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John McCoskey
Chief Technology Officer, PBS

John McCoskey joined PBS in the spring of 2007 as the organization’s first Chief Technology Officer.  In that role, he is responsible for leadership, management and technical guidance of all technology and operations functions, including:  broadcast origination, engineering, enterprise systems, information technology and operations of the PBS media, network and satellite operations centers. Mr. McCoskey oversees a team of 130 employees spanning both PBS headquarters and operations facilities. Major initiatives include the Next Generation Interconnection System (NGIS); industry-wide digital conversion initiatives; strategic technology; industry relations; high-definition television; broadcast distribution systems development; rights management system development; corporate business continuity and disaster recovery.

Prior to PBS, Mr. McCoskey served as Vice President, Product Development for Comcast Media Center. Other professional experience includes serving as the Chief Technology Officer of Brief Original Broadcasts (BOB); Senior Vice President, Technology and CTO at Discovery Communications; as well as positions at GTE Spacenet and Communications Satellite Corporation.

Mr. McCoskey holds two M.S. degrees from Johns Hopkins, one in Management and one in Computer Science. He also earned a Bachelor of Science from Bucknell University in Electrical Engineering. He is an inventor with 40 issued/published utility patents related to technology and media.