Zenita has a deep passion for technology and has over three decades in the cable
industry with Jerrold/General Instrument, Motorola, ARRIS and most recently as Vice
President of marketing and business development at the Society of Cable
Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE®), a subsidiary of CableLabs®. Zenita
currently serves as Chief Marketing Officer at Segra, one of the nation’s largest fiber
networks that provides best in class broadband and data security solutions
throughout the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic.
Zenita is an award-winning community and industry relations activist supporting
education, arts, science, technology and math (STEM/STEAM) initiatives, healthcare,
diversity and inclusion programs in the cable industry. In her spare time, Zenita
puts her expert marketing and relationship building skills to work with several
organizations including Women in Cable Telecommunications Greater Philadelphia
as Executive Champion and past President, New Media and Technology Committee
Member with Emma Bowen Foundation and Board Member/Vice President with One
Day Immersion in Media, Entertainment & Technology conference, designed to
encourage college students to pursue creative and technical careers in the cable
industry. Zenita also serves on the board of the Blind Institute of Technology. She
previously served on the boards of the Montgomery County PA chapter of Big
Brothers Big Sisters, the Greater Philadelphia & South Jersey chapter of Girls Inc and
Beachglow: Concerts for Charity, Inc.
In 2014, Zenita was inducted into the Cable TV Pioneers. WICT Greater Philadelphia
honored Zenita with the 2015 Inspire Award. Zenita has been recognized each year
since 2016 as one of CableFax Most Powerful Women in Cable and Most Influential
Minorities in Cable each year since 2014.
In 2019 Zenita was recognized as SCTE/WICT Woman in Technology, an annual
award that lauds the achievements of one woman who demonstrates outstanding
professional achievement and significantly contributes to the advancement of the
cable telecommunications industry. Also that year she was recognized by WICT as a
Woman to Watch in Technology, and one of the top 50 marketers in the world by
Marketo, an Adobe Company as part of the #Fearless50, driving bold, fearless
marketing and digital transformation.
In 2020 Zenita was recognized by Cablefax as a Diversity Trailblazer. In 2021,
Zenita’s team at SCTE was recognized by Cablefax as the 2021 First place winner
for best Online Event, and third place winner for Best Media Relations to raise
visibility of the SCTE brand.