Comcast Biz Names Heartland Chief

PluskotaMichelle Pluskota has been named vice president of business services for Comcast's (NASDAQ:CMCSA) Heartland Region, which includes commercial customers in Michigan, Indiana, Arkansas and Kentucky. In this role, Pluskota is responsible for building and executing the strategies for business services to continue growing small-to-medium business and enterprise sales. She also oversees business services marketing, operations and financial performance.Previously, Pluskota was director of enterprise sales for Comcast Business Services as well as interim vice president of business services in the company's Greater Chicago Region. Prior to joining Comcast, she worked for IPiphany, Level 3 Communications, Broadwing Communications and McLeod USA.