clara hustad

Responsible for AT&T Manufacturing, Transportation, and Consumer Packaged Goods Industry Marketing. Our team is responsible for setting strategic direction for over 1,000 customers and over $2B in AT&T Business Products.

Coordinate Chairman's staff meetings, and international travel. Manage Chairman's contribution budget, conduct monthly cost analysis and status updates. Coordinate and execute quarterly Executive Operations Town Hall's. Responsible for Compliance, EH&S, Diversity, RIM, Employee Recognition, Executive Escalations, Communications, and Business Continuity Planning. My team is responsible for managing a select number of Executive Events, vetting vendors for Executives, budget reporting, and volunteer/philanthropy as well as other miscellaneous projects that don't fit into other departments.

Managed teams of Customer Support Specialists that handled AT&T's Global Accounts. Our assigned clients included Wal-Mart, Kimberly Clarke, Yum! Brands, American Airlines, Pitney Bowes, Chicago Board of Options Exchange,etc. My Specialists handled ordering requests, escalations, and up-selling.

* Responsible for introducing Minority, Women, and Disabled Veteran Owned Companies into AT&T's supply chain specifically in the following areas: Call Centers, Marketing, HR, Legal, Healthcare, and Government. * Held Quarterly Meetings with Senior Executives to review their Diversity goals and find ways to create opportunities for new potential suppliers. * Assist Prime Suppliers with finding Diverse suppliers for their supply chain. * Reviewing Financial Statements of potential suppliers to ensure they are fiscally responsible, and ensured scalability based on the available opportunity. * Participating in Diversity Events in search of new suppliers and promoting AT&T's Supplier Diversity Goals. * Coordinating & Participating in Supplier Diversity Events held in the Midwest & Southwest Regions along with several National Events

* Managed a team of 9 Technicians who handled high capacity circuits. * My Technicians handled maintenance for customers classified as Major Accounts within the 5 state Midwest AT&T region (IL, MI, IN, OH, WI). * Our accounts included Chicago Board of Options Exchange (CBOE), Illinois Lottery, University of Wisconsin, Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Kimberly Clarke and Chicago Public Schools.

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* Responsible for the offer, packaging, promotion strategy, and implementation for small business segments within AT&T. * Own various penetration strategies for bundles across the small business portfolio * Responsible for managing and developing offers across all segments and driving results for each offer. * Responsible for improving the customer and seller experience on bundles and packages * Simplification of Small Business product portfolio through product launches or product retirement * Responsibility for offers and bundle support of the Fiber To The Building (FTTB) initiative

Activities and Societies: Alpha Kappa Psi, UTSA Ambassadors, Baptist Student Ministry