Propelled by victories in two events, Bright House Networks’ Greg Babinski took home the top honors at the SCTE International Cable-Tec Games in Denver earlier this week.
Babinski, representing SCTE Region 9 and the SCTE Central Florida Chapter, beat out 29 other competitors in the 24th annual Cable-Tec Games. Babinski, a system technician with Bright House Networks in New Port Richey, Fla., took first overall in the MTDR and OTDR events.
SCTE conducts the popular International Games—where technical professionals demonstrate precise workmanship, refined skills, and proper technique—each year as part of SCTE Cable-Tec Expo.
Last year’s champion, Greg Brakefield of Comporium in Rock Hill, S.C., took second. He was representing the SCTE Piedmont Chapter and SCTE Region 10. Finishing third was TJ Diplacido of Charter Communications in Fort Worth, Texas. Diplacido was representing the SCTE North Central Texas Chapter of SCTE Region 4.
Chris Miranda of Comcast was named the recipient of the fourth annual Spirit of the Games Award, sponsored by CliIntel. Presented in memory of David Jones, this award recognizes an individual who best exhibits sportsmanship in the SCTE Cable-Tec Games and embraces the learning environment of the Games. Miranda is a network engineer with Comcast in Livermore, Calif., and competed representing SCTE Region 1 and the SCTE Golden Gate Chapter. Miranda also competed Monday at Expo in the SCTE IP Challenge.
The first-place winners of the International Games’ seven contests were:
Drop Connection: Joe Cannons, Time Warner Cable, Austin, Texas, SCTE Hill Country Chapter (Region 4)
Cable Splicing: Bob Colwell, Comcast, Portsmouth, N.H., SCTE New England Chapter (Region 12)
Fiber Splicing: TJ Diplacido
MTDR: Babinski
OTDR: Babinski
Meter Reading: Brakefield
Cable Jeopardy: Matt Maddock, Comcast, Centennial, Colo., SCTE Rocky Mountain Chapter (Region 2)
The hosts of the evening’s seven contests were: AEA Technology, AFL, CommScope, Corning Inc., EXFO, Greenlee Communications, JDSU, Jones/NCTI, Megger, PPC (A Belden Brand), Radiodetection, Times Fiber Amphenol, and Trilithic Inc.
