
Timeline
About me
Independent Board Member | Operations and Technology Executive | Strategic Transformation Leader | Risk Management Expert
Education

Texas a&m university
-Bachelor of science (bs) industrial engineering
Experience

Sbc (at&t)
Jan 1999 - Jan 2001Director of internal auditDirected a team of business, financial and technical auditors performing operational audits across SBC business units.

Southwestern bell telephone company (at&t)
Jan 2001 - Jan 2002Director installation/repairLed a team of ~900 field managers and technicians responsible for installation and repair of broadband and communications services in the greater Houston area.

Sbc (at&t)
Jan 2002 - Jul 2006Led teams responsible for Field and Network Center transformation and support. Also responsible for launching an initiative to improve management of $1B in spare network assets. I was one of two business leaders at SBC asked to facilitate a new leadership development course called General Managers Camp. Each week a different group of middle managers would gather in Dallas for this training, which was a predesssor of today’s AT&T Leading with Distinction.
Assistant Vice President Network
Jan 2003 - Jul 2006Executive Director SBC
Jan 2002 - Dec 2002

At&t
Aug 2006 - Dec 2024The leader responsible for operations planning, strategy, and support for major Network initiatives and products such as Long-Term Evolution (LTE), Universal Services Platform (USP), Cloud, User-Defined Network Cloud (UDNC), and U-verse services, as well as improvements to the end-to-end customer experience. I led planning efforts in support of the frontline field operations teams, Care Centers and Network Operations Centers. I was also responsible for AT&T's Network operational matters for National Security and Emergency Preparedness, along with AT&T's Business Continuity Program and Network Disaster Recovery operation. Show less
Senior Vice President - Access Construction & Engineering
May 2022 - Dec 2024Senior Vice President-Transformation & Transition Implementation
May 2021 - May 2022Senior Vice President-Compliance
Apr 2018 - May 2021Senior Vice President-Entertainment Operations
Sept 2015 - Apr 2018Senior Vice President - Operations Planning & Optimization
Jul 2011 - Sept 2015Vice President - Application and Service Management
Feb 2009 - Jun 2011Vice President - Global Engineering Support
Jun 2007 - Jan 2009President - AT&T Messaging
Aug 2006 - Jun 2007
Licenses & Certifications
.webp)
Nacd directorship certification
Nacd (national association of corporate directors)Mar 2023
Professional engineer (pe) (inactive)
Texas board of professional engineers and land surveyorsApr 1993.webp)
Certified compliance & ethics professional (ccep)
Society of corporate compliance and ethics (scce)Sept 2019
Honors & Awards
- Awarded to Jerrie Jenson Kertz, NACD.DCDistinguished Former Student Award 2025 Texas A&M University Wm Michael Barnes '64 Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering Mar 2025
- Awarded to Jerrie Jenson Kertz, NACD.DCNorth Texas Women in Technology Honoree Dallas Business Journal Oct 2015 http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/print-edition/2015/10/02/women-in-technolgy-technological-jerrie-kertz-svp.html.
- Awarded to Jerrie Jenson Kertz, NACD.DCRecognized in Diversity Journal's 2015 Women Worth Watching List Diversity Journal Aug 2015 http://soc.att.com/1TO9Fmk
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