Jeff recently wrapped up a 40 year career at AT&T serving his last 12 years supporting government, community & public affairs. Beyond recent work in the public affairs arena , Jeff has gained in-depth experience of the company through his various positions within AT&T's network construction, maintenance, and engineering organizations, sales contract development/negotiation, corporate procurement, and wireless deployment. Jeff also has extensive operations experience with AT&T's broadband and video ventures, including supplier management, contract administration, and material logistics. As a result of his vast knowledge of the telecomm industry and the corporation, Jeff has played an integral part in the negotiation and development of numerous contracts to support major AT&T partnerships/ventures. In addition, Jeff's management skills have been utilized extensively in his leadership role on various Merger Integration Teams throughout the BellSouth, AT&T, Ameritech and Southern New England Telephone mergers to identify, plan and implement strategic goals and objectives with AT&T senior executives.