Lambert is a unique personality who can pore over details of complex legal contracts and obsess over accuracy while never losing sight of his customers’ particular needs. He’s currently launching new services aimed at businesses that want innovative solutions; serves as counsel for Mediacom’s Home Controller and Security; and is involved in rolling out a new product service suite. Be it handling contracts, reviewing marketing materials, or sitting on Mediacom’s cybersecurity governance committee, Lambert is every bit as focused on growing Mediacom’s business customer base as he is in cultivating strong business relationships with all of his colleagues, clients, and mentees. He believes the industry has made strides on DEI this past year by heeding calls from those within it. “Such calls came from grassroots-employee based cries for equity in employment to boardroom occupants recognizing the historical inequities found there and in C-Suites, resulting in a dearth of diverse talent and thought leadership that, if addressed, would be a comprehensive benefit to the organization,” Lambert says.
Do you think there has been significant progress on DEI in the industry in the past year?
Yes. Broadly defined, our industry is itself a diverse collection of media, communications, and technology enterprises, and over the past year, in particular, has demonstrated through clarion calls the need for diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. Such calls came from grassroots employee based cries for equity in employment to boardroom occupants recognizing the historical inequities found there and in C-Suites resulting in a dearth of diverse talent and thought leadership, that if present would be a comprehensive benefit to the organization. This past year, from an outpouring of social demands on industry leadership, it reacted with haste to meet many of the demands and committed to its employees and customers and shareholders that these matters would be addressed with urgency and transparency. Indeed, there is progress.
How have you been a champion of diversity, equity, and inclusion?
I champion DEI through mentoring and advocacy. I do this without the need for a formal program but through daily interactions throughout the organization.
My best advice for fostering open, honest communication…
My best advice for fostering open, honest communication is to talk to people not about them!
Which celebrity do you think is setting a strong example for the next generation?
Colin Kaepernick for sure. He has risked his career and economic security to tell the world about injustice in America’s policing paradigm. Enough said…
