Paul E. Landes joined GCI in 1999 and has been a member of the senior executive team since January 2011 when he became senior vice president of consumer services. Currently responsible for all areas pertaining to residential products, Landes and his team have developed a reputation for creating innovative campaigns that have resulted in accelerated, long-term growth for Alaska’s largest telecommunications company. Notable milestones include overseeing the development of all 38 storefronts in the state, launching the GCI 1GIG red service in Alaska, and increasing the number of household cable modems from 1,000 to 125,000 over the course of his tenure.
Landes previously served as GCI’s vice president of marketing and sales from 2005 to 2011, chief marketing officer from 2002 to 2005, and vice president of marketing from 1999 to 2002. Before joining GCI, Landes was vice president of marketing and purchasing at Carr Gottstein Foods.
Landes currently serves as Board Chair for the Alaska chapter of Volunteers of America, and in 2018 was named as the Alaska Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals’ Outstanding Philanthropist. In 2018, Landes helped launch a $2 million endowment supporting Special Olympics Alaska in honor of its late president and CEO, Jim Balamaci. That same year, Landes also led dozens of business executives and the community at-large in raising more than $1 million for the Covenant House Alaska Sleep Out: Executive Edition. Landes received his bachelor’s degree in business administration from The College of Great Falls in Montana.
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