Simon Riot, Software Product Manager at Vantiva, dives into hybrid Customer Premises Equipment (or CPE) and the strategies that are emerging among network service providers to bring more functionality to set top boxes and gateways in connected homes. Find out more at https://www.vantiva.com/ Simon Riot, Software Product Manager at Vantiva Broadband Product Division, is based out of Rennes, Brittany, France. He is responsible for driving and developing the RDK-B Software strategy and roadmap of the Broadband product portfolio. Over his fifteen-years tenure with Vantiva, Simon has played an integral role in the Software Roadmap evolution of the company through the frequent shifts that have taken place in the broadband segments of the industry. Simon has an engineering degreee in Network and Telecommunications.