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Executive Officers of the Registrant
The following people are serving as our executive officers as of February 26, 2010. These executive
officers were elected to serve until their successors have been elected. There is no familial relationship between
any of our executive officers and directors.
Name Business Experience
Current
Position
Held Since Age
Daniel R. Hesse ....... Chief Executive Officer and President. He was appointed
Chief Executive Officer, President and a member of the
Board of Directors on December 17, 2007. He served as
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of
Embarq Corporation from May 2006 to December 2007.
He served as President of our local telecommunications
business from June 2005 to May 2006. He served as
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of
Terabeam Corporation, a Seattle-based communications
company, from March 2000 to June 2004. He served as
President and Chief Executive Officer of AT&T Wireless
Services, a division of AT&T, from 1997 to 2000.
2007 56
Robert H. Brust ....... Chief Financial Officer. He was appointed Chief
Financial Officer in May 2008. He served as Executive
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Eastman
Kodak Company from 2000 to 2007. He also served two
years as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer of Unisys Corporation. Earlier in his career, he
held a series of operations and finance leadership
positions at General Electric, concluding his service there
as Vice President, Finance for G.E. Plastics.
2008 66
Keith O. Cowan ...... President – Strategic Planning and Corporate Initiatives.
He was appointed President – Strategic Planning and
Corporate Initiatives in July 2007. He also served as
Acting President – CDMA from November 2008 to May
2009. He served as Executive Vice President of Genuine
Parts Company from January 2007 to July 2007. He held
several key positions with BellSouth Corporation from
1996 to January 2007, including Chief Planning and
Development Officer, Chief Field Operations Officer,
President – Marketing and Product Management and
President – Interconnection Services. He was previously
an associate and partner at the law firm of Alston & Bird
LLC.
2007 53
Robert L. Johnson ..... Chief Service Officer. He was appointed Chief Service
Officer in October 2007. He served as President –
Northeast Region from September 2006 to October 2007.
He served as Senior Vice President – Consumer Sales,
Service and Repair from August 2005 to August 2006.
He served as Senior Vice President – National Field
Operations of Nextel from February 2002 to July 2005.
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