Executive Bio
Mr. James Mills, also known as Jim, has been President of The Illinois and Wisconsin Region at Sprint Corporation since January 14, 2016. Mr. Mills was Vice President and General Manager of Great Plains Region at T-Mobile USA Inc. since June 1, 2011 until March 2014 and until July 2011 respectively. Mr. Mills is responsible for all sales across all channels in the region, which includes Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, North and South Dakota, and Southern Illinois. He is also responsible for profitable customer growth and retention, with full profit and loss (P&L) accountability in the Great Plains. Before joining Sprint, he served as vice president of retail sales and operations at Vonage. Before that, he held a variety of leadership positions at T-Mobile, including vice president and general manager for Chicago and the Great Plains region. Mr. Mills served as an Executive Vice President, Field Operations at CPI Corp. from September 2008 to August 13, 2010, responsible for all U.S. field locations and had full P&L accountability. Mr. Mills has a distinguished career with RadioShack Corporation that spanned more than twenty years. He served as Vice President, Wholesale Channels of RadioShack from 2007 to 2008, with responsibility for coordinating and implementing the overall strategy for RadioShack Franchise, Franchise International, Retail SolutionsKiosks, Direct Sales and provided executive oversight for RadioShack de'Mexico. Since 2006, Mr. Mills served as Vice President of Segmentation and Visual Merchandising at RadioShack. From 2004 to 2005, he served as Vice President of the Southeast Region at RadioShack. He is involved in his community through various charitable endeavors. He has a Master's degree in Business Administration from Aspen University in Denver.