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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.
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,
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:
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
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?
Leadership Profile: Maggie Wilderotter (Part 1)
Maggie Wilderotter is the current CEO of Citizen Communications (CZN). Citizen is an industry leader in rural telecommunication services with 2006 revenues of $2B. It offers ILEC services under the Frontier name in the United States. I was introduced to Maggie as one of the most impressive women executives. [Bio] SM: Let’s start with your
