AT&T's Brenda Laboy Joins Comcast in Top Engineering Post

By John Eggerton
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Will head up network engineering for southeastern U.S.

Brenda Laboy

Brenda Laboy

Brenda Laboy has joined Comcast as VP of network engineering and construction for the Big South region.

The team overseeing the region is headed by Jason Gumbs, senior VP, and based in Norcross, Georgia.

Laboy will head up strategic operations of advanced broadband supporting millions of customers.

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Most recently, Laboy was assistant VP of wireless and wireline construction and engineering for AT&T in Los Angeles. She spent over 16 years with the company in a variety of engineering, construction and operations roles beginning in 2004. 

“Her comprehensive network buildout expertise will prove particularly beneficial, as we seek to enhance and expand our infrastructure to meet the communications needs of our customers," said Gumbs.

John Eggerton
John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.