Pragash Pillai, Vice President of Engineering & Technology

As Vice President of Engineering & Technology, Pragash Pillai is responsible for developing and guiding the company's strategic technology development for voice, video and data services. He is also responsible for Bresnan's engineering which includes, telephony, video, network, microwave and HFC engineering. Mr. Pillai most recently served as Bresnan's Vice President of Strategic Engineering, where he played an integral role in the strategic technology planning and assessment for service convergence of platforms including voice, video, data and wireless.

Prior to joining Bresnan, he was the Vice President of Advanced Engineering - Digital Video for Charter Communications, Inc. In that post, his responsibilities included digital video network architecture, system engineering, system integration and technology assessments. He led a team of engineers who were responsible for the end-to-end development of products and system architecture for video platforms reaching 5.9 million customers across Charter's 37-state territory. During his tenure, he gained extensive experience in a wide variety of new technology developments, testing and integration, deployments and operations.

He holds a Masters Degree in Applied Science in Telecommunications from the University of Denver and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Missouri. In addition, he completed graduate work in Telecommunications Management at Washington University in St. Louis. Mr. Pillai is a graduate of the NAMIC Executive Leadership Development Program at Anderson School of Management at UCLA. He also completed MIT Sloan Executive Program in Strategy and Innovation.