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Steve White President, West Division Comcast Cable |
Steve White currently serves as the President of Comcast’s West Division. In this role, he is the senior executive responsible for all Comcast cable operations in Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, New Mexico, Oregon, Washington, Texas, Utah and Wisconsin. He leads about 24,000 employees and serves more than six million customers, driving annual revenue of more than $10 billion.
Prior to his role as Division President, Mr. White served as Regional Senior Vice President for Comcast California. He joined this team in late 2007. In California, he managed 7,500 employees and served more than 2.45 million customers, and led a number of operational improvements during his two-year leadership tenure. He oversaw all operations for Comcast in California, and his team was among the first to launch DOCSIS 3.0 and Project Cavalry.
Mr. White has extensive cable operations experience, serving as the Regional Senior Vice President of the company’s Mid-South Region, where he held management responsibilities for about 1.6 million customers and 4,600 employees, along with leading Comcast/Charter Sports Southeast -- a 24-hour regional sports network based in Atlanta. Prior to the merger of Comcast and AT&T Broadband, Mr. White served as Senior Vice President, AT&T’s Atlanta cluster from 2000 to 2002. Mr. White’s first assignment in the cable industry was in Chicago where he served as Regional Vice President, with Telecommunications, Inc. (TCI), which was purchased by AT&T.
Before joining the cable industry, Mr. White spent six years with the Colgate-Palmolive Company where he held several positions of increased responsibility. Most recently, he was the Marketing Director of Colgate-Palmolive’s Toothbrush Products Division. In this capacity, Mr. White directed and managed the growth of the business, including the development of numerous new products and a relaunch of the Kids Line.
Mr. White has nearly 30 years of experience in sales, marketing, operations, and general management. His broad background includes sales, marketing, and operation management positions in the beverage, health and beauty-care, household products, and healthcare industries.
While he was in California, Mr. White was the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the California Cable & Telecommunications Association (CCTA), and served on the Board of Directors for the California Chamber of Commerce and the Bay Area Council. He also served on the Honorary Advisory Board for WICT Northern California.
Mr. White holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Indiana University. He and his wife Barbita have been married for 20 years, and both are passionate about their family and the church.
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