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Catherine Avgiris Senior Vice President and General Manager Wireless and Voice Services Comcast Cable |
Catherine Avgiris, Senior Vice President and General Manager for Wireless and Voice Services, oversees all aspects of the voice and wireless businesses, including the Company’s aggressive rollout of Comcast Digital Voice®, now available to more than 47 million homes. Cathy is also responsible for the recent launch of the Comcast High-Speed 2go wireless data service, which was recently introduced in Portland, OR.
Cathy is largely responsible for Comcast’s strong entrance into the voice business. Under her leadership, Comcast has grown to become the largest competitive facilities-based voice provider in the country as well as the third-largest residential phone service provider in the U.S., milestones achieved in less than four years since introducing Comcast Digital Voice.
A 15-year veteran of the communications industry, Cathy’s influence extends far beyond her success with the launch of Comcast Digital Voice. From 2003 to 2005, she served as the Senior Vice President of Finance for Comcast Cable and managed all financial and administrative activity for Comcast Online and Voice services. Prior to that, Cathy transformed the circuit-switched telephone business acquired from AT&T Broadband into a profitable and efficient business, making Comcast one of the largest non-Bell, facilities-based competitive local telephone providers in the U.S. Previously, Cathy helped formulate and execute a launch strategy that grew Comcast’s High-Speed Internet business from 150,000 customers to the nation’s largest residential ISP. Cathy began her career in the communications industry as a Regional Vice President of Finance and Operations managing cable systems in excess of 500,000 subscribers and helped execute one of the first digital cable launches for Comcast.
A graduate of Baruch College, Cathy holds a B.A. in Accounting and is a Certified Public Accountant in New York and Pennsylvania. Cathy is a member of the Accenture Women’s Leadership Forum and Forum for Executive Women, and serves in leadership roles with the Women in Cable and Telecommunications (WICT) Philadelphia chapter. She also is president of the Ladies Philoptochos Nausica Organization. Cathy was named one of the “Top 15 Women in Business” by PINK Magazine, a national magazine for professional women, and has been honored with WICT’s Liberty Award and as one of Cableworld’s “Most Powerful Women in Cable” and Multichannel News’ “Wonder Women.”
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