Robert L. Putnam

Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer

Bob Putnam joined Suddenlink Communications in March 2003, bringing nearly two decades of experience in the IT industry.

As Chief Information Officer, Mr. Putnam has been responsible for the build out of the Information Technology department to support the growth of the company from a start-up environment to one now supporting 1.3 million customers and 4,800-plus employees.

Mr. Putnam oversees a team responsible for all aspects of the company's information technology department, including enterprise systems for financials, human resources, billing, mediation, data warehousing and business intelligence, public websites, customer portal, custom applications, knowledge management, work force management and database management. In addition, the team is responsible for the IT infrastructure across the company footprint for data centers, internal LAN/WAN, desktop and employee help desk. Additionally, the Program Management Office is set up and run out of the IT Department for large-scale, cross-functional initiatives.

Prior to joining the company, Mr. Putnam was Division Vice President of Consulting at Information Builders Inc., a privately held, $300 million software and consulting company. Prior to that, Mr. Putnam was a Senior Vice President with Hitachi Consulting, the former consulting division of Grant Thornton LLP, of which he was Partner-in-charge of a nationwide practice.

Mr. Putnam holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Information Systems from Southwest Missouri State University.