service provider. Mike created their first Data Network & Application Engineering and Architecture organizations. He ushered in new technologies using DOCSIS, PON, Wi-Fi, IP/MPLS, L2 & L3 VPN, Email, VoIP, IP video transport, IPTV multicast, EMS, NMS and automated internet and voice provisioning. He oversaw the initial launch and ongoing deployments of those technologies across Charter’s 40 state footprint. Mike has enabled network transformation his entire career including several world’s first deployments.

Mike is an industry award winner and has received many industry leadership appointments. In 2023, inducted into the Cable TV Pioneers, among the industry’s highest honor. In 2008, received Multichannel News Magazine "40 under 40” list of key industry leaders. In 2005, received SCTE’s IP Innovator Award their highest honor for advanced technologies and data networking. Mike is currently serving on BBF Executive Advisory Board (EAB), prpl Foundation Board of Directors and Co-Chair of FBA Sustainability Working Group. Previously, he served on CableLabs DOCSIS Certification Board, Co-Chair of CableLabs’ Flexible MAC Architecture (FMA) WG and as Chair of IEEE SIEPON TF4. He has presented to a prime minster, FCC, state PUC, international government agencies, financial analysts and trade press. Mike regularly meets with C-level executives and presents at conferences across the telecom industry. He has 40+ publications and 11 patents with some serving as the basis for industry standards deployed worldwide. He holds a B.Sc. in Management Information Systems from Saint Louis University and a graduate from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Executive CTO Program and once held Cisco Certification.