Robert Hackl

Dr. Robert Hackl joined the Advisory Board in February of 2021. Hackl was previously a member of the Sprint Executive Team responsible for Sprint’s business transformation, analytics, handset financing and insurance. He was appointed to spearhead a successful turnaround of multi-billion dollar handset leasing and device insurance businesses and, in this role, introduced numerous market-shaping innovations. Prior to his role in Sprint, Hackl was the COO of Vodafone Germany, a Senior VP of Channel Management at T-Mobile US, Senior VP of International Sales and Service at Deutsche Telecom Europe and CEO of Tele2 Austria. He began his career as a Consultant with McKinsey & Company. He earned a Ph.D. in Marketing from the University of Vienna and an MBA from Kellogg Graduate School of Management in Marketing.