John Blackford

Vantiva

John Blackford is an Engineering Fellow at Vantiva within the Connected Home Business Unit. His current focus is the development of products for the management and control of the connected home. His career includes 20+ years of data and telecommunications experience in engineering, software architecture, and product management.

John currently serves as the project leader for the OB-USP-Agent open source project, the Broadband User Services Work Area Co-Director within the Broadband Forum, and is the Chairman of the Broadband Forum board of directors. John previously worked for Efficient Networks, Siemens, 2Wire, Pace, ARRIS, and CommScope where he has consistently expanded his knowledge of remotely managing devices in the connected home. He has received the Broadband Forum’s Circle of Excellence award, Outstanding Contributor award, and Distinguished Fellow award. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Midwestern State University.