Thirty-Five Year Telecom Veteran Bill
Archer, Executive Vice President and President, Spectrum
Enterprise, Transitions to Advisory Role in Advance of 2025
Retirement
STAMFORD, Conn., Nov. 5, 2024
/PRNewswire/ -- Charter Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: CHTR) today
announced that Adam Ray, Charter's
Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer, will oversee
the nearly $3 billion Spectrum
Enterprise operation in addition to his current responsibilities.
Bill Archer, Executive Vice
President and President, Spectrum Enterprise, a 35-year
telecommunications veteran, will transition to an advisory role to
Mr. Ray until his retirement in 2025.
"Over the last five years, Bill has led Spectrum Enterprise
through a period of significant growth and marketplace
transformation," said Chris Winfrey,
President and Chief Executive Officer of Charter Communications,
which operates the Spectrum brand. "He has played a pivotal role in
creating a more client-driven culture while evolving our business
model with customized solutions that meet the needs of our modern
Enterprise clients. I want to thank him for the important work
he has done and am grateful he will remain as an advisor during the
transition."
Spectrum Enterprise provides a full suite of internet solutions,
networking, voice, video and managed services to Charter's largest
business customers. Since 2020, overall retail revenue grew by more
than 29%, faster than the market. In addition, the business has
fortified its portfolio with several new and innovative products,
including Enterprise Network Edge, Managed Network Edge, Secure
Dedicated Fiber Internet and Unified Communications with Ring
Central. Spectrum Enterprise also has expanded the utility and
reach of its leading edge network, growing the number of fiber
connected buildings to more than 300,000 and enabling symmetrical
100 Gigabit speeds to any client endpoint. Spectrum Enterprise has
distinct products, go-to-market and service operations – and
typically much larger customers than Spectrum Business.
"Moving forward, combining all our commercial operations under
Adam will allow us to capitalize and scale the overlapping nature
of the middle market segment and enhance our effectiveness in
driving continued growth," Mr. Winfrey added. "Adam is a proven
leader with a bottom-up and top-down understanding of marketing
sales strategy and operations which together will foster greater
alignment and opportunity across our businesses."
Mr. Ray's remit currently includes residential and SMB marketing
and sales functions including direct and digital sales channels,
inbound and outbound telesales, Spectrum Stores, and Spectrum
Community Solutions, which provides products and services to
apartments, condos, and gated single-family community developments.
He also leads cable operations business planning and marketing and
sales analytics. In September, he unveiled Spectrum's new
persistent bundled pricing and packaging strategy and oversaw
the marketing team's introduction of the new Spectrum brand
platform, Life Unlimited.
Mr. Ray has held several increasingly senior leadership
positions at Charter, most recently as Executive Vice President,
Sales Operations and Planning, and prior to that was Executive Vice
President, Spectrum Community Solutions. He also served as Regional
Vice President of Field Operations for the Florida Region, Group
Vice President of Residential Direct Sales, and earlier in his
career at Charter he served as Senior Director, Sales Operations in
Los Angeles. In 2005, Mr. Ray
joined Charter from Comcast, where he spent four years as a sales
leader in Knoxville, Tenn.
ABOUT CHARTER
Charter Communications, Inc.
(NASDAQ:CHTR) is a leading broadband connectivity company and cable
operator with services available to more than 57 million homes and
businesses in 41 states through its Spectrum brand. Over an
advanced communications network, the Company offers a full range of
state-of-the-art residential and business services including
Spectrum Internet®, TV, Mobile and Voice.
For small and medium-sized companies, Spectrum
Business® delivers the same suite of broadband
products and services coupled with special features and
applications to enhance productivity, while for larger businesses
and government entities, Spectrum
Enterprise® provides highly customized, fiber-based
solutions. Spectrum Reach® delivers tailored
advertising and production for the modern media landscape. The
Company also distributes award-winning news coverage and sports
programming to its customers through Spectrum Networks. More
information about Charter can be found
at corporate.charter.com.
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