Vice President, Digital Phone Systems Operations
Time Warner Cable
There are several highlights of my career. The most recent highlight has been in building Time Warner Cable, previously a provider of cable TV and high-speed internet services, into the 7th largest telephone company in the nation. I started on the project as a consultant a year before our first subscriber, and now Time Warner Cable has over 2.5 million residential telephone subscribers; is now offering commercial telephone and wireless services.
Another highlight has been in building OnePoint Communications from scratch into a major voice, video, and data provider to the MDU market. The company was sold to Verizon and renamed Verizon Avenue.
Finally, the classified work I performed in Advanced Weapons Systems at Texas Instruments will always be a highlight in my life - mostly because it felt so good to do something good for my country.
Well, first of all, I wouldn't have gotten anywhere without a good education, and I received a good, solid education at SMU. Second, due to my interests, I ended up with a very deep understanding of solid-state device physics and a very broad understanding of not only EE disciplines, but other disciplines like advanced mathematics, physics, mechanics, thermodynamics, computer science, and computer engineering.
The MBA added credentials and credibility in the business workplace, but it was the very broad undergraduate education that has proved most useful to my professional success. I have been blessed with many open doors in part because of my varied and excellent education.
Find things you are interested in, and learn about them — and never stop learning.
Become an expert in one discipline, and knowledgeable in several others. Then find a discipline, a company, and a boss that fits you — and don't settle for any of these that do not fit.
Work harder than everyone else, and do not expect anyone to give anything to you - but be grateful to those who help you.
