Alcatel Appoints Michael Quigley Chief Operating Officer for Alcatel USA.Business Editors NOTE TO MEDIA: Photo is available in a Smart News Release(TM) on Business Wire's Home Page at www.businesswire.com DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 11, 2000 Alcatel (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :ALA) today announced the appointment of Michael Quigley Michael Quigley is a United States politician sitting on the Cook County Board of Commissioners in Chicago, Illinois representing Chicago's northside neighborhoods of Lakeview, Uptown and Rogers Park. as Chief Operating Officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. of Alcatel USA. In his new position, Quigley will be responsible for directing activities, including product development, finance, product planning Product Planning is the ongoing process of identifying and articulating market requirements that define a product’s feature set. See also
ADSL - Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line , Broadband Transport Managers, Local Transport Networks, and Optical Backbone Networks business units. A telecommunications industry veteran, with more than 25 years of experience, Quigley joins Alcatel USA from Alcatel Australia, where he has served as General Manager since 1996. Quigley was responsible for developing and implementing strategies for growth in the Australian market for Alcatel, and expanding customer relationships in the region. &uot;Mike Quigley's extensive industry and leadership expertise has helped Alcatel achieve significant growth in the strategic Australian market,&uot; said Krish Prabhu, chief executive officer of Alcatel USA and chief operating officer for Alcatel Telecom. &uot;With this promotion, we are asking him to bring that expertise here to the U.S., which now accounts for well over 20 percent of Alcatel's revenues. Mike will be an integral member of our team to lead our strategic technology and marketing initiatives, helping us to solidify our rapid growth in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. .&uot; Quigley joined Alcatel (then STC STC Supplemental Type Certificate (FAA) STC Society for Technical Communication STC Subject to Change STC Surf the Channel (website) STC Sound Transmission Class STC Singapore Turf Club ) in 1971 as a Cadet Electrical Engineer. For the next decade Quigley held senior positions in the R& area of Alcatel managing an R& division of some 140 technical people. In 1989, he was appointed Quality Director of Alcatel Australia and in 1993 was named Director of Network Systems, where he was responsible for the company's Switching, Transmission and Access business. In 1996, Quigley was appointed to General Manager, Alcatel Australia. He has gained significant experience across a broad range of telecommunications technologies and businesses, including assignments in Germany and Belgium. Quigley graduated from the University of New South Wales The University of New South Wales, also known as UNSW or colloquially as New South, is a university situated in Kensington, a suburb in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. with Bachelor degrees in Science (Physics) and Engineering. About Alcatel Alcatel builds next generation networks, delivering integrated end-to-end voice and data solutions to established and new carriers, as well as enterprises and consumers worldwide. With 120,000 employees and sales of EURO 21.3 billion ($25.0 billion), Alcatel operates in more than 130 countries. For more information, visit Alcatel on Internet: http:/www.alcatel.com. |
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