Updated at 5:27 p.m., Monday, February 4, 2008
Turnaround expert named Hawaiian Telcom CEO
BY RICK DAYSOG
Advertiser Staff Writer
Stephen Cooper, chairman of New York management and consulting firm of Kroll Zolfo Cooper, replaces Michael Ruley, whose tenure as Hawaiian Telcom's first CEO came to an abrupt end this week.
The hiring of the 61-year-old Cooper comes as less than two weeks after Hawaiian Telcom eliminated more than 100 management jobs to stem losses from customers defecting to wireless and cable services.
Cooper previously served as chief executive officer of Enron after the Houston company's top executives Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling were indicted for misstating earnings.
