Biography:

Jason Briggs is the President and General Manager of RDK Management, a joint venture of several leading operators, which manages RDK, a global open-source software platform powering video and broadband devices. In this capacity, he oversees all aspects of the RDK open-source software consortium, supporting a community of more than 600 technology companies including service providers, CPE manufacturers, SoC vendors, software developers, and system integrators. Mr. Briggs was instrumental in the global growth of RDK serving dozens of service providers and more than 100 million device deployments worldwide.    

He previously served as a Senior Director at Comcast, where he managed various licensing programs that enable the industry to benefit from Comcast’s investments in technology innovation, including content protection, STB software, interactive television and VOD. He also served on the senior leadership team of CAL, a joint venture between Comcast and ARRIS (now CommScope), delivering secure network technology solutions to product companies and MVPDs, which was instrumental the industry transition to all-digital video.

Prior to Comcast, Mr. Briggs was an analyst for The Yankee Group, where he consulted with senior executives from some of the largest software companies on areas such as product positioning, competitive analysis, partnerships, M&A, strategic technology direction and overall market trends. He was frequent speaker at industry conferences and was quoted in numerous publications including The New York Times, The Boston Globe and The Wall Street Journal. Prior to The Yankee Group, Mr. Briggs held positions with Aerial Communications (now T-Mobile US) and Deloitte & Touche.