Jerrie Jenson Kertz, NACD.DC

Jerrie jenson kertz, nacd.dc

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Independent Board Member | Operations and Technology Executive | Strategic Transformation Leader | Risk Management Expert

  • Education

    • Texas a&m university

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      Bachelor of science (bs) industrial engineering
  • Experience

    • Sbc (at&t)

      Jan 1999 - Jan 2001
      Director of internal audit

      Directed a team of business, financial and technical auditors performing operational audits across SBC business units.

    • Southwestern bell telephone company (at&t)

      Jan 2001 - Jan 2002
      Director installation/repair

      Led 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 2006

      Led 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 2006
      • Executive Director SBC

        Jan 2002 - Dec 2002
    • At&t

      Aug 2006 - Dec 2024

      The 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 2024
      • Senior Vice President-Transformation & Transition Implementation

        May 2021 - May 2022
      • Senior Vice President-Compliance

        Apr 2018 - May 2021
      • Senior Vice President-Entertainment Operations

        Sept 2015 - Apr 2018
      • Senior Vice President - Operations Planning & Optimization

        Jul 2011 - Sept 2015
      • Vice President - Application and Service Management

        Feb 2009 - Jun 2011
      • Vice President - Global Engineering Support

        Jun 2007 - Jan 2009
      • President - AT&T Messaging

        Aug 2006 - Jun 2007
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Nacd directorship certification

      Nacd (national association of corporate directors)
      Mar 2023
    • Professional engineer (pe) (inactive)

      Texas board of professional engineers and land surveyors
      Apr 1993
    • Certified compliance & ethics professional (ccep)

      Society of corporate compliance and ethics (scce)
      Sept 2019
  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Jerrie Jenson Kertz, NACD.DC
      Distinguished 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.DC
      North 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.DC
      Recognized in Diversity Journal's 2015 Women Worth Watching List Diversity Journal Aug 2015 http://soc.att.com/1TO9Fmk