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Clearwire replaces two C-level execs

Clearwire Corp. replaced its chief financial officer and its chief strategy officer today. Erik Prusch has been named CFO, replacing David Sach, effective immediately. Teresa Elder has been appointed to a new position at the company, as president of Strategic Partnerships and Wholesale. Scott Richardson had been the company’s chief strategy officer and will continue in an advisory role.
Elder will lead Clearwire’s wholesale operations, which includes the services sold by the company’s strategic investors using Clearwire’s WiMAX network. Sprint Nextel Corp., as well as cable companies Comcast and Time Warner are reselling Clearwire service. Clearwire has had a number of personnel changes since CEO Bill Morrow was brought on board in March.
Elder most recently was CEO of Vodafone Ireland. Prusch was most recently President and Chief Executive Officer of Borland Software, where he also previously served as Chief Financial Officer, leading the restructuring of the company and returning the business to profitability.

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Tracy Ford
Tracy Ford
Former Associate Publisher and Executive Editor, RCR Wireless NewsCurrently HetNet Forum Director703-535-7459 tracy.ford@pcia.com Ford has spent more than two decades covering the rapidly changing wireless industry, tracking its changes as it grew from a voice-centric marketplace to the dynamic data-intensive industry it is today. She started her technology journalism career at RCR Wireless News, and has held a number of titles there, including associate publisher and executive editor. She is a winner of the American Society of Business Publication Editors Silver Award, for both trade show and government coverage. A graduate of the Minnesota State University-Moorhead, Ford holds a B.S. degree in Mass Communications with an emphasis on public relations.