Ashton White Email & Phone Number

New York, Ny

Vice President Finance for B2B

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

I drove technology strategy and planning for the $60B Cable segment with over14,000 global employees, advising C-Suite leadership including CEO and CFO. Working alongside technology leaders including the CTO, CISO, Chief Network Officer, Chief Product Officer and others, I identified short/long-term enterprise growth opportunities for the Cable business connecting over 30M homes to internet, video, wireless phone and business services. I analyzed profitability and created plans for customer-facing resources including customer applications, video platforms, and front-line employees. Key highlights include:Trusted Executive Leadership: - Built and grew a brand new Strategy and Planning team for TPX - Established technology strategic direction for the Cable segment ($60B) as an SLT leader, directing segment decision-making, communications, COVID protocols, return-to-office (RTO) strategies, and overall team leadership - Actively managed $5B in annual spend, developing annual budgets and long range plans for CEO/FO review and partnering with CFO for overall P&L optimization - Built trust and worked with cross-functional business leaders to evaluate growth opportunities while balancing short=term business needs with long-term growth targets and industry trends.Enterprise Business Strategies: - Drove multi billion dollar network architecture and technology implementation, bolstering enterprise capabilities and evaluating best combination of financial investment and technology for broadband product growth. - Identified potential acquisition opportunities, leading landscape analysis, business modeling, and executive relationship building to determine profitability and suitability.

Greater Philadelphia Area

I spearheaded enterprise strategy development for $150B conglomerate with 200,000+ global employees and market segments including Comcast Cable (Xfinity), NBC Universal, Sky Group, and theme parks. I developed the strategy roadmap, with our team reporting to the CFO with dotted-line relationship with CEO. Key highlights include:Trusted Executive Leadership:• Known as pivotal strategy leader within Comcast, serving as original Corporate Strategy team member and building new internal teams of excellence to drive strategic decision-making and overall enterprise value.Enterprise Business Strategies: - Analyzed and help implement Comcast enterprise public/private cloud strategy, standing up a partner private-cloud solution while continuing to leverage available public cloud capabilities to maximize profitability and efficiency for developers. - Boosted customer experience through $250M data-driven initiative, proactively sending 200M+ texts and serving 30M+ customers through detecting service issues via AI/ML and network telemetry data. - Delivered double-digit growth in sell-in rates, using data analytics to identify sales best practices across Comcast’s 100M+ inbound calls and maximizing both profitability and customer experience.M&A Integration Expertise: - Steered $30B acquisition of NBCUniversal, leading business modeling and integration of financial assets, technology, and ~75,000 employees. - Led $39B Sky Group acquisition integration, combining 30,000 global employees into existing operations. - Served as pivotal leader in proposed $45B acquisition Time Warner Cable.

I directed $30B Comcast Cable budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning processes, reporting to CFO. I led all aspects of FP&A including accounting, P&L management, process improvements, and product launch. I actively managed the 30-person organization, coaching team members at levels. Selected highlights include: - Strengthened operations for 80,000-person business unit, collaborating with operations team to maximize efficiencies and improve processes, procedures, and systems. - Seamlessly integrated AT&T Broadband into Comcast Cable operations as key Operations and Corporate integration leader for $70B acquisition. - Led successful integration of Adelphia Cable into Comcast Cable after $17B acquisition in 2003. - Instrumental to launch of numerous innovative products including Home Internet and Business Services.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Ctam Executive Management Program

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