Jeffrey L. Abbas

**** *. ***** ******, *******, KS 66224 ( 913-515-

**** ( abgfe8@r.postjobfree.com

President / CEO - Sr. Business Development Executive

Revenue Growth / Change Leadership / Marketing / Alliances & Joint Ventures

/ Legal / Governance

New Products / Non-Profits / P&L / Finance / Turnaround / Strategic

Planning / VRM / Team Building

Accomplished business executive & attorney with success in leading both

private companies and not-for-profit organizations, including the $2B

National Cable Television Cooperative (NCTC). Harvard-educated, fearless

leader with a track record of transforming organizations, developing

success cultures and driving growth through relentless focus on change and

improvement. Substantial Board of Directors experience. Can quickly

contribute by:

< Developing and implementing strategic growth plans

< Leveraging innovation and change into competitive advantage

< Planning and executing rapid business transformations

< Improving quality, time-to-market and service levels

A high-energy, creative problem-solver. Can define the way forward in both

start-ups and mature organizations struggling to achieve short & long-term

goals. Build strong teams by creating a positive environment and rewarding

exceptional performance. Received a Juris Doctor with high distinction from

the University of Iowa Law School and an AB degree cum laude in Government

from Harvard University.

Selected Accomplishments

Strategic plan produces 60% growth. Recruited by NCTC to provide fresh

perspective. Developed two white papers as blueprints for growth, later

used a foundation of five-year strategic plan. Consistently exceed budgeted

goals including increasing subscriber base from 7.4 to 12 million and

generating annual member savings of $130M.

Locked-in long term rates with ESPN. Costs were spiraling out of control

with ESPN passing on 20% annual rate increases to NCTC. Negotiated a

reopening of the final three years of existing contract, achieving 35-60%

lower rate inflators and locking-in long term rates equal to our industry

peers. Saved incumbent members over $1B.

New e-Commerce platform supports 30% spike in volume. NCTC order processing

and customer service was slow and inefficient. Initiated business process

review and needs analysis. Implemented e-commerce platform to reduce order

processing time from three days to one hour, accommodating rapid growth

with 10% less headcount.

Formed strategic alliance with American Cable Association (ACA). NCTC and

ACA activities lacked coordination. Built new alliance with ACA, carving

out business/political responsibilities and recommending structural and

governance reforms. Member satisfaction rates soared and attendance at

joint trade show doubled.

Saved 87% on 20-year licensing agreement. Adelphia was held captive by a

single source interactive programming guide (IPG) vendor. Formed a JV with

three other Top Six cable operators to build a competitive IPG without

infringing patents. Incumbent slashed licensing fees, saving hundreds of

millions of dollars over 20 years.

Negotiated highly-favorable rights to ABC-TV programming. Faced major

negotiation on first day with Adelphia. Used circumstances to force

opponents to justify their most basic positions, re-calibrating

negotiations and achieving extraordinarily favorable terms including free

distribution of ABC broadcast programming for three years and charter

affiliate terms for ESPN2.

Career History

President & CEO, National Cable Television Cooperative (NCTC), 2005-2011.

Established new vision and developed strategic/operational plans to drive

growth. Expanded subscriber base 120% to 27 million. Negotiated content

purchases $2B+ annually. Member, Board of Directors. Active as Management

Consultant during 2012.

Senior VP of Business Affairs, NCTC, 2003-2005. Recruited to re-energize

and bring new ideas to cable and telecommunications service provider.

Benchmarked performance against all US video distributors. Led negotiations

for 90% of annual $1.3B in video purchases. Member, Board of Directors.

VP of Programming, Adelphia Communications, 1998-2003. Senior strategist

for $1B in annual content acquisitions and Team Leader in new product

development. Also, Senior Director of Programming, 1993-1997.

Earlier: Served as Associate Attorney at Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering in

Washington, DC, 1989-1993 and also Associate Attorney at Simmons Perrine,

Cedar Rapids, IA during 1987-1989.

Personal: Married, with teenaged twins. Enjoy singing a capella, hiking,

camping, fishing & tournament poker.

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