Stephen Farkouh is chief information officer at Windstream. He had previously held a variety of management and engineering positions with OnFiber Communications and MCIWorldCom.īayer holds a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from Oklahoma State University. He joined Windstream in September 2014 from CenturyLink, now Lumen, where he was director of transport planning and engineering. Prior to being named Chief Network Officer in 2019, Bayer was previously senior vice president of transport engineering, overseeing Windstream’s long-haul, regional and metro networks inside plant facilities, and fiber deployment. Bayer will continue to oversee Windstream Wholesale sales and operations as well as network engineering and field operations in markets where Windstream is a competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC).īayer also leads network engineering, architecture, and capital investment as well as field operations in markets where Windstream is a competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC). Ron “Buddy” Bayer is president of the Enterprise and Wholesale business unit.īayer is responsible for sales and marketing, service delivery, customer care, service assurance, and access as well as the Channel Program for the Enterprise business unit. Small holds an accounting degree from Arkansas State University. He previously served as the controller for Ranger Boats, Inc., and was a senior auditor with Arthur Andersen LLP. He also held a variety of other accounting and finance leadership roles with Windstream. Previously, he was senior vice president of corporate development and operations for Communications Sales & Leasing (now Uniti Group), the Real Estate Investment Trust created in 2015 with the spinoff of certain Windstream network assets.īefore joining CS&L, Small was vice president of procurement and carrier service delivery at Windstream. Small joined the company in June 2016 as executive vice president of engineering and network operations. He is currently the executive sponsor of the Windstream Black Professionals Network employee resource group. He also has responsibility for the broadband engineering, broadband project management and outside plant engineering groups in these markets. Small oversees all aspects of Windstream’s relationship with consumers as well as small and medium sized business customers in these markets, including field operations, sales, customer care, and marketing and product marketing. Jeff Small is president of consumer, small and medium-sized business in markets where Windstream is the Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier (ILEC). He holds a master’s degree in business administration from Wake Forest University and a bachelor's degree in accountancy from the University of Illinois.
Before entering the communications industry, he was with Ernst & Young in the telecom practice. He held a variety of financial and operational leadership roles at Alltel after joining the company when it merged with 360 Communications in 1998. Thomas joined Windstream as controller following the spinoff from Alltel Corp. In addition, Thomas has deep capital market expertise, having led almost $10 billion in debt transactions. During his five-year tenure as CFO, Thomas played an integral role in Windstream's expansion by completing seven acquisitions totaling more than $5.6 billion in transaction value. Thomas served as the chief financial officer for Windstream from August 2009 through September 2014. Thomas has more than 20 years’ experience in the communications industry. He was appointed to the position in December 2014. Tony Thomas is president and chief executive officer of Windstream.
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