Cricket Announces New Leadership Team for Desert Mountain Area
ALBUQUERQUE – August 26, 2008 – Cricket Communications, Inc, a leading provider of unlimited wireless services, has announced a new leadership team for the Desert Mountain Area, including Albuquerque, Santa Fe and Las Cruces, New Mexico, and El Paso, Texas. James Moak has been named area general manager, Kent Chinowth is the district director for Albuquerque and Santa Fe, and Biljana Blizanac is the new area marketing manager.
“We are excited to be part of this great community. Cricket has a long history in the Desert Mountain Area, and has established itself as a great corporate citizen” said James Moak, area general manager for Cricket. “We look forward to keeping with that tradition of involvement in the community and providing our customers with high quality unlimited wireless services.”
James Moak brings more than ten years of sales and marketing experience to his role with Cricket, including national and regional sales and marketing management positions. He attended the University of Southern Mississippi, majoring in political science and speech communication and minoring in public relations and marketing. Moak is a past member of the Rural Cellular Association and CTIA Board of Directors.
Kent Chinowth has over twenty-two years of national management experience in the wireless industry. Kent comes to the Albuquerque and Santa Fe area from Cricket in Houston, Texas, where he also served as district director. Chinowth has held a variety of national and regional sales and marketing management positions in the wireless industry. Kent graduated with a bachelor of arts from Kendree College in Lebanon, Illinois, and an associate of arts degree from Lewis and Clark Community College in Godfrey, Illinois.
Biljana Blizanac has a decade of international marketing experience. Most recently Biljana led the marketing efforts for a Santa Fe technology start-up and also served as a consultant. Prior to this she was a Global Account Executive at McCann-Erickson on Microsoft Business. Biljana received a marketing management degree from the University of Belgrade and she is also a graduate of the Institute of Advanced Advertising Studies by the American Association of Advertising Agencies and San Francisco State University. Biljana is the first and only Professional Certified Marketer (PCM) in the state of New Mexico. She is also a member of the American Marketing Association.
About Cricket®
Cricket is a simple, affordable wireless service offering consumers and local businesses a flat-rate unlimited service over the latest technology, high-quality, all-digital CDMA2000 1X and 1xEV-DO wireless network. Designed for customers whose basic and advanced wireless needs have not been met by traditional communications companies, Cricket is the pioneer of unlimited services with no long-term commitments or credit checks required. Cricket offers customers access to a variety of the latest devices and feature-rich mobile applications such as unlimited text, instant and picture messaging, Mobile Web, popular games, ringtones and wallpapers. For more information on Cricket, visit www.mycricket.com. Cricket services are offered by Leap Wireless International, Inc., headquartered in San Diego, Calif. For more information on Leap, visit www.leapwireless.com.
