# Maria Popo

> Maria Popo is the president and CEO of SCTE, a subsidiary of CableLabs, and the first woman to hold the top job at the cable industry's standards and training body. A self-described lifelong learner who started as a customer service rep and trained at a trade school, she rose through technical and executive roles at 3M, 3Com, Ambit Microsystems, Foxconn and Ubee Interactive - where she helped bring the first generations of cable modems to market - before earning a master's in Learning Design and Technology at Stanford. She now runs SCTE's global network of 60-plus chapters, retooling how the broadband industry trains and certifies its workforce for the AI era.

- **Role:** President & CEO at SCTE (a subsidiary of CableLabs)
- **Organizations:** SCTE, CableLabs, Ubee Interactive, Foxconn, Ambit Microsystems, 3Com, 3M Telecom, Dorran Photonics, The WICT Network
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** M.S., Learning Design and Technology; Distinguished Careers Institute (DCI) Fellow, Stanford University, Software Engineering and Information Technology, Colorado Technical University
- **Known for:** First woman appointed president and CEO of SCTE, Helped bring the first generation of cable modems to market at 3Com, Led Ubee to develop DOCSIS 1.0, 1.1, 2.0 and 3.0 cable modems and pioneer wireless cable and voice modems

## Career timeline

- **Early career** — Began at Dorran Photonics, a fiber optic connector startup acquired by 3M Telecom
- **1990s** — Held product management and technical services roles at 3M Telecom
- **Late 1990s** — Joined 3Com Corporation in senior sales and marketing roles; helped bring first-generation cable modems to market
- **2000s** — Leadership roles at Ambit Microsystems and VP Cable at Foxconn
- **2006** — Joined Ubee Interactive; became President & CEO of Ubee Interactive Americas
- **2012** — Ubee Americas ranked #8 on the Top 50 Fastest Growing Women-Led Companies (Wall Street Journal)
- **2022-2023** — Stanford DCI fellow; earned M.S. in Learning Design and Technology
- **2023** — Appointed president and CEO of SCTE, first woman to hold the role, succeeding Mark Dzuban
- **2025-2026** — Named to the Cablefax 100 in consecutive years

## Achievements

- First woman appointed president and CEO of SCTE
- Helped bring the first generation of cable modems to market at 3Com
- Led Ubee to develop DOCSIS 1.0, 1.1, 2.0 and 3.0 cable modems and pioneer wireless cable and voice modems
- Delivered a $150 million top-line gain at Ubee Interactive
- Transformed 3Com's cable modem exit into a $1B startup (Ambit)
- Ubee Americas ranked #8 in 2012 Top 50 Fastest Growing Women-Led Companies
- Named to the Cablefax 100 (2025 and 2026)
- Recognized among CableFax Most Powerful Women in Cable and Multichannel News Women in Technology
- 2011 WICT Rocky Mountain Woman of the Year; 2013/2014 President of Rocky Mountain WICT
- Stanford Distinguished Careers Institute Fellow

## Latest updates

- **2026-01** — Named to the 2026 Cablefax 100 alongside CableLabs leadership.
- **2025-09** — Headlining SCTE TechExpo 26 in a Headliners session.

## Links

- Website: https://scte.org
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariapopo/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/SCTE
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/TheSCTE

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Last updated: 2026-06-22