President of AT&T's mobile phone biz retires
Stan Sigman, the president and chief executive of AT&T's mobile phone business, has announced that it won't be long before he punches his last time card for the carrier. Reportedly, the exec revealed that he would be leaving to enjoy the luxuries of retirement after 42 years with the firm, and it was noted that Ralph de la Vega would be the man appointed to fill those shoes. Apparently, Stan will be staying on board in order to "assist with the transition through the end of the year," and John Stankey, the president of operations support, will take over De la Vega's prior role.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
earl @ Oct 11th 2007 6:27PM
After the Apple Iphone deal figured he was rich enough to not have to work anymore.
ldog @ Oct 11th 2007 6:41PM
Stankey.... Like the Beer??? st. anky beer. Ha
morgan flea @ Oct 11th 2007 6:49PM
Retired from ATT a few days ago after 18 years. Of course I didn't get any golden parachute. Though I was able to keep my 19% ATT employee discount on my mobile phone service but that's it.
A @ Oct 11th 2007 8:08PM
well isn't that nice!!!
henrrrik @ Oct 11th 2007 8:11PM
Old "Cue cards" Stigman retiring, eh?
Kevin @ Oct 11th 2007 10:50PM
His 5x7 index cards will be missed.
Johnathon Zirkle @ Oct 12th 2007 12:03AM
wouldn't that cause him to fall to his death? last time i checked, gold wasn't the lightest/best material for a parachute.
Darkest Daze @ Oct 12th 2007 12:34AM
He's retired and will "pursue other interests" with his free time. From what I hear, his father, Dante has decided to take a break from the family business in hell and after seeing how Stan's been running AT&T figured he would be perfect to take over.
Miguel @ Oct 12th 2007 2:11AM
So is this the guy responsible for building up an incredible brand image and recognition for Cingular and then dropping it like a hot potatoe for AT&T after the SBC merger after rebranding AT&T to the Cingular name? Because that was one stupid executive decision. There were better ways to build up awareness of the incestuous AT&T-SBC eleven-fingered love child getting his Death Star on.