Jaime Jones Named Sprint Area President, South
November 20 2015 - 9:54AM
Business Wire
Jones to lead local efforts aimed at improving the customer
experience, enhancing the LTE Plus network, and increasing
sales
Jaime Jones has been named Sprint (NYSE: S) area president of
the South. Based in Atlanta, he will be responsible for sales
strategy, network oversight, customer service, marketing
communications and general operations supporting the full portfolio
of Sprint products and services from enterprise to consumer across
10 Southern states and Central Texas. Jones will continue reporting
to Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure. Jones will remain in his current
position as president of postpaid and general business until the
new regional structure is completely rolled out next year.
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Jaime Jones has been named Sprint area
president of the South. (Photo: Business Wire)
Jones’ appointment follows Sprint’s announcement that it will
restructure the company into four geographic areas – West, Central,
Northeast and South – with targeted resources devoted to 19 top
markets, including Atlanta, Charlotte, Dallas, Miami, and Oklahoma
City in the South. Under Jones’ leadership the company will develop
market-specific offerings serving the unique local needs of
consumer and business customers.
“Our new regional structure puts us closer to
our customers, enabling us to serve them even better in 19 of our
most important markets. Jaime has done an incredible job leading
Sprint’s postpaid business and that’s why I’m confident that his
presence in the South will help us win across that region.”
Marcelo Claure, CEO
The South geographic area covers Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia,
Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South
Carolina, Tennessee, and Central Texas. It encompasses more than
700 retail stores and employs approximately 10,000 people spanning
sales, customer care, operations, network, finance, legal, IT and
marketing.
“This is an exciting time for Sprint in the
South, with our network performing better than ever and customers
enjoying the savings from our competitive wireless plans. The
creation of this new regional structure is all about positioning
Sprint for even bigger and better success. I’m excited about the
year ahead and our focus on wireless consumers in the South.”
Jaime Jones, Area President, South
Jones is president of the Postpaid and General Business
organization for Sprint. In this role, he oversees consumer and
general business sales strategy and distribution, sales and
operations of more than 3,000 company-owned and indirect
partner-owned stores, national retail, Telesales and Web sales
channels.
Before being named to this role in 2014, Jones was responsible
for the consumer sales strategy, distribution and customer
experience for Sprint’s Postpaid and Prepaid product brands. Jones
has also served Sprint as senior vice president for the General
Business and Public Sector organizations, as well as numerous vice
president roles at the area, regional and national levels for
Local, Emerging and Mid-Markets and General Business units.
About Sprint
Sprint (NYSE: S) is a communications services company that
creates more and better ways to connect its customers to the things
they care about most. Sprint served more than 58.6 million
connections as of September 30, 2015 and is widely recognized for
developing, engineering and deploying innovative technologies,
including the first wireless 4G service from a national carrier in
the United States; leading no-contract brands including Virgin
Mobile USA, Boost Mobile, and Assurance Wireless; instant national
and international push-to-talk capabilities; and a global Tier 1
Internet backbone. Sprint has been named to the Dow Jones
Sustainability Index (DJSI) North America for the past five years.
You can learn more and visit Sprint at www.sprint.com or
www.facebook.com/sprint and www.twitter.com/sprint.
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