Comcast Corporation today announced a series of promotions to
Vice President in its Administration, Assurance and Advisory Team,
Federal Government Affairs, Legal, and Strategic Intellectual
Property departments. The following individuals have been
promoted:
Administration:
Deborah Buhles has been promoted to Vice President,
Administration, reporting to Karen Buchholz, Senior Vice President
of Administration. In this position, Deborah is responsible for
developing and managing programs for facilities for the
Philadelphia campus, including operations and optimizing space
planning, corporate travel and relocation.
Before joining Comcast in 2003, Deborah served as corporate
travel manager and manager of innovation for supply chain
management for Capital One and as a purchasing agent for Computer
Task Group.
Deborah holds a B.S. degree in Business Administration from the
State University of New York at Buffalo. She is a Certified
Corporate Travel Executive at the Global Business Travel
Association from Cornell University. She serves on the board as
Secretary of the Philadelphia Academies, Inc., as a Director on the
board for Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics, Inc., the
Co-chair of the Business Advisory Council for OCA – Asian Pacific
American Advocates, and is an Advisor for the Philadelphia chapter
of NAMIC.
Comcast Assurance and Advisory
Team:
Catherine Gray and Anthony DeShan have been
promoted to Vice President of Comcast Assurance and Advisory Team,
reporting to Cynthia Hook, Senior Vice President, General Auditor
and Global Risk Officer.
Catherine is responsible for the design, execution and
oversight of the Cable audit plan, which focuses on financial,
operational and regulatory areas for the Cable business.
Prior to joining Comcast in 2003, Catherine was a supervisor
with KPMG, LLP and concentrated in providing financial assurance
and consulting services to a variety of manufacturing, technology,
and public sector clients.
Catherine serves on the Board of Directors for Rebuilding
Together Philadelphia and is a member of Women in Cable and
Telecommunications. She graduated from Lehigh University with a
B.S. in Accounting. She is a Certified Public Accountant in
Pennsylvania and is a member of the American Institute of Certified
Public Accountants and Institute of Internal Auditors. Catherine
resides in Gloucester Township, NJ with her husband and family.
Anthony oversees the internal audit staff, risk
management, and the performance of financial, operational, and
compliance audits and advisory engagements for the NBCUniversal
business.
Prior to joining Comcast in 2010, Anthony worked at Dell, Inc.,
serving in a variety of financial and operational roles including
the Global Audit function as well as transformation initiatives
within the company. Prior to Dell, he was at PepsiCo &
Pepsi Cola International in financial planning and controllership
roles. He started his career in public accounting as a Certified
Public Accountant. He graduated from Comcast’s Executive Leadership
Forum program, he holds a Masters of Accountancy from Western
Illinois University and a B.A. from Marietta College.
Anthony is a member of the American Institute of Certified
Public Accountants and resides in the Philadelphia area with his
wife and three children.
Federal Government
Affairs:
Juan Otero has been promoted to Vice President of Federal
Government Affairs, reporting to Melissa Maxfield, Senior Vice
President, Federal Government Affairs. Juan is responsible for
federal legislative advocacy, representing Comcast NBCUniversal
with Members of Congress and the Administration. He is also
responsible for developing strategies for achieving corporate
legislative objectives and actively works with third-party policy
stakeholders.
Prior to joining Comcast, Juan served as a Committee Director
for the National Governors Association in Washington, D.C. and as
Deputy Director at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS),
where he oversaw the Department’s efforts to develop improved
interoperability technologies and communications. Before joining
DHS, he worked as Principal Counsel for the National League of
Cities.
Juan sits on the Boards of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus
Institute, the Congressional Hispanic Leadership Institute, the
National Hispanic Caucus of State Legislators, and the Hispanic
Federation of New York. Juan holds a J.D. from the Benjamin N.
Cardozo School of Law and a M.P.A. from American
University. He resides in Arlington, VA.
Legal:
Matthew Fradin and Derek Squire have been promoted
to Vice President and Senior Deputy General Counsel, reporting to
Marc Rockford, Vice President and Senior Deputy General
Counsel.
Matthew is responsible for legal matters related to
strategic corporate transactions, including mergers, acquisitions,
divestitures, joint ventures and debt financings. His transactional
work has also included real estate transactions relating to the
Comcast campus development in Philadelphia and strategic
advertising initiatives. In addition, Matthew oversees the Legal
Technology Operations function serving all Law Department personnel
and chairs the enterprise-wide Legal Technology Committee.
Prior to joining Comcast in 2002, Matthew served as an associate
in the business and finance departments of Latham & Watkins and
Ballad Spahr. In those positions, his responsibilities included
mergers and acquisitions, financings and other corporate
transactions.
He graduated cum laude from The University of Pennsylvania Law
School and he received a B.S. in Finance at University of Illinois.
Matthew lives in Cherry Hill, NJ with his wife and two
daughters.
Derek is responsible for legal matters relating to
acquisitions, divestitures, investments, joint ventures and other
strategic corporate transactions. Derek also serves as General
Counsel of Comcast Ventures, Comcast’s venture capital arm, where
he oversees all legal activities, including structuring and
negotiating new investments and exit transactions, as well as
working with management of Comcast Ventures’ portfolio companies on
legal issues.
Prior to joining Comcast in 2004, Derek was an associate at
Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP in Philadelphia, PA, where his
practice focused on mergers and acquisitions, venture capital and
private equity transactions.
Derek graduated magna cum laude with a B.A. in Economics and
Government from Dartmouth College and received a J.D. magna cum
laude from Harvard Law School. Derek lives in Voorhees, NJ with his
wife and two children.
Brian Rankin has been promoted to Vice President and
Senior Deputy General Counsel, reporting to Lynn Charytan, Senior
Vice President of Legal Regulatory Affairs and Senior Deputy
General Counsel. Brian is responsible for providing counsel for
legal and regulatory matters affecting Comcast’s cable, broadband,
voice and other businesses.
Prior to joining Comcast in 2005, Brian served in senior legal
positions for XO Communications, Aerial Communications and MCI
Communications where he worked on a wide array of legal and
regulatory matters, including litigation before state public
utility commissions. He is licensed to practice law in Pennsylvania
and Illinois.
Brian received a J.D. from DePaul University, where he received
the American Jurisprudence Award for Trial Advocacy, a M.B.A. from
the University of Alabama and a B.S. from Illinois State
University. He serves on the Dean’s Advisory Council of the DePaul
University College of Law and on the board of directors for Public
Citizens for Children and Youth and for Citizens Diplomacy
International of Philadelphia. He resides in Philadelphia with his
wife and son.
Strategic Intellectual
Property:
Mark Dellinger has been promoted to Vice President,
Strategic Intellectual Property, reporting to James Finnegan,
Senior Vice President of Intellectual Property Strategy. Mark is
responsible for patent transaction matters related to Comcast
innovations and provides patent strategy support for mergers,
acquisitions and corporate investments.
Prior to joining Comcast in 2008, Mark served as Vice President
at a boutique intellectual property consulting firm where he led
its patent brokerage team and provided strategic advice to a
diverse client base of Fortune 500 technology companies and global
investment firms. Mark also held senior
positions in intellectual property related to
cross-licensing, technology transfers and business strategy at
Lucent Technologies.
Mark has a M.S. from Stevens Institute of Technology and a B.A.
from East Stroudsburg University. Mark resides in Newtown, PA
with his wife and their three children.
About Comcast Corporation:
Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK) is a global media and
technology company with two primary businesses, Comcast Cable and
NBCUniversal. Comcast Cable is the nation’s largest video,
high-speed Internet and phone provider to residential customers
under the XFINITY brand and also provides these services to
businesses. NBCUniversal operates news, entertainment and sports
cable networks, the NBC and Telemundo broadcast networks,
television production operations, television station groups,
Universal Pictures and Universal Parks and Resorts. Visit
www.comcastcorporation.com for more information.
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