On Feb. 6, Technetix Group Ltd (Albourne, UK) announce that John Chapman has joined the company's strategic advisory board. As noted in a press announcement, Chapman is currently CTO Broadband and Fellow at Cisco. As noted in a press release, he is a senior executive with decades of experience of leadership, strategy, innovation, and execution. Chapman co-founded the cable business unit at Cisco as an internal startup. Under his vision, technology leadership, and execution, the unit grew to a $1 billion business, making it the most successful internal startup ever at Cisco.
With over 130 patents and 50 published papers, Chapman is a prolific inventor. As noted in Technetix' statment, "He has repeatedly gone through the stages of creating an idea, setting the strategy, architecting a solution, writing specifications, pitching the product to customers and executives, getting funding and then working with a large team to build, ship and support that product."
Some of Chapman's original contributions to the cable industry include Remote PHY, FDX DOCSIS, LLX, channel bonding, DSG, and DTP technologies. Prior to Cisco, Chapman worked at ROLM, IBM and Siemens.
Chapman was inducted into the Cable TV Pioneer society in 2015 and into the SCTE Hall of Fame and the Cable Circle of Eagles Society in 2012. He has also received the Chinese National Innovation Award in 2012 for his invention of Remote PHY and three Pioneer awards in Cisco. CableFax included John in the 2021 and 2022 Top 100 Power Players list.
Paul Broadhurst is CEO and founder of Technetix, commented:
"John’s leadership and inventions have had a huge impact on the cable industry. His experience in product development and launch strategy are a great addition to the Technetix team. I am delighted that he has joined our Strategic Advisory Board to help us continue developing and growing our business in Broadband Cable, Fiber Systems, Wireless Access and Power Systems."
Chapman commented:
"I am thrilled that I have been invited to join the strategic advisory board advising the Technetix leadership team. Technetix has a history of innovative solutions for networks across the globe and producing critical next generation technologies. I look forward to working with Paul and the other executives to develop the company further."
A developer of broadband platforms including its Distributed Gain Architecture, the DBT Gamechanger, the DBx Open Access Platform, Virtual Segmentation, Remote Optical Line Terminal (rOLT) and XGT taps technologies, Technetix is a partner with leading broadband operators in 70 countries.
Notably, Technetix Group Ltd acquired Lindsay Broadband Inc. in September 2022.