Alaska Communications Promotes William H. Bishop to Chief Operations Officer
April 09 2019 - 8:55AM
Business Wire
Alaska Communications (NASDAQ: ALSK), the state’s leading
broadband and managed IT services provider, today announced William
H. Bishop, senior vice president, customer and revenue management,
is being promoted to senior vice president and chief operations
officer as of April 9, 2019. In the newly created role reporting to
President and CEO Anand Vadapalli, Bishop will assume
responsibility for business operations including revenue across all
market segments, customer service, network and IT.
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Bill Bishop, new COO at Alaska
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“Bill established our carrier and federal sales capabilities
over a decade ago and has been the operational leader driving our
industry-leading revenue growth in enterprise and carrier over the
past 10 years. We see significant opportunity for continued growth
in the markets we serve, and Bill is positioned perfectly to help
us drive our business performance given his track record, strong
leadership, deep knowledge of Alaska and experience in our
industry. I am excited for Alaska Communications and the value Bill
will create for our people, customers and shareholders,” Vadapalli
said.
Bishop added, “In this new capacity, I look forward to serving
customers, providing solutions for Alaska businesses as their
technology partner and building upon our success as a
customer-focused organization.”
WILLIAM H. BISHOP
Bishop joined Alaska Communications in 2004 and has served in
several leadership roles in consumer and business sales and
operations, including director of retail operations, director of
business and wholesale, vice president of business and wholesale,
and senior vice president of customer and revenue management. He
brings more than 25 years of telecom and business leadership
experience to this role, including positions at AT&T, McCaw
Communications, and a federal government logistic contracting
company.
Originally from Fairbanks, Bishop is active in the Alaska
community. He has served on many community boards including as past
board member for the Alaska State Chamber of Commerce and current
board member for Alaska Business Week. Bishop holds a bachelor’s
degree from the University of Alaska Anchorage.
About Alaska Communications
Alaska Communications (NASDAQ: ALSK) is the leading provider of
advanced broadband and managed IT services for businesses and
consumers in Alaska. The company operates a highly reliable,
advanced statewide data network with the latest technology and the
most diverse undersea fiber optic system connecting Alaska to the
contiguous U.S. For more information, visit
www.alaskacommunications.com or www.alsk.com.
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