Wally Bakare
Vice President/General Manager, Operations | Time Warner Cable – Mid Ohio Division
Wally Bakare is currently responsible for the efficient and effective operational performance of multiple cable television systems in Northwest, Central and Southeast Ohio. With leadership responsibility for about 900 employees, he oversees the Mid Ohio division’s field operations which cover such functional areas as installation and repair, plant & network maintenance, operations support/dispatch, field contract management, payment centers, and the division network operations center. He joined the Mid Ohio Division and moved to Columbus in April 2008.
Wally was recognized as one of the 2007 Top 50 under 50 Corporate Executives on the Move by Diversity MBA Magazine. In 2008 and 2009 he was named one of the Most Influential Minorities in Cable by Cablefax Magazine. In April 2009, he received a Luminary Award for emerging leaders from the National Association for Multi-Ethnicity in Communications (NAMIC). Most recently, Wally is an honoree of The Columbus Business First class of 2010 Forty under 40 award.
Wally served on the Time Warner Cable National Diversity Council. He’s a mentor to several young professionals and students. He was a 2007/08 Board member of the Los Angeles Urban League Young Professionals and served as a Board Associate of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Los Angeles. He is currently a Board vice chair of Starr Commonwealth Hannah Neil Center for Children in Columbus.
Wally is in the 2010 class of CTAM-U at the Harvard Business School. He is a 2009 graduate of NAMIC executive management program at UCLA Anderson School of Management. He is also a 2009 Fellow of the African American Leadership Academy. He holds a B.Sc. in Political Science, Masters in International Law and Diplomacy from Nigeria, and Masters in Telecommunications Management from the University of Maryland University College. He lives in Gahanna and is a proud dad of Daniel (13) and Dawn (11).