Title: CEO, Cable One
Education: Undergrad, Georgia Tech; MBA, Harvard Business School
Years in Cable: More than 20
Best Advice: Work Hard. Play Hard.

Why Him? As an industrial engineer, Might sees things from a different perspective, always willing to go against the “consensus view.” His contrarian bets against industry consensus have included no VOD, 550 Mhz plant and 50 Mbs standard HSD speeds. Might, who was offered the job of Publisher of the Baltimore Sun but instead chose to move to Phoenix to run Cable One, is passionate about the company, its customers and its associates.

The biggest innovation in cable over the last year: DOCSIS 3.1

I wish Congress would just… Stop spending more money!

Frank Underwood or Nick Brody? F. U.

One thing I would do all the time if I could: Sail around the world

My ideal celebrity partner on Dancing with the Stars: My wife

My favorite business/motivational book: Great by Choice and Younger Next Year

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Cory Gardner is the first NCTA President/CEO to take the helm of the association without the Cable Show (also referred to as INTX: The Internet & Television Expo or the National Show) as a platform for the industry’s agenda. NCTA shuttered the 65-year-old convention in 2016. While it’s not coming back, Gardner does think there’s room for some industry show-and-tell.

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