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TDS CEO and leadership

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Executive Summary. Based on our data team's research, Leroy T. Carlson Jr is the Telephone and Data Systems's CEO. Telephone and Data Systems has 9,900 employees, of which 31 are in a leadership position.
Here are further demographic highlights of the leadership team:
  • The Telephone and Data Systems executive team is 35% female and 65% male.
  • 68% of the management team is White.
  • 14% of Telephone and Data Systems management is Hispanic or Latino.
  • 11% of the management team is Black or African American.
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Name & TitleBio
Leroy T. Carlson Jr

President/CEO

LeRoy T. Carlson, Jr., is chairman of United States Cellular Corporation, a publicly traded subsidiary of TDS. Carlson is president and chief executive officer, and a director, of TDS. He is also chairman and a director of TDS Telecommunications Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of TDS.

Kimberly D. Dixon

Board Member

Anita J. Kroll

VP, Controller & CAO

Anita Kroll is a VP/Chief Acctg Officer/Controller at TELEPHONE & DATA SYSTEMS INC /DE/. She has worked as Dir:Revenue Recognition at TELEPHONE & DATA SYSTEMS INC /DE/ and VP/Controller at TELEPHONE & DATA SYSTEMS INC /DE/. Anita works or has worked as Dir:Accounting & Reporting at TELEPHONE & DATA SYSTEMS INC /DE/. She attended Washington University in St LO, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY.

Clarence A. Davis

Board Member

James W. Butman

Board Member

Prudence E. Carlson

Board Member

Wade Oosterman

Board Member

Christopher D. O'Leary

Board Member

Jane W. McCahon

SVP Corp Relations & Corp Sec

Kurt B. Thaus

SVP & CIO

Kurt B. Thaus's LinkedIn

Kurt B. Thaus is senior vice president and CIO of TDS, which owns 84 percent of U.S. Cellular, a position he has held since joining TDS in 2004. Thaus is responsible for all elements of TDS’ information technology function. Prior to joining TDS, Thaus held senior leadership positions with T-Systems North America, Inc., a subsidiary of T-Systems International (Deutsche Telecom) and Waste Management, Inc.

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Name & TitleBio
Leroy T. Carlson Jr

President/CEO

LeRoy T. Carlson, Jr., is chairman of United States Cellular Corporation, a publicly traded subsidiary of TDS. Carlson is president and chief executive officer, and a director, of TDS. He is also chairman and a director of TDS Telecommunications Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of TDS.

TDS board members

Name & TitleBio
Leroy T. Carlson Jr

President/CEO

LeRoy T. Carlson, Jr., is chairman of United States Cellular Corporation, a publicly traded subsidiary of TDS. Carlson is president and chief executive officer, and a director, of TDS. He is also chairman and a director of TDS Telecommunications Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of TDS.

Kimberly D. Dixon

Board Member

Clarence A. Davis

Board Member

James W. Butman

Board Member

Prudence E. Carlson

Board Member

Wade Oosterman

Board Member

Christopher D. O'Leary

Board Member

Laurent C. Therivel

Board Member

Letitia G. C. Carlson

MD

Walter C. D. Carlson

Board Member

TDS leadership demographics

TDS gender distribution in management team

  • The Telephone and Data Systems executive team is 35% female and 65% male.
  • Telephone and Data Systems is 39% female and 61% male company-wide.
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Male
65%
Company-wide: 61%
Female
Female
35%
Company-wide: 39%

TDS executives by race

Management Team:
  • The most common ethnicity among Telephone and Data Systems executive officers is White.
  • 68% of the management team is White.
  • 14% of Telephone and Data Systems's management is Hispanic or Latino.
  • 11% of the management team is Black or African American.
Company-wide:
  • White is the most common ethnicity company-wide.
  • 66% of employees are White.
  • 11% of employees are Asian.
  • 11% of employees are Hispanic or Latino.
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Updated November 18, 2022

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