Vice President, Chief Technical Officer and Chief Architect
Scientific Atlanta Europe and Asia
As
chief technical officer and chief architect for Scientific
Atlanta’s European and Asian operations, Nick Fielibert is
responsible for developing and directing the technical roadmap
and the systems architectures for Scientific Atlanta products in
the two regions. Fielibert has worked for Scientific Atlanta for almost twenty years, starting as a design engineer in analog system processing and progressing to his current position of VP and CTO for Europe and Asia. Fielibert was serving as senior vice president and chief operating officer of BarcoNet n.v. when it was acquired by Scientific-Atlanta, Inc. in January 2002. Prior to that, he had responsibilities in the management group of Barco Communication Systems for market development in the North American, Asian and Australian markets in 1996. Fielibert joined Barco Communication Systems to initiate the development of the Australian and Asian markets in 1992.
Currently he is responsible for product strategy for the European and Asian markets. He has excelled in a number of roles within Barco and Scientific Atlanta, undertaking positions as diverse as Business Development Manager, Head of Product Marketing, Sales and COO. He was also responsible for handling the technological responsibility of the sale of the company to Scientific-Atlanta, Inc.
His areas of focus include the development of cutting-edge technologies to provide innovative ways of delivering increasing amounts of content, such as new IP-based digital distribution systems. Fielibert possesses a detailed understanding of the current and future demands of the cable television, broadcast and telecommunications industries which can help Scientific Atlanta’s new products exceed customers’ expectations.
Fielibert is a graduate of Gent State University, where he completed a Masters Plus degree in Electronic Engineering, the highest engineering qualification possible in Belgium. Following university, he completed one years’ military service with the Belgian navy before taking up his first position as a Design Engineer at Barco.