Rich Prodan is a Comcast Fellow for the TPX CONNECT Access Network Engineering team to coordinate, develop, and promote advanced developments of new technologies. including Physical Layer cable transmission technology to leverage product and partnership solutions integrating data, voice, and video services including the adoption and deployment of Full Duplex DOCSIS (FDX) technology.
Dr. Prodan was instrumental in establishing DOCSIS 2.0, 3.0, 3.1, and 4.0 Full Duplex cable modem standards working as CTO at CableLabs and CTO Broadband Communications at Broadcom. At CableLabs, he and his team characterized two-way transmission in cable systems across the US and Canada. He worked with the FCC Advisory Committee on Advanced Television Service to develop and test HDTV systems for the US and worked at Philips Research Labs on Compact Disc and Digital Television. He been granted over 75 patents and authored multiple publications.
He was one of the recipients of the Service in Technology Award presented by Communications Technology magazine in recognition of the combined efforts of the SCTE and CableLabs for the implementation and advancement of telecommunications technology. He was the recipient of the 2024 SCTE Excellence in Standards Award. He was elevated to IEEE Fellow for leadership in the development of high definition television and broadband networks. He was among the group of people who were recognized by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences with a Technical Emmy Award for Pioneering Development and Deployment of Hybrid Fiber Coax Network Architecture as part of their work with CableLabs. Also, he is a member of the Cable TV Pioneers.
Dr. Prodan holds a Ph.D. from Columbia University and bachelor’s and master’s degrees from City College of New York all in EE. His specialties include: Communication Systems Engineering, Digital Signal Processing, Digital Television, Analog Television, and Optical Data Storage.
