Comcast Announces Key Appointments To Senior Executive Staff

Comcast Cable, the country's leading cable and broadband communications provider, today announced three key appointments to its senior executive staff. Rebecca Ray has joined the company as President of Comcast University and as Senior Vice President. Andy Addis has been promoted to Senior Vice President, Marketing and New Products for Comcast Cable. Greg Butz had been promoted to Senior Vice President, Marketing and Business Development for Comcast Online.

In her new role, Rebecca Ray will be responsible for leading learning and development strategy, evolving the curriculum, developing training materials and techniques and advancing the use of e-learning for Comcast University, the company's learning and development function.

Prior to joining Comcast, Ray served as senior vice president and head of training for American Skandia, where she launched their corporate university. Prior to American Skandia, she held leadership positions in the learning and development functions at Merrill Lynch and Prudential Securities. Before joining Merrill Lynch, she led a management consulting practice and taught at New York University. Ray holds a Bachelor's degree from the University of Florida, a Master's degree from Florida Atlantic University and a Doctorate from New York University. She serves on a number of learning and development professional advisory boards and is a frequent writer and speaker.

"Rebecca brings a strong learning and development background to Comcast," said Steve Burke, President of Comcast Cable. "By collaborating with our business leaders and learning and development professionals throughout the company, she will help ensure that Comcast's employees are equipped with the skills and tools to perform today's jobs and also have opportunities to prepare for our future."

Andy Addis has been promoted to Senior Vice President of Marketing and New Products for Comcast's video products. In this role, he is responsible for leading the company's marketing efforts and product strategy, including directing the development and deployment of video products and services, such as Digital Cable, high-definition TV, video on demand and digital video recorders. In addition, Addis and his team drive marketing programs to ensure ongoing subscriber growth, as well as strategic initiatives that will help the company fully realize the potential of new products. He joined Comcast in 1996 as Vice President of New Product Marketing.

"Andy is one of the cable industry's most respected marketing professionals with a proven track record of developing successful campaigns that attract and retain customers," said Dave Watson, Executive Vice President of Marketing for Comcast. "Being one of the best clustered cable companies in the country creates exciting marketing opportunities, and we believe Andy is uniquely qualified to lead our video marketing team."

Greg Butz has been promoted to Senior Vice President of Marketing and Business Development for Comcast Online, Comcast's high-speed Internet service unit. Butz is responsible for developing marketing strategies and building Comcast's leadership role in the broadband Internet arena including the creation of Comcast.net, the company's broadband customer home page. In addition, he directs product management, advertising and product and business development. Butz joined Comcast in 1993 as Director of Business Development for Comcast Cellular Communications. Comcast High-Speed Internet is the country's leading broadband Internet service provider serving more than four million customers.

"As we advance our position as the country's leading broadband Internet service provider, Greg will continue to be a tremendous asset in developing Comcast High-Speed Internet," said David Juliano, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Comcast Online. "Greg's intuitive understanding of customers' needs and vast experience in product development will provide Comcast with an edge in creating superior services for our customers."

About Comcast Cable

Headquartered in Philadelphia, Comcast Cable is a division of Comcast Corporation, a developer, manager and operator of broadband cable networks and provider of programming content. Operating in 17 of the United States' 20 largest metropolitan areas, Comcast is one of the leading communications, media and entertainment companies in the world. Providing basic cable, Digital Cable, high-speed Internet and telephone services, Comcast Cable is the company to look to first for the communications products and services that connect people to what's important in their lives. The company's 55,000 employees, in six divisions, serve more than 21 million customers.