James Butman - Telephone CEO

CEO

Mr. James W. Butman is Director of the Company. Mr. Butman brings substantial experience, expertise and qualifications with respect to TDS and its subsidiaries and industries in which they operate as a result of his leadership roles at TDS Telecom. Mr. Butman has extensive sales and marketing experience. Mr. Butman was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of TDS Telecom on January 1, 2018. Prior to that, he was TDS Telecom Chief Operating Officer since October 2016 and was its Group President of Marketing, Sales Customer Operations from 2006 to 2016. As President and Chief Executive Officer of TDS Telecom, the board of directors considers it appropriate and beneficial for Mr. Butman to serve on the TDS board to provide the board with his views on strategy and operations of TDS Telecom and its businesses since 2018.
Age 62
Tenure 6 years
Professional MarksMBA
Phone312-630-1900
Webhttp://www.tdsinc.com
Butman has a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance from the University of Wisconsin—Eau Claire and an MBA in Finance from the University of Wisconsin—Madison.

Telephone Management Efficiency

The company has Return on Asset of 1.08 % which means that on every $100 spent on assets, it made $1.08 of profit. This is way below average. In the same way, it shows a return on shareholders' equity (ROE) of 3.44 %, implying that it generated $3.44 on every 100 dollars invested. Telephone's management efficiency ratios could be used to measure how well Telephone manages its routine affairs as well as how well it operates its assets and liabilities.
Telephone And Data has 2.45 B in debt with debt to equity (D/E) ratio of 47.5, demonstrating that the company may be unable to create cash to meet all of its financial commitments. Telephone And Data has a current ratio of 2.67, demonstrating that it is liquid and is capable to disburse its financial commitments when the payables are due. Note however, debt could still be an excellent tool for Telephone to invest in growth at high rates of return.

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Telephone and Data Systems, Inc., a telecommunications company, provides wireless, wireline, cable, and hosted and managed services in the United States. The company was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. Telephone is traded on New York Stock Exchange in USA. Telephone And Data (TDE) is traded on New York Stock Exchange in USA and employs 9,900 people.

Management Performance

Telephone And Data Leadership Team

Elected by the shareholders, the Telephone's board of directors comprises two types of representatives: Telephone inside directors who are chosen from within the company, and outside directors, selected externally and held independent of Telephone. The board's role is to monitor Telephone's management team and ensure that shareholders' interests are well served. Telephone's inside directors are responsible for reviewing and approving budgets prepared by upper management to implement core corporate initiatives and projects. On the other hand, Telephone's outside directors are responsible for providing unbiased perspectives on the board's policies.
Christopher OLeary, Independent Director
Wade Oosterman, Independent Director
Jane McCahon, Senior Vice President - Corporate Relations and Corporate Secretary
Clarence Davis, Independent Director
George Off, Independent Director
Prudence Carlson, Director
Walter Carlson, Non-Executive Chairman of the Board
LeRoy Carlson, CEO and President Director, Chairman of Pricing Committee, Member of Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee, Member of Technology Advisory Group Committee, Chairman of U S Cellular and Chairman of TDS Telecom
James Butman, President and CEO of TDS Telecommunications Corporation
Kimberly Dixon, Independent Director
Joseph Hanley, Senior Vice President - Technology, Services and Strategy
Letitia Carlson, Director
Gary Sugarman, Independent Director
Peter Sereda, Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President - Finance, Principal Financial Officer
Laurent Therivel, President and Chief Executive Officer of U.S. Cellular, Director
Scott Williamson, Senior Vice President - Acquisitions and Corporate Development
Kenneth Meyers, CFO, Executive VP, Director, Member of Pricing Committee and Director of U S Cellular
Kurt Thaus, Chief Information Officer, Senior Vice President
Daniel DeWitt, Senior Vice President - Human Resources

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