Consolidated Communications announced Mary Ellen Player has joined the company as vice president of market management. She will lead market expansion and consumer sales throughout the Consolidated portfolio and play a key role in leading company transformation into a best-in-class residential fiber company. Player most recently served as the city manager of Google Fiber Charlotte where she led the go-to-market strategy, launch and sales of the fiber-to-the-home network in the region the last seven years. She also held other roles over her 13 years at Google notably serving as a special assistant to the Google/Motorola CFO where she led the budget planning, forecasting, strategy and operational activities associated with five global market launches.