Beth R. Barnes serves as Vice President, Mass Markets and Marketing, accountable for residential and small
business sales and revenue, marketing, corporate analytics, and customer experience since January 1, 2020. Having over 20 years of analytical experience, Ms. Barnes joined the Company in January 2013 as a manager in market research and
analytics and has since had several leadership roles in sales, marketing, product, and analytics, including senior director/director, mass markets; director consumer product and marketing; senior manager/manager, marketing, research and analytics.
Prior to joining Alaska Communications, she provided customer and market insights to several Fortune 500 financial services companies, including Farm Bureau Financial Services, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, and Assurant, Inc. Ms. Barnes
serves as vice chair of Junior Achievement Alaska and serves on the Anchorage Economic Development Corporations Investor Council. Ms. Barnes received her B.S. in Business Administration from Drake University and her M.B.A. from the University
of Wisconsin, Oshkosh.
Richard P. Benken serves as Vice President, Network Strategy, Engineering and Operations, overseeing and providing executive level
leadership for network strategy, design, construction, engineering, operations and supply chain management, and has served in this role since July 23, 2017. Mr. Benken joined the Company in May 2016 and has served in leadership roles in
network engineering and operations, including 2 years as Senior Director of network strategy, and two years in his current position. Mr. Benken has more than 30 years of wireline and wireless telecommunications experience, including positions
at Cincinnati Bell in network architecture, engineering, operations and business development, and 5 years experience in the U.S. Air Force at Wright Aeronautical Laboratories. Mr. Benken received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the
US Air Force Academy and a M.S. in Computer Engineering from Wright State University.
Aurora G. David serves as Vice President, Information Technology,
leading the IT applications, infrastructure & operations and business transformation teams, and has served in this role since May 14, 2012. Since Ms. David joined the Company, she has led major enterprise initiatives to modernize
system landscape such as unified communication platform, customer web portal, and cyber security. She has more than 25 years of telecommunications industry experience leading acquisitions, overhauling enterprise application ecosystems and
establishing project management offices. Ms. Davids prior work experience includes Integra Telecom and Pacific Telecom. She also led a software consulting start-up company primarily geared for
communications companies in the Pacific Northwest area. Ms. David received her B.A. in Business Management from the University of the Philippines and her M.A. in Computer Science from Ateneo de Manila.
James R. Gutcher serves as Vice President, Strategy and Product Management, providing leadership in the Companys strategy, product management and pricing
functions, and has served in this role since January 1, 2020. Mr. Gutcher joined Alaska Communications in January 2014 and has served in leadership roles in product management and marketing, including Director of Product Management,
Director of Product Management and Marketing, and Senior Director of Product Management and Pricing. Mr. Gutcher has more than 25 years of telecommunications experience serving small businesses, enterprises, and service providers with voice and
data products in strategy, product management, operations and support roles at Avaya and Nortel Networks. Mr. Gutcher holds a B.A.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Toronto.
Tiffany G. Hoogerhyde serves as Vice President, Finance and Controller, leading the Companys accounting department and Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) program, and has
served in this role since December 8, 2019. Ms. Hoogerhyde joined Alaska Communications in 1997 and has held leadership roles in the Companys accounting and treasury functions before taking her current role as the principal
accounting officer. Ms. Hoogerhyde has over 20 years of telecommunications experience and 18 years of finance leadership experience at Alaska Communications. Ms. Hoogerhyde just recently rolled off as the Treasurer of the Dimond High
School Parent Teacher Student Association and serves as a management trustee for the Alaska Communications retirement plans. Ms. Hoogerhyde is a lifelong Alaskan holding a B.A. in Accounting from Portland State University, a M.B.A. from the
University of Alaska, Anchorage and is a licensed Certified Public Accountant.
Sean P. Lindamood serves as Vice President, Business Sales, overseeing
enterprise and carrier sales operations, sales engineering, and managed IT services and has been in this role since in July 21, 2019. Mr. Lindamood has been with Alaska Communications for almost 21 years in various sales and leadership
positions, including ten years as an Account Executive, two years as a Sales Manager, and almost eight years as a Director and Sr. Director of Sales and Managed Services.
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