Maggie Wilderotter
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Maggie Wilderotter is the chairman and chief executive officer
of Frontier Communications. She joined the company (then known as Citizens Communications) in 2004. Before Frontier, she served as an executive for McCaw Cellular (later AT&T Wireless
), and Microsoft
. She serves on the boards of directors for Xerox
and Procter & Gamble
, and was named one of the Fifty Most Powerful Women in Business in 2009 by Fortune.
, New Jersey
in 1955. She earned her undergraduate degree in 1977 from College of the Holy Cross
in Worcester
, Massachusetts
, in economics and business administration. She served as a member of the board of trustees for the college.
company for the cable industry
. By her own accord, her father was an executive with AT&T, and was instrumental in establishing her career through his various telecommunications industry contacts. She left CableData after twelve years, to join McCaw Cellular as a senior vice president. Wilderotter remained with AT&T Wireless
, after it acquired McCaw, as executive vice president of operations and later served as chief executive of Claircom, AT&T's aviation communications subsidiary. She left AT&T in 1997 to become chief executive of Wink Communications, which was acquired by Liberty Media
in 2002. Wilderotter then joined Microsoft
, and served as senior vice president of its worldwide public sector operations from 2002 until 2004. She has served as chief executive of Citizens since 2004, and became chairman of the company in 2006. Citizens changed its name to Frontier Communications in 2008.
Chief executive officer
A chief executive officer , managing director , Executive Director for non-profit organizations, or chief executive is the highest-ranking corporate officer or administrator in charge of total management of an organization...
of Frontier Communications. She joined the company (then known as Citizens Communications) in 2004. Before Frontier, she served as an executive for McCaw Cellular (later AT&T Wireless
AT&T Wireless Services
AT&T Wireless Services, Inc., founded in 1987 as McCaw Cellular Communications, Inc., and now legally known as New Cingular Wireless Services, Inc., formerly part of AT&T Corp., is a wireless telephone carrier in the United States, based in Redmond, Washington, and later traded on the New York...
), and Microsoft
Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...
. She serves on the boards of directors for Xerox
Xerox
Xerox Corporation is an American multinational document management corporation that produced and sells a range of color and black-and-white printers, multifunction systems, photo copiers, digital production printing presses, and related consulting services and supplies...
and Procter & Gamble
Procter & Gamble
Procter & Gamble is a Fortune 500 American multinational corporation headquartered in downtown Cincinnati, Ohio and manufactures a wide range of consumer goods....
, and was named one of the Fifty Most Powerful Women in Business in 2009 by Fortune.
Early life
Wilderotter was born in NeptuneNeptune Township, New Jersey
-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 27,690 people, 10,907 households, and 6,805 families residing in the township. The population density was 3,366.8 people per square mile . There were 12,217 housing units at an average density of 1,485.4 per square mile...
, New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
in 1955. She earned her undergraduate degree in 1977 from College of the Holy Cross
College of the Holy Cross
The College of the Holy Cross is an undergraduate Roman Catholic liberal arts college located in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA...
in Worcester
Worcester, Massachusetts
Worcester is a city and the county seat of Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. Named after Worcester, England, as of the 2010 Census the city's population is 181,045, making it the second largest city in New England after Boston....
, Massachusetts
Massachusetts
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
, in economics and business administration. She served as a member of the board of trustees for the college.
Career
After college, Wilderotter joined CableData, an early business process outsourcingBusiness process outsourcing
Business process outsourcing is a subset of outsourcing that involves the contracting of the operations and responsibilities of specific business functions to a third-party service provider. Originally, this was associated with manufacturing firms, such as Coca Cola that outsourced large segments...
company for the cable industry
Cable television
Cable television is a system of providing television programs to consumers via radio frequency signals transmitted to televisions through coaxial cables or digital light pulses through fixed optical fibers located on the subscriber's property, much like the over-the-air method used in traditional...
. By her own accord, her father was an executive with AT&T, and was instrumental in establishing her career through his various telecommunications industry contacts. She left CableData after twelve years, to join McCaw Cellular as a senior vice president. Wilderotter remained with AT&T Wireless
AT&T Wireless Services
AT&T Wireless Services, Inc., founded in 1987 as McCaw Cellular Communications, Inc., and now legally known as New Cingular Wireless Services, Inc., formerly part of AT&T Corp., is a wireless telephone carrier in the United States, based in Redmond, Washington, and later traded on the New York...
, after it acquired McCaw, as executive vice president of operations and later served as chief executive of Claircom, AT&T's aviation communications subsidiary. She left AT&T in 1997 to become chief executive of Wink Communications, which was acquired by Liberty Media
Liberty Media
Liberty Media Corporation is an American media conglomerate and the control is exercised by company Chairman John C. Malone, who owns a majority of the voting shares....
in 2002. Wilderotter then joined Microsoft
Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...
, and served as senior vice president of its worldwide public sector operations from 2002 until 2004. She has served as chief executive of Citizens since 2004, and became chairman of the company in 2006. Citizens changed its name to Frontier Communications in 2008.