[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 11]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 15155-15156]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




    HONORING MR. CABLE TELEVISION IN NORTH CAROLINA--JACK W. STANLEY

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                           HON. HOWARD COBLE

                           of north carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, November 13, 2012

  Mr. COBLE. Mr. Speaker, on behalf of the citizens of the Sixth 
District of North Carolina, I take this occasion to honor Jack W. 
Stanley--a great personal friend for many years--as he retires from 45 
years of service in the cable television industry. Jack has been a true 
pioneer in the industry, helping to lead its growth from a service 
designed merely to extend over-the-air broadcast signals into hard to 
reach areas to what it is today--an industry that makes available to 
homes across the nation hundreds of linear video channels, on-demand 
programming, high-speed broadband services, digital telephone services, 
home networking and home security services. It is an industry that is 
driven by innovation and private investment. And Jack has seen it all 
and helped make it happen.
  In any conversation with Jack, it doesn't take long to find out about 
his roots--rural Georgia. He is proud to be a country boy. His 
professional life to this day remains grounded in the clay of Dodge 
County, Georgia, where he grew up in modest circumstances on his 
family's farm and learned the lessons of hard work and respect for 
others that he has carried with him throughout his carrier. Jack 
graduated from South Georgia Technical College where he studied 
Electronics Technology and completed an Executive Management 
Development Program at Denver University.
  Most recently, Jack has served as the Regional Vice President for 
Government Relations for Time Warner Cable with responsibility

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for North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and Alabama. In this role, 
he has represented his company before various governmental bodies and 
coordinated its advocacy on important issues affecting the cable 
industry. Jack enjoyed many successes in this challenging role, 
including developing positive relationships with federal, state and 
local governmental leaders and helping to ensure consistent and fair 
regulatory treatment for cable operators.
  For the bulk of his working career, Jack served in a variety of 
operational roles in the cable television industry, including 
successfully leading cable systems in Georgia, Texas and North 
Carolina. He served as Division President of Time Warner Cable's 
Greensboro Division, where he managed a staff of some 700 employees. 
Under his leadership the Division was top-ranked in customer 
satisfaction and consistently exceeded the established business 
metrics.
  He is known among his peers as an innovative leader who is committed 
to exceptional customer service and who has the ability to forge 
positive relationships with consumers, employees and public officials. 
In 1988, Jack developed the first set of service standards for Time 
Warner Cable, which quickly became the basis for national industry 
standards and are still in use today. This commitment to customer 
service was recognized with a Chairman's Award and the National Public 
Affairs Award of the Maryland and Delaware Cable Association. As anyone 
who has worked with him will tell you, Jack always has the customers' 
interests foremost in his mind in any decision impacting the business.
  Jack carried this customer commitment over to his service to the 
industry. He served four separate terms as President of the North 
Carolina Cable Telecommunications Association where, in addition to 
being a terrific leader and gracious colleague, he was instrumental in 
establishing a college scholarship program to help provide higher 
education opportunities for children of members of the cable industry. 
Providing opportunities for others has always been a driving focus of 
Jack's career.
  Jack has also been an active leader in the community. He was 
appointed by former Governor Jim Hunt to represent the cable industry 
on a task force where he was instrumental in establishing a partnership 
between the Association of Public Telecommunications and the cable 
industry in OPEN/Net, a virtual ``town hall'' that provided citizens 
direct access to state and local leaders via cable technology. He 
eventually served on the APT Board for two terms. He also served on 
numerous other boards, including the North Carolina Chamber of 
Commerce, the North Carolina Center for Public Policy Research, and the 
Greensboro Partnership.
  Jack enjoys golf--and he's really good at it. You want to be on 
Jack's team in business and golf--especially golf! He has a passion for 
history, and realizes his most important accomplishment is his family, 
which includes twelve grandchildren.
  The depth of his experience and knowledge about the cable industry is 
matched by the depth of his character and judgment. When you shake 
hands in an agreement with Jack Stanley, you do not have to wonder 
whether you have a deal.
  A modest man, who came from modest means, he doesn't seek attention--
but he deserves it. Jack is a true Southern gentleman in the best sense 
of that term.
  I join with all of the residents of the Sixth District of North 
Carolina in honoring Jack for his fine career and to wish him all the 
best as he enters, what I am sure will be, a very active and productive 
retirement.

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