Management Team

Ms. Elder was appointed as CEO of the Company in December 2017. Ms. Elder has more than 25 years of experience in the cable and wireless industries, including previous CEO and President roles. She has been an officer of Vodafone, AT&T Broadband (now Comcast), Clearwire (now T-Mobile), and MediaOne among others. She is Vice Chair of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Board of Trustees and a member of the Board of C-SPAN. She has been Chair of the Management Board of the Stanford University Graduate School of Business, a member of the Board of Advisors to the Stanford University MSx Program and Steering Committee to Stanford Women on Boards, and served on the Board of Advisors for the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics. Ms. Elder received her undergraduate degree from Creighton University, summa cum laude, and she holds a Master of Science in Management degree from Stanford University. Ms. Elder was selected to serve on our Board of Directors because of her extensive executive and industry experience, in addition to her role as our Chief Executive Officer.

Mr. Rego is WOW!’s chief financial officer. He joined the company on June 29, 2020 bringing with him more than 36 years of finance, accounting and operational experience.

Prior to joining WOW!, Mr. Rego served as CFO for Telaria, Inc. (sold to the Rubicon Project), and prior to that was CFO for Virgin Galactic. He also served as executive vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer for Vonage Holdings Corp. for nearly eight years as they substantially grew their customer base.

Mr. Rego received his undergraduate degree from Rutgers University and is a Certified Public Accountant and a Chartered Global Management Accountant.

Mr. Schena joined the WOW! team in July 2018. As chief customer experience officer, Mr. Schena has responsibility for WOW!’s strategy and vision for all customer-facing functions. Mr. Schena has more than 25 years of senior-level experience in the telecommunications industry, having previously served as senior vice president at Clearwire, Comcast, AT&T and MediaOne. In his roles at Comcast and AT&T, he oversaw up to 5,000 employees and more than 2 million customers. In addition, Mr. Schena served as chief operating officer at Simple Star where he led strategy execution and managed finance, human resources, customer care, business development, and partner management functions.

Mr. Schena brings to WOW! an impressive track record of building and managing customer relationships and delivering advanced products and services to customers.

Mr. Hryckiewicz joined WOW! as chief technology officer in January 2020 bringing more than 20 years of experience as an engineering and technical operations executive in the telecommunications industry.

He was most recently the senior vice president of engineering operations for residential and business services for Time Warner Cable where he managed strategic and operational oversight of network design, deployment, operations and expansion. Prior to his tenure at Time Warner Cable, he held multiple leadership positions at Adelphia Communications Corporation.

Mr. Case was named chief information officer at WOW! in September 2019 with responsibility for leading the company’s IT, technology transformation, and program management teams.  Bill is focused on delivering best-in-class technologies that enable an industry-leading customer experience and world-class products and services.

Mr. Case joined WOW! in 2018 as vice president of Total Rewards, bringing more than 25 years of technology, operations, human resources and business development experience in the cable, business services and healthcare industries.  His broad experience includes executive roles with AT&T Broadband (now Comcast), Teletech (now TTEC), Hewitt Associates (now AON), ProNerve (now SpecialtyCare), WCG Partners, and Cochlear.

Before joining WOW!, Mr. Case was managing partner of Wheelhouse Consulting Group. His experience also includes roles as vice president of Employee Services for AT&T Broadband; Global Operations Service Leader for AON Hewitt; vice president of Global Business Services at TTEC; chief operating officer, executive vice president, and chief development officer at ProNerve; and vice president of Business Development at Cochlear.

Mr. Case holds a bachelor’s degree in Finance and Marketing as well as a master’s degree in Information Systems from the University of Colorado, Boulder. He earned an MBA at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management in Evanston, Illinois.

Mr. Brunick joined WOW! as chief human resources officer in February 2018. For more than 30 years, Mr. Brunick has transformed the human resources functions in large companies to be the driver for business performance through top talent who are valued, well trained, and recognized for the work they do to make organizations thrive.

Mr. Brunick is a veteran of the telecom, wireless and cable industries, having been the top HR executive in organizations such as MediaOne (now Comcast) and Adelphia (now Comcast and Time Warner).

Mr. Brunick attended the University of Colorado where he earned a bachelor’s degree in Business and a master’s degree in Management and Organizational Development. Mr. Brunick also received a Doctor of Behavioral Health degree from Arizona State University. Mr. Brunick is committed to his community with a focus on improving the mental health of people in Colorado. Mr. Brunick is an active volunteer and former board member for Maria Droste Counseling, a community mental health agency in Denver.

Mr. Martin is WOW!’s general counsel and secretary, positions he has held since joining the company in January 2000. Prior to joining WOW!, Mr. Martin served as chief operating officer and chairperson of the cable and telecommunications practice group of Howard & Howard Attorneys, PC.

He received his undergraduate degree from Amherst College, his Master of Science from Trinity College, Dublin and his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Notre Dame.