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Colleen Abdoulah, the only female CEO to lead a top twenty cable company, is widely respected for her passionate focus on customer experience and company culture. Colleen has guided WOW! Internet, Cable and Phone through seven years of industry leading financial success and earned an unprecedented ten J.D. Power and Associates awards for customer satisfaction. Coming from an entrepreneurial family background, Colleen learned early in life the importance of treating people with respect and to share whatever riches one may have in life with others. She learned that when you focus on the health and well-being of people, that the profits will follow. This perspective is ever present in Colleen’s unique leadership style and management approach. She fervently believes that the only meaningful and substantial differentiator in today’s competitive environment is people – their minds, their attitudes, their unique contributions. Colleen has been the keynote speaker at a variety of management conferences and business forums, where she has shared her views on the strategic importance of customer experience and company culture; development of gender-balanced management and leadership; and cultivation of authentic leadership among other topics. She delivers her messages with stunning honesty and energy, stories of personal courage, and always a keen sense of humor. Prior to joining WOW!, Colleen spent much of her career at Tele-Communications Inc. (TCI) where she served in a number of positions including Assistant to the COO and Executive Vice President of Cable Operations. During her tenure there, she architected the business strategy and deployment of TCI’s digital cable service after serving as General Manager of Netlink, where she oversaw operations of TCI’s national satellite division. Colleen is an ardent voice for those who have been marginalized. She is the outgoing Chairwoman of the Board for the Rocky Mountain Children’s Law Center, a non-profit advocacy group for abused and neglected children with which she been involved for over a decade. She also serves on the board for The Women’s College of the University of Denver. Colleen actively supports the Women’s Global Empowerment Fund, a non-profit organization that reaches poor and underserved women in northern Uganda through microfinance loans and education programs. Within the telecommunications industry, she currently serves on the boards of the American Cable Association and C-SPAN, and is a past Vice President of the Executive Board of Women in Cable and Telecommunications as well as past Chairperson for the Women in Cable Telecommunications Foundation. Colleen received her undergraduate degree in Public Relations and Marketing from Mount Royal College in Calgary, and her MBA from the University of Denver. |
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