Innovative leader of large & small companies, and multiple start-ups in the broadband industry. Boundary-breaking mindset as co-founder of Everest Connections (Kansas City) - early cable overbuild - and NuTEQ Solutions (Atlanta) - SaaS operator of proprietary mobile customer relationship management. Aggressive, success-based business development executive. Led Everest & USLink to record results in time-to-market, sales, product bundling, and EBITDA. Entrepreneurial spirit enjoys building teams that are focused (but adaptable), goal-oriented, and driven to achieve that which has not been done. Exceptional understanding of the broadband industry, technology trends, and competitive pressures. Fact-driven ("analytical") approach to business challenges results in unique, long-term solutions rather than temporary 'bandaid' solutions. "The answer is in the numbers".Financial acumen for bottom-line profitability (ROI), with proven success in an uncertain marketplace. The Numbers don't lie!Examples include: - Concepted, created, and led NuTEQ to break into "closed" cable industry with innovative method to reduce call volumes by 25%, unnecessary truck rolls by 80%, and accelerate collections. - KNOLOGY: Drove 30% Y-O-Y bundling gains on 15% reduced budget leading to significant EBITDA gains; - EVEREST: Authored the business plan that raised $300M of private equity – to overbuild broadband network. Developed marketing & bundling plan leading to over 30% market share; - USLINK: Lead turnaround from revenue decline to 50% revenue growth in just 2 years. - Leading corporate culture change from a monopoly to a viable, successful competitor. - Analyzing and focusing on key metrics (KPI) at multiple companies, reducing costs and churn, increasing revenues, EBITDA, and average revenue per customer (ARPU).
Listed skills include Business Development, Strategy, Telecommunications, New Business Development, and 46 others.