Title: EVP/GM, MSG Networks
Years in Cable: More than 20
Education: Eastern Michigan University
Best Advice: “You miss 100% of the shots you never take.” – Wayne Gretzky

Why Him? Sure, it’s how you play the game—not whether you win or lose—but under Ronayne’s leadership, MSG Networks scored 18 wins at the 2013 New York Emmy Awards. A key strategist, Ronayne strengthens the MSG Networks brand through innovative live event production and original programming, including “Four Courses with JB Smoove” and “Beginnings.”

TV show I’d most like to have a cameo in: BBC’s “Top Gear”

Favorite Cable Show memory: 1997 NCTA, Muhammad Ali at the American Sports Classics booth

Favorite vacation spot: Lake Placid, New York

Desert island album: Searching for Sugar Man by Rodriguez?

My favorite business/motivational book: Where Good Ideas Come From by Steven Johnson

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Father of Cable Modem’s Untold Story in New Book

September seems to be the unofficial month for industry book releases, but when it comes to Rouzbeh Yassini-Fard’s “The Accidental Network,” it has taken years to get around to explaining how his struggling LANcity created the cable modem and transformed the internet forever.

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