Daniel R. Hesse has been Chief Executive Officer and President of Sprint Nextel Corporation since December 18, 2007. Hesse is responsible for leading the $6 billion division that provides wireline and wireless voice, data and video services to nearly 8 million customers in 18 states.
Hesse was Chairman of the Board of Embarq Corporation from May 2, 2006 to December 18, 2007 and served as its President and Chief Executive Officer until December 18, 2007. He served as Chief Executive Officer of Sprint Nextel's local telecommunications division from June 2005 to May 2006.
Hesse served as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Terabeam Corporation, a telecommunications company, from March 2000 to June 2004, when Terabeam merged with YDI Wireless to form Terabeam Wireless. From 1997 to 2000, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of AT&T Wireless Services and served as its Executive Vice President. Prior to that, he served as General Manager for the AT&T Online Services Group and President and Chief Executive Officer of AT&T Network Systems International. He served as Chief Executive Officer of Local Telecommunications Division of Sprint Corporation PCS Group and Sprint Corporation FON Group from June 7, 2005 to May 17, 2006.
Daniel Hesse holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Notre Dame, a Master of Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Master of Business Administration from Cornell University.
Customers. You know, in our case we have 50 million customers and we provide good service affects really the quality of their lives as well. Shareholders. Plenty of them and the communities that you serve and where you employ people. You know, to start, you know, our payroll in Kansas City is ov...(Full transcript available to logged in subscribers.).
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Daniel Hesse Discusses Sprint Nextel's Reach In Terms of Customers, Employees and Community
Daniel Hesse Shares Importance of Developing a Unified Culture in a Post-Merger Global Organization
Daniel Hesse Shares Thoughts on Delegating Decision Making And Being Accepting of Failure
Daniel Hesse States Importance of Wireless Devices Enabling Universal Internet Access
Daniel Hesse States Importance of Being Able To Let Products Become Obsolete As Market Changes
