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10 Charter Communications IT leaders
These ten current and former Charter Communications IT leaders, including its Chief Technology and Information Officer, hold or have held group vice president, vice president, senior director and director roles in information technology at the company. A reader can learn how CIOs and IT leaders lead technology organizations in telecommunications businesses.
Professionals to explore
01—10Bill Huston
LinkedInExperience: Vice President - Information Technology · Charter Communications
Former Vice President - Information Technology at Charter Communications (2011–2024) in St. Louis, a role the source lists in the Engineering and Technical department. Former Senior Director - IT at Charter Communications (1999–2011); the profile lists retirement in August 2024.
Chris Schmoker
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, IT Commercial Services & Enterprise Portals · Charter Communications
Vice President, IT Commercial Services & Enterprise Portals at Charter Communications since 2016, with a Vice President, IT Enterprise role at the company listed since 2014. Former Vice President, IT Service Delivery (2012–2013) and Senior Director, IT Service Delivery (2007–2012) at Charter Communications.
David Hosein
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Information Technology, Customer Care Technology · Charter Communications
Vice President Information Technology, Customer Care Technology at Charter Communications since April 2022. Former Sr Director of IT SW Engineering-- Customer Operations Technology at Charter Communications (2020–2022), and former Enterprise Director of IT, Application Development - Customer Experience Technology at Time Warner Cable (2012–2020).
Gretchen L. Kelly
LinkedInExperience: Group Vice President Corporate IT Systems · Charter Communications
Group Vice President Corporate IT Systems at Charter Communications since 2022; the profile describes responsibility for end-to-end platform delivery, enterprise application delivery and technology portfolio management. Former VP- Enterprise Communications & ERP HR Systems at Charter Communications (2016–2022) and Senior Director of IT Operations at Bright House Networks (2015–2016).
Jacob Ferlin
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director of IT · Charter Communications
Senior Director of IT at Charter Communications since October 2025, a role the source tags at Director level in the Engineering and Technical department. Former Director FinOps & Cloud Engineering (2024–2025), Director, Real Time Analytics, APIs & FinOps (2022–2024) and Director, Real Time Analytics & APIs (2019–2022) at Charter Communications.
Jake Perlman
LinkedInExperience: Chief Technology and Information Officer · Charter Communications
Chief Technology and Information Officer at Charter Communications since May 2025. Former Executive Vice President, Software Development and IT (2021–2025) and Senior Vice President, Software Development (2016–2021) at Charter Communications, former Chief Information Officer at Bright House Networks (2013–2016) and former Vice President, IT at CenturyLink (2011–2013).
Joe Kessler
LinkedInExperience: Vice President - Information Technology · Charter Communications
Vice President - Information Technology at Charter Communications since February 2019, a role the source lists at President/Vice President level in the Engineering and Technical department. Former Sr. Director - Information Technology (2016–2019), Director - Solution Architecture (2014–2016) and Sr. Manager - Application Development (2013–2014) at Charter Communications.
Rick Squires
LinkedInExperience: Vice President - Information Technology · Charter Communications
Vice President - Information Technology at Charter Communications since February 2025; the profile describes the role as software development and technology lead for Spectrum Business, overseeing Pega Workflow development, MuleSoft and RPA. Former Vice President - Spectrum Enterprise Architecture & Automation (2021–2025) and Vice President - Business Integration (2020–2021) at Charter Communications.
Rob Clendenin
LinkedInExperience: Director of IT · Charter Communications
Director of IT at Charter Communications since July 2022; the profile describes leading a team of 40 professionals managing over 100PB of storage and data protection platforms, including overseeing budgets and implementing cost-saving efficiencies. Former Principal Storage Engineer at Charter Communications (2014–2022).
Sheri Schulte
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director of IT · Charter Communications
Senior Director of IT at Charter Communications since February 2022, with a profile headline of Senior IT Director ERP Development. Former Director of IT at Charter Communications (2017–2022), and former IS Business Application Manager (BAM) at Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals (2000–2014).
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