BellSouth Announces Executive Changes
28 Juillet 2005 - 5:30PM
PR Newswire (US)
BellSouth Announces Executive Changes ATLANTA, July 28
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- BellSouth Corporation (NYSE:BLS) today
announced several key executive changes to further position the
company as a leader in the rapidly changing communications
marketplace. Phil Jacobs, president - Georgia Operations has been
named president - Planned Communities Services. Jacobs will lead
the development and implementation of a competitive sales and
distribution strategy focused on multi-dwelling units, such as
apartments and condominiums, and large-scale housing developments.
He will report to Mark Feidler, president and chief operating
officer of BellSouth. "Phil's managerial expertise and his sales
background will ensure that BellSouth brings the most competitive
and imaginative customer solutions to this extremely important
segment of the marketplace," said Mark Feidler. "His most recent
experience as state president of Georgia operations equips Phil
with a clear understanding of the relationship and community
aspects of this important market." Jacobs is a 32-year veteran of
the company and has been responsible for all regulatory,
legislative, public policy and external affairs for BellSouth's
operations in Georgia since 1998. He was elected as an officer of
BellSouth in 1993 when he was appointed president of BellSouth
Business Systems. In 1996, Jacobs was named chief operating officer
of Optus Communications, a local competitive telephone company
headquartered in Sydney, Australia of which BellSouth owned 24.5%.
Ron Frieson, vice president - Transition and Strategy for BellSouth
Consumer Services, has been named president - Georgia Operations
replacing Jacobs and reporting to Margaret Greene, president of
Regulatory and External affairs. In his current role, Frieson has
led the customer support strategy and the development of the
systems infrastructure necessary to support BellSouth's consumer
focused operations. "Ron's varied operational and strategy
development experiences are a great fit with the obligations of the
president's position in our second largest state," said Greene. "He
will ensure that BellSouth continues the transition to a regulatory
climate where the marketplace determines winners and losers." From
February 2001 until his appointment to his current post in November
2002, Mr. Frieson was vice president & chief diversity officer
of BellSouth Corporation. In this position, he assisted BellSouth's
chairman and CEO and the senior officer team in leading the
company's diversity strategies and initiatives. Frieson joined
BellSouth in 1985. BellSouth also announced that Richard Burns,
currently vice president - Centers and Operations Support, has been
named vice president - Network Centers and Program Management.
Burns will continue to be responsible for the deployment and
operations of BellSouth's DSL and Internet services, the
provisioning and reliability centers and BellSouth's supply chain
services. In these functions, Burns will continue to report to Rod
Odom, president of Network Services. In addition, Burns will assume
responsibility for overseeing the company's continued
transformation from a traditional wireline communications provider
to a competitive wireless and broadband company. For his new
duties, Burns will report to Mark Feidler. "Richard will be
responsible for ensuring that BellSouth continues to transform its
cost, organizational and operational structures, and the job skills
of its employees," stated Feidler. "This transformation is critical
to our ability to be a successful competitor in tomorrow's wireless
and broadband market segments." In previous assignments, Burns was
president of Broadband and Internet Services with responsibility
for the deployment, marketing and operations of broadband. He also
held the position of network vice president in the states of
Tennessee and Kentucky and then later in Georgia, and was
responsible for all network operations within those states. He
joined BellSouth in 1976. The announced changes will be effective
August 1, 2005. About BellSouth Corporation BellSouth Corporation
is a Fortune 100 communications company headquartered in Atlanta,
Georgia. BellSouth has joint control and 40 percent ownership of
Cingular Wireless, the nation's largest wireless voice and data
provider with 51.6 million customers. Backed by award winning
customer service, BellSouth offers the most comprehensive and
innovative package of voice and data services available in the
market. Through BellSouth Answers(R), residential and small
business customers can bundle their local and long distance service
with dial-up and high-speed DSL Internet access, satellite
television and Cingular(R) Wireless service. For businesses,
BellSouth provides secure, reliable local and long distance voice
and data networking solutions. BellSouth also offers online and
directory advertising through BellSouth(R) RealPages.com(R) and The
Real Yellow Pages(R). BellSouth believes that diversity and
fostering an inclusive environment are critical in maintaining a
competitive advantage in today's global marketplace. More
information about BellSouth can be found at
http://www.bellsouth.com/. DATASOURCE: BellSouth Corporation
CONTACT: Jeff Battcher, BellSouth Media Relations, +1-404-249-2793,
or Web site: http://www.bellsouth.com/ Company News On-Call:
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