TDO has hired MARC BICKNELL as a senior project manager. He brings more than 25 years of experience in manufacturing, including operations and quality leadership at Bitzer Scroll, Marquardt Switches, and Pelco Component Technologies. Bicknell has a strong technical and management background with extensive practical experience applying lean manufacturing and plant optimization. He has an associate degree in the study of computer repair technology from Genesee Community College, a degree in industrial engineering and telecommunications from SUNY Institute of Technology, and a bachelor’s degree in technology and management from SUNY Empire State College. Additionally, Bicknell has a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, Lean Six Sigma Green Belt, and is a certified interconnect designer.

Spectrum has promoted NOEL DEMPSEY to regional VP of field operations for the company’s Northeast Region. He succeeds Terence Rafferty, who recently retired from Charter after a decades-long career with Charter and its predecessor companies. Dempsey previously served as area VP of field operations for Central New York, which stretches from Watertown to Binghamton and includes the Syracuse, Utica, and Corning markets. As regional VP, Dempsey will lead the field operations workforce. He also will oversee the completion of two multiyear broadband initiatives. Dempsey joined Charter because of the merger with TWC in 2016, after holding a series of progressively senior engineering leadership roles at TWC. Dempsey most recently served as group VP of network expansion and outside plant design. He began his career in the cable and broadband industry as a field technician with TWC in 1996, and through his field operations and engineering roles has been involved in numerous major product and network deployments. Dempsey holds three U.S. patents.