MONROE, La., Jan. 2, 2018 /CNW/ -- CenturyLink, Inc.
(NYSE: CTL) today announced the appointment of two additional
executives reporting to Chief Operating Officer Jeff Storey.
Executive Vice President – Marketing
Gaurav Chand has been named
executive vice president – marketing, effective today. Previously,
Chand served as the global senior vice president, marketing –
infrastructure solutions group for Dell EMC. He has worked for Dell
since 2000, serving in a variety of managerial and executive
capacities focused primarily on enterprise marketing, including
brand and digital transformation.
Chand will be responsible for CenturyLink's marketing strategy,
marketing communications, brand and customer experience. He also
will be responsible for the development of the company's digital
transformation strategy, driving the company's digital interaction
with customers, including buying services, obtaining support and
using automated services for provisioning.
He earned his bachelor of science degree in computer science
from Fergusson College in
Pune, India and a master of
business administration degree from Southern
Methodist University in Dallas.
Executive Vice President – Product Management
Shaun Andrews is CenturyLink's
executive vice president, product management. Andrews was
previously the senior vice president, IP and real-time
communications for Level 3, and has nearly 25 years of experience
in the telecommunications industry. Prior to Level 3, Andrews held
a number of senior-level roles in product development, product
management, sales and business development at IntelePeer, WilTel
and SBC Communications.
Andrews focuses on the company's go-to market strategy, pricing,
product management and product marketing.
He holds a bachelor's degree in business from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio and a master of business
administration from Northwestern
University in Evanston,
Illinois.
"Both of these executives bring a tremendous amount of
experience to their roles and they will be instrumental in
developing the strategy for and marketing of the right products and
services to meet the needs of our customers in the fast-evolving
communications marketplace," Storey said. "We are the perfect
partner to assist our customers with their own digital
transformation efforts, given our unparalleled network, our
extensive product and service offerings and our tremendous employee
expertise."
About CenturyLink
CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) is the
second largest U.S. communications provider to global enterprise
customers. With customers in more than 60 countries and an intense
focus on the customer experience, CenturyLink strives to be the
world's best networking company by solving customers' increased
demand for reliable and secure connections. The company also serves
as its customers' trusted partner, helping them manage increased
network and IT complexity and providing managed network and cyber
security solutions that help protect their business.
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