Richard Green

Who is Richard Green?

Richard Green is Director of Liberty Global Corporation, Shaw Communications Inc., and currently serves as chairman of the Space Sciences Institute and the University of Colorado Boulder's ATLAS Institute in Boulder, Colorado. He previously served as President and CEO of not-for-profit research and development consortium CableLabs.

Green began his career in research as an Assistant Professor at the University of Washington. During his residency in Seattle, he also served as a Senior Member of the Technical Staff of the Geo-Astrophysics Laboratory, a component of the Boeing Scientific Research Laboratory. In that role he published numerous articles on lunar and planetary subjects including a study of lunar geo-morphology in 1969.

Following a move to Los Angeles, Green became a Department Manager in the Laser Division of the Hughes Aircraft Company, before beginning his career in television as manager of ABC’s Video Tape Post Production Department in Hollywood in 1977. Green served briefly as Director of Engineering at Times Fiber Communications in 1979 developing technology for cabling of fiber- and electro-optic and laser technology for application in cable television distribution before accepting the role of director of the CBS Advanced Television Technology Laboratory in 1980. During his time at CBS, Green worked to develop digital and high definition television technology and helped to organize and establish the Advanced Television Systems Committee, a multi-industry-supported organization founded to develop voluntary national standards for advanced television, where he held the position of Executive Director until 1983.