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Dallas, TX-based AT&T Government Solutions has Promoted John Donovan as Senior Executive Vice President of Technology and Network Operations
About the Company
AT&T Inc. is an American multinational telecommunications corporation headquartered in Whitacre Tower, downtown Dallas, Texas AT&T is the largest provider both of mobile telephony and of fixed telephony in the United States, and also provides broadband subscription television services. AT&T is the third-largest company in Texas (the largest non-oil company, behind only ExxonMobil and ConocoPhillips, and also the largest Dallas company). As of May 2013, AT&T is the 21st largest company in the world by market value, and the 13th largest non-oil company. As of 2013, it is also the 21st largest mobile telecom operator in the world, with over 107.9 million mobile customers.
About the Person
John Donovan, Senior Executive Vice President — AT&T Technology and Network Operations, is responsible for AT&T's technology and global network including the company's outstanding mobile broadband network. His responsibilities also include oversight of the company's global information and network technology strategy; IT planning, engineering, implementation and operations; network planning, construction and operations; field operations, installation and maintenance; global supply chain; corporate fleet operations and corporate real estate. Mr. Donovan previously served as Chief Technology Officer for AT&T, overseeing the company's global technology direction and innovation road map, including product development, network and engineering operations, AT&T Labs and the security and intellectual property organizations. Under Donovan's leadership, AT&T has turbo-charged its innovation programs and now is recognized as an industry leader in working with application developers and others to make AT&T's network open to collaboration and innovation. Donovan previously was executive vice president of product, sales, marketing and operations at VeriSign Inc., a technology company that provides Internet infrastructure services. At VeriSign, Donovan was responsible for leading its global sales organization, driving the expansion of broad solutions offerings, and integrating a global professional services capability. Before that, he was chairman and CEO of inCode Telecom Group Inc., where he helped shape strategic direction and positioning for wireless network operators around the globe. Previously, Mr. Donovan was a partner with Deloitte Consulting, where he was the Americas Industry Practice director for telecom. Donovan serves on the Board of Directors for Palo Alto Networks. He has authored two books, The Value Enterprise, published in January 1998, and Value Creating Growth, published in 1999. Donovan received a B.S.E.E. from the University of Notre Dame and earned an M.B.A. in finance from the University of Minnesota.
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