Technology >> CEO Interviews >> April 2, 2001
LARISSA L. HERDA is Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive
Officer of Time Warner Telecom Inc. Ms. Herda took the helm of Time
Warner Telecom Inc., as President and Chief Executive Officer, on June
22, 1998. She was elected Chairman of the Time Warner Telecom Inc. Board
of Directors effective June 7, 2001. Ms. Herda served as the company's
Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing from March 1, 1997 to her
appointment as Chief Executive. Under Ms. Herda's direction, Time Warner
Telecom introduced comprehensive data, voice over IP and metro Ethernet
products; expanded its optical network footprint and regional
connectivity between cities; launched switched telephone services; built
a national IP backbone; and made two acquisitions ' a regional Internet
Service Provider and a West coast-based CLEC. Ms. Herda has raised a
total of nearly $3 billion in the public and debt markets, including a
$290 million IPO, since becoming Time Warner Telecom President and CEO.
Time Warner Telecom offers fiber-based, metro-area broadband networks
and services to business customers in 44 US markets. Profile
then a profile of the company as it is now?
Ms. Herda: Time Warner Telecom started off as part of a joint venture
between
