Leslie Ellis is an independent technology columnist, analyst, author, and owner of Ellis Edits, Inc., based in Denver, CO. Since September of 2000, she has written and continues to write a bi-weekly column for Multichannel News called "Translation Please," aimed at demystifying commonly-used cable and broadband technology terms.
In June of 2008, Ms. Ellis added three additional products to the "Translation Please" portfolio: A second bi-weekly column, called "Translation Please 2.0;" which takes a deeper-dive on technology brain-twisters; a regularly occurring series of video interviews and reports, called "Translation Please: Viewpoints;" and a webcast series. Her audio podcast series, "Translation Please: One-On-One," focuses on the work and lives of technological women.
Ellis wrote the A-to-Z dictionary "Definitive Broadband: Next Generation," in November, 2005, as a follow-on to "Definitive Broadband," published in May 2001. She co-authored "The Field Guide to Broadband," published in October 2002. Additionally, Ellis was a contributing author for the September, 2003 release of "Planet Broadband," which describes a vision of the future as foretold by cable modem inventor Rouzbeh Yassini.
Ms. Ellis is Senior Technology Advisor to the Cable & Telecommunications Association for Marketing. She received the National Cable Television Association's Vanguard Award for Associates & Affiliates in 2005.
Previously, Ellis was Paul Kagan Associates' Senior Technology Analyst. Ellis was Senior Technology Editor for Multichannel News/Broadband Week from 1994-1998, and managing editor of Communications Engineering & Design magazine from 1990-1994. She was a contributing editor to CED Magazine from 1999-2008, and a research analyst for Bear Stearns & Co. until May of 2008. She began in the cable industry in 1987 with Telecommunication Products Corp.
