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Comcast Announces New Hires in Connecticut

Employees Based in Company’s Berlin, CT Western New England Region Headquarters

Comcast today announced the appointment of four new leaders based out of the company’s Western New England regional headquarters in Berlin, Connecticut.  The new employees work in a variety of departments, including Comcast Business, human resources, sales, and information technology and support the 300 communities across the region’s five state footprint, which includes Connecticut, New York, Western Massachusetts, Western New Hampshire and Vermont. 

 

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The new hires include:

 

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·         Carmine Caporelli, Manager of Enterprise Sales for Comcast Business - Caporelli leads a team of account executives that sell Comcast Business’ Ethernet suite of services across the region, offering high-performance point-to-point and multi-point Ethernet services with the capacity to deliver cloud computing, software-as-a-service (SaaS), business continuity/disaster recovery and other bandwidth-intensive applications.  Caporelli previously held sales jobs at XO Communications and USTeleCenters.

 

·         Chris Rouser, Director of Talent Acquisition and Talent Management – Rouser, a Hartford, CT resident, oversees Comcast’s regional recruiting and talent management, leading a team of recruiters, coordinators and vendor partners and ensuring Comcast attracts the best and brightest talent.  Prior to joining Comcast, Rouser held positions with Advanced Tech Services and Verizon Communications.

 

·         Rob Specyalski, Manager of Information Technology – Specyalski, a resident of Southington, CT, oversees a team of IT representatives that help support Comcast’s regional Information Technology needs.  He held previous positions with Chicago Title Insurance and also spent nine years as a computer technician in cryptology for the U.S. Navy.

 

·         Heather Whalen, Director of Inbound Sales – Whalen, a Branford, CT resident, leads the region’s inbound sales team based in Berlin, which work to meet the demand for Comcast’s Xfinity products and services and help match customers’ entertainment needs with the appropriate Xfinity services.  Prior to joining Comcast, Whalen held roles with Xerox, AT&T Wireless and Symon Communications.

 

About Comcast in Connecticut

Comcast is committed to providing an unparalleled entertainment experience to our residential and business customers in the 83 communities we serve throughout Connecticut.  The company’s headquarters for the Western New England Region, which includes five states, are based in Berlin, CT and customers are served by a team of over 1,200 Connecticut employees.  Comcast also boosts a call center in Enfield, CT and service centers throughout the state, including three state-of-the-art Xfinity Service Centers where customers can experience Comcast’s Xfinity products and services in an interactive environment. Comcast is also proud to feature the Xfinity brand on the Xfinity Theatre, one of Hartford’s premier music venues and the company helps to strengthen the communities where our customers and employees live and work by supporting nonprofit organizations.  We’re proud to have provided over $1.8 million to our partners in the state in 2013, in the form of Comcast Foundation grants, sponsorships, volunteer hours, courtesy services and in-kind donations. We also provide Leaders & Achievers Scholarships to graduating high school seniors, help to spruce up community sites each year during Comcast Cares Day, our nationwide day of employee volunteerism, and we offer Internet Essentials, the nation’s largest and most comprehensive broadband adoption initiative for low-income families.

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