Leadership Profile: Maggie Wilderotter (Part 8)

During her time with Microsoft, Maggie ran global business development and strategy, followed by the Government and Education businesses worldwide. Among her most challenging issues were protecting intellectual property rights and convincing governments in underdeveloped countries that IP was an issue that would hinder their development. SM: Did you work with China and India? MW:

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Leadership Profile: Maggie Wilderotter (Part 7)

After her time as CEO of Wink, Maggie’s next move was to Microsoft where she helped them with their interactive television business. Her background in cable and software was certainly an advantage, however her talent for cultivating and developing relationships with partners is truly an incredible asset that she is famous for in the industry.

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Leadership Profile: Maggie Wilderotter (Part 6)

We continue our discussion on Wink, its capabilities, technology, IPO, and subsequent sale. Remember, all this was happening in the pre-broadband, pre-always-on era that we have come to know in the last 5 years. SM: When you say that you had installations in 30 million households, was that 30 million households subscribed to the services,

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Leadership Profile: Maggie Wilderotter (Part 5)

Here Maggie discusses her move as the CEO of Wink, which was an ideal fit based on her experience with software and the cable industry. We also catch a glimpse of the early interactive content market, pre-broadband. SM: After McCaw Cellular you said you found a startup called Wink. How did you find it? MW:

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Leadership Profile: Maggie Wilderotter (Part 4)

Technology, as we all know, changes rapidly and but do customers adopt as quickly? Here Maggie shares her insight regarding customers, and what their expectations are in terms of technology. Her views are interesting, especially when compared to those who tend to cater mostly to the early adopters. SM: From where you were at that

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Leadership Profile: Maggie Wilderotter (Part 3)

Maggie continues to build her broad experience base by moving into cellular communciations. Again, she entered this industry while it was still very new, and was a key factor in developing the industry as well as growing the company. SM: Your next move was to McCaw Cellular. How did you get hooked up with them?

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Leadership Profile: Maggie Wilderotter (Part 2)

Here we trace some of Maggie’s early career steps, most notably her entrance into software and cable service industries when they were both in their infancy. What were some of your early career steps? Would you walk through them quickly and then come to McCaw Cellular? MW: When I graduated form college I got married

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CZN: Rural Connectivity

We have been talking with Raj Reddy about education, and that led us to the subject of rural connectivity. This morning, we started talking with Maggie Wilderotter, CEO of Citizen Communications, a rural telecom company. Most likely, you have not heard about this company, so here is an overview.