Charter Communications Names Southeast Division Team.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers GREENVILLE, S.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 24, 2003 The appointment of the team to lead the Southeast Division of Charter Communications Charter Communications NASDAQ: CHTR is an American company providing cable television, high-speed Internet, and telephone services to more than 5.7 million customers in 29 states. It is the third-largest publicly traded cable operator in the U.S. , Inc. (Nasdaq: CHTR CHTR Charter CHTR Canadian High Temperature Research ) was announced today by Chuck McElroy Charles Dwayne McElroy Sr. (born October 1, 1967 in Port Arthur, Texas), is a former professional baseball player who pitched in the Major Leagues from 1989-2001. Teams
Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. , South Carolina South Carolina, state of the SE United States. It is bordered by North Carolina (N), the Atlantic Ocean (SE), and Georgia (SW). Facts and Figures Area, 31,055 sq mi (80,432 sq km). Pop. (2000) 4,012,012, a 15. and Tennessee. "I'm excited for this first-class team that we've assembled to lead the largest of Charter's five divisions," Mr. McElroy said. "Each professional brings not only a great deal of experience, but also enthusiasm and creativity to our group. With their leadership, I'm sure Charter will be able to fulfill our commitment to provide our customers with a choice of quality products backed by strong customer service." Mr. Bell joins Charter from Cox Communications where he was Director of Business Operations for Cox Business Services. Prior to that, he served as Director of Business Operations for Urban Media Communications. Mr. Bell was also the Senior Manager of Financial Operations for Sprint Corporation. Mr. Bedgood moves to the Southeast Division from Charter's corporate office where he served as Vice President of Digital Services. Prior to joining Charter, he served in similar roles at Marcus Cable and Crown Cable. Mr. Carter joins Charter from Cox Communications where he was Vice President and General Manager for Cox Business Services in Arizona. Prior to that, he served as the director of Operations for Fairchild Communications. Mr. Carter has also worked AT&T and Southwestern Bell, in addition to founding his own company that specialized in the installation and maintenance of secondary market PBX (Private Branch eXchange) An inhouse telephone switching system that interconnects telephone extensions to each other as well as to the outside telephone network (PSTN). equipment. Mr. Clairmont comes to Charter from AT&T Broadband where he was Vice President of Marketing and Sales in the Pittsburgh area. He has 19 years of experience in the cable industry having held marketing and sales positions at Viacom Cable and Marcus Communications. Mr. Kelley has been with Charter since 1999 as Director of Advertising for the Mid-South Region. A seventeen-year veteran of the cable industry, he worked for Rifkin and Associates and TCI (Trustworthy Computing Initiative) An umbrella term from Microsoft for its efforts to improve security in Windows. TCI was announced in 2002 after viruses such as Code Red and Nimda had succeeded in attacking numerous Windows computers. before joining Charter. Ms. Parks most recently served as the Director of Human Resources for Charter's Georgia Operations. Prior to joining Charter in 2001, Ms. Parks spent two years with the Walt Disney Company where she was part of a team that implemented service standards at Walt Disney World Noun 1. Walt Disney World - a large amusement park established in 1971 to the southwest of Orlando Orlando - a city in central Florida; site of Walt Disney World . She also served as Director of Human Resources and Training for two restaurant chains. Ms. Pitcher joined Charter in 2001 as Director of Customer Care in the company's Northeast Region. She moved to the Southeast Region in July 2002 and led the local team which opened Charter's contact center in Greenville County, S.C. Prior to joining Charter, Ms. Pitcher worked in customer care at other broadband service providers including AT&T Broadband, Comcast and Time Warner. About Charter Communications Charter Communications, A Wired World Company(TM), is the nation's third-largest broadband communications company. Charter provides a full range of advanced broadband services to the home, including cable television on an advanced digital video programming platform via Charter Digital Cable(R) brand and high-speed Internet access marketed under the Charter Pipeline(R) brand. Commercial high-speed data, video and Internet solutions are provided under the Charter Business Networks(R) brand. Advertising sales and production services are sold under the Charter Media(R) brand. More information about Charter can be found at www.charter.com. |
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