Derek DiGiacomo

With 25 years with SCTE, Derek DiGiacomo has been responsible for the organization’s Energy Management Program, most notably the Energy 20/20 program. Energy 2020 is an industry-wide effort that set out to help drive sustainability for our broadband networks. DiGiacomo also is project manager for the Energy Management Subcommittee (EMS) in the SCTE Standards Program. The EMS team is responsible for writing best practices and standards pertaining to energy reduction and system availability; EMS standards address such areas as: Facilities, Fleet, Network Operations; Access Network, Alternative Energy; and Cooling. Under Derek’s leadership, SCTE has seen a dramatic 50% reduction in the dependency of grid-supplied power at its Exton, PA headquarters. Derek also oversaw installation of a microgrid consisting of hydrogen fuel cell, photolytic system, batteries, natural gas generator and grid that enables SCTE’s critical system to achieve seven plus days of runtime in the event of a grid power interruption. Finally, in addition to his Energy Management activities, Derek serves as a continuity planning subject matter expert for SCTE on the Network Operations Subcommittee Working Group 3 responsible for Business Continuity. This standards group is responsible under Derek’s leadership for the deployment of the DHS HF SHARES radio program for the cable industry and advocate for preventing cut fiber during disaster response. He holds a Master’s of Science degree in Telecommunications and Network Management from Syracuse University, is an alumni of the National Renewable Energy Labs (NREL) Executive Leadership Academy Class of 2017 and named to the 2019 Environmental + Energy 100 list.