Frontier Communications Chief Operating Officer Dan McCarthy in Sun Prairie for Wisconsin Territory Tour (City of Sun Prairie Office of Economic Development)

Southern Wisconsin Region Manager Terry Kucera, National Region Senior Vice President Rhonda Lutzke, Central Region Field Marketing Director Burgess Harrison, Director of Operations Charles Staeven and Frontier Communications Chief Operating Officer Dan McCarthy met with Mayor John Murray, Council President Zach Weber, and Alderman Jon Freund to introduce themselves to one another.   Economic Development Director Neil Stechschulte then took the Frontier team on a tour of Sun Prairie.  The Frontier team is showing Dan McCarthy around Sun Prairie and Frontier's Southern Region as a part of a tour of statewide facilities and service territories in Wisconsin.   The team then adjourned to Buck and Honey's restaurant with some community partners for dinner.  Frontier has made and is making considerable investment in infrastructure throughout their territory in Wisconsin, and was looking to initiate a more formal conversation about Sun Prairie's future needs.

Update: Q&A with Frontier COO Dan McCarthy (Sun Prairie Star)
http://www.sunprairiestar.com/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=50&ArticleID=8489&TM=80950.78

Frontier Sun Prairie Facility to Become Assignment Center; 50 Jobs to Be Added (City of Sun Prairie Office of Economic Development)

Frontier Communications Senior Vice President and General Manager for the National Region Rhonda Lutzke Speaks with Sun Prairie Mayor John Murray at their ribbon cutting ceremony at the Sun Prairie offices on Tuesday June 28th. (Photo by Neil Stechschulte)

Frontier Communications officially announced the transition of the Sun Prairie facility to an "Assignment Center" for dispatching work crews for service territories in 35 states. More than 100 current employees are undergoing training for this new responsibility, and Frontier is anticipating hiring an additional 50 employees over the next 12 months. Participating Frontier officials included Senior Vice President and General Manager for the National Region Rhonda Lutzke, Mike O'Keefe Senior Vice President for Operations Support, Sr. Vice President for the Central Region John Lass, and and Wisconsin Southern Region General Manager Terry Kucera.

To view today's announcement ceremony, click on the following videos provided by the Sun Prairie Star:

Frontier Ribbon Cutting (1 of 5)
Frontier Ribbon Cutting (2 of 5)
Frontier Ribbon Cutting (3 of 5)
Frontier Ribbon Cutting (4 of 5)
Frontier Ribbon Cutting (5 of 5)

Blogger's Note: Thank you to Frontier for making this investment in Sun Prairie. We look forward to expanding our partnerships with you and growing our community as you grow your company.

UPDATE - Link to full article in the Sun Prairie Star: http://www.sunprairiestar.com/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=50&ArticleID=7775

Frontier Communications Senior VP & General Manager Becky Berkey Potts Visits Sun Prairie (City of Sun Prairie Office of Economic Development)

Frontier Communications Senior Vice President and General Manager Becky Berkey Potts visited the Sun Prairie and Portage offices this past week to meet with her Wisconsin offices and staff. Since taking on her current role last year, her areas of responsibility include operations proficiency, employee relations, community relations, competition and customer ownership by fostering innovation and working cross-functionally. Her territory includes Utah, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, and Wisconsin. Becky's duties will bring her to Wisconsin to meet with her Wisconsin team several times every year.

She attended the Social Media Breakfast meeting with Southern Wisconsin Regional Manager Terry Kucera on Wednesday, as Frontier sponsored breakfast that day. Becky and Terry also and met with City Economic Development Director Neil Stechschulte and Sun Prairie Chamber of Commerce board member Pete Schmeling at Buck & Honey's on Thursday evening. The discussion over dinner included how Frontier is looking forward to being a significant partner in the City's Economic Development efforts, what services Frontier may be deploying in Sun Prairie in the coming years, and the upcoming announcement on June 28th regarding the expanding role of the Sun Prairie offices in Frontier's Wisconsin market.

About Frontier Communications

Frontier Communications Corporation is included in the S&P 500 Index offering voice, high-speed internet, satellite video, wireless Internet data access, data security solutions, bundled offerings, specialized bundles for small businesses and home offices, and advanced business communications for medium and large businesses in 27 states and with approximately 14,900 employees.

It has a 100 percent U.S.-based workforce. More information is available at www.frontier.com and www.frontier.com/ir

Sun Prairie Shines at Social Media Breakfast (City of Sun Prairie Office of Economic Development)

Panelists at the Social Media Breakfast in Madison Discuss Their Trade (Photo by Neil Stechschulte)

I just want everybody to know how with it Sun Prairie is when it comes to social media.

Ellie Humphrey and Tony Rodriguez, co-managers of Social Media Breakfast Madison are both Sun Prairie residents.

Of the five social media panelists presenting on "Starting Social Media from Scratch" at today's Social Media Breakfast Madison meeting at Harbor Athletic Club, two of them had direct ties to Sun Prairie: Tony Rodriguez (the same as mentioned previously) is owner of Mad City Ads (and as previously stated is a Sun Prairie resident). Lynn Belken is new Director of Marketing and Customer Education for WPPI Energy (formerly with Focus on Energy).

The sponsor for breakfast was from Sun Prairie's own Frontier Communications (Thanks Terry).

Finally, I also met at least three other people with direct ties to Sun Prairie.

With so much interest coming our way, we're hoping to get the SMB Madison team over to Sun Prairie a bit more often.