Patricia Gottesman
EVP, Product Management & Marketing
Cablevision Systems Corporation

Over a 27-year career with Cablevision Systems Corporation, Patricia Gottesman has played a number of leadership roles in the development and management of the products and services the company delivers to its customers.  As the company’s executive vice president of product management and marketing, Ms. Gottesman is responsible for the management and marketing of all of the company’s telecommunications products including traditional cable and the company’s full suite of advanced digital services – iO: Interactive Optimum digital cable, Optimum Online high-speed Internet and Optimum Voice digital voice-over-cable (VoIP).    Ms. Gottesman is also responsible for managing Cablevision’s Optimum for business services and growing advertising businesses, including the company’s innovative Optimum Autos and Optimum Homes shopping channels. 

Previously, she served as senior vice president of consumer product management and marketing.  Prior to that Ms. Gottesman served as senior vice president of the company’s regional operations in New York City and Connecticut, and also directed Cablevision’s consumer marketing activities as vice president of marketing.  In the mid-1990s, Ms. Gottesman managed the launch of Cablevision’s “Optimum TV” advanced analog cable television service, which has now grown to include the family of industry-leading Optimum-branded services available across Cablevision’s entire 4.4 million home footprint. 

From 1991 to 1993, Ms. Gottesman served as vice president of cable operations, responsible for managing Cablevision's U.S. Cable subsidiary, including more than 160 cable systems across 10 Midwestern and Southeastern states.  In this role, she created two low-cost, multi-premium packages that generated a significant portion of the division's revenue and positioned the network for future upgrade opportunities.

Prior to this, Ms. Gottesman was general manager of Cablevision of New Jersey's Bayonne and Cablevision of Long Island's 140,000-subscriber Hauppauge system.  She also served as system manager for Cablevision of Chicago's northern region and in 1981 was a member of the National Franchising Team.  Ms. Gottesman began her career at the company in 1979 as a producer in the local origination department of the Cablevision's Long Island system.

This year, Ms. Gottesman received a prestigious Wonder Woman award from Women in Cable & Telecommunications (WICT) and Multichannel News for her leadership and achievements in transforming the cable industry.

A graduate of Hofstra University, Ms. Gottesman resides on Long Island with her husband and four children.