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President Bush Names Six Senior Communications Executives to NSTAC Arlington, Va., September 8, 2004 - President Bush announced September 7 that he is appointing six senior communications executives to the President's National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC). Named to the NSTAC were Mr. Lawrence T. Babbio, Jr., Vice
Chairman and President of Verizon Communications; Mr. Gregory Q. Brown,
Executive Vice President, Motorola; Mr. Ken Dahlberg, President and
Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Science Applications International Corporation
(SAIC); Mr. William J. Hannigan, President, AT&T; Mr. Stanley J.
Sigman, President and CEO of Cingular Wireless (representing the Cellular
Telecommunications and Internet Association); and Mr. Joseph R. Wright,
President and CEO of PanAmSat.
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Mr.
Babbio has responsibility for the Verizon's domestic wireline business.
He is also responsible for long distance, information technology, procurement
services and technology research. Mr. Babbio is also a member of the
Board of Directors of Verizon Wireless. Prior to the Bell Atlantic/GTE
merger, Mr. Babbio was President and Chief Operating Officer for Bell
Atlantic. He shared oversight of, and responsibility for, all of the
corporation's business operations, restructuring of the business units,
the GTE merger process, and developing new growth opportunities. He
also served as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Network
Group for Bell Atlantic, responsible for developing and deploying the
company's switching, transmission and operations infrastructure.
Mr.
Brown joined Motorola in January 2003 from Micromuse, Inc., where he
was Chairman and CEO. His 20 years of high-tech experience includes
leadership positions in the telecommunications, data networking, cable
TV and computer software industries. Before joining Micromuse in 1999,
Brown served three years as president of Ameritech Custom Business Services,
a $1.5 billion business unit that provided large business and government
customers with custom communications and information technology. The
5,000-employee unit served as a single source for the provisioning and
management of network and desktop-based voice, data, video and local-access
services.
Mr. Dahlberg became the CEO and President of SAIC on November 3, 2003.
Prior to joining SAIC, Dahlberg served as Executive Vice President of
General Dynamics where he was responsible for the company's Information
Systems and Technology Group. He was Raytheon's Executive Vice President
for business development and President of Raytheon International. When
Raytheon acquired Hughes Aircraft in 1997, he became President and Chief
Operating Officer of Raytheon Systems Company and oversaw operations
of the defense business units. Three years later, he assumed the duties
of Executive Vice President for business development and president of
Raytheon International. In this role, he was Raytheon's principal liaison
with its defense customers and directed its international and domestic
business development.
Mr.
Hannigan is responsible for executing AT&T's strategy for serving
business retail, government and wholesale customers worldwide, for deploying
voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) services to business customers and
consumers, and for leading the company's re-entry into wireless. Promoted
to President of AT&T in December 2003, Mr. Hannigan's responsibilities
include global network engineering and operations and the AT&T Labs,
as well as the company's worldwide sales and marketing,portfolio solutions,
and customer service organizations. Prior to joining AT&T, Mr. Hannigan
served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Sabre Holdings, an
S&P 500 company and a world leader in travel commerce, distribution
and technology. During his tenure, each of Sabre Holdings' three companies
were ranked first or second globally within the travel industry.
Mr.
Sigman is responsible for all aspects of Cingular's operations. A long-time
wireless industry leader, Mr. Sigman has held similar positions at SBC
Communications, where he helped start SBC's wireless business in the
mid-1980s, managed its expansion into one of the largest wireless businesses
in the nation and directed its integration into BellSouth's wireless
group to form Cingular. Along the way, Mr. Sigman also helped launch
cellular and paging services for properties in Mexico. Mr. Sigman has
been long regarded as a wireless industry visionary and champion for
wireless safety and technology advances. He currently serves as chairman
emeritus of the board of directors of the Cellular Telecommunications
Industry Association (CTIA). CTIA is the international association for
the wireless telecommunications industry, representing wireless service
providers, suppliers and others.
Mr.
Wright directs PanAmSat's global operations, including strategic development,
sales, marketing, regulatory affairs and all financial issues associated
with PanAmSat's global satellite services business. Mr. Wright, who
became CEO in August 2001, has also been a member of PanAmSat's board
of directors since 1997. He was previously vice chairman and director
of Terremark Worldwide, Inc., a public company that develops and operates
Network Access Points. Additionally, Mr. Wright is a former director
of the Federal Office of Management and Budget with nearly 40 years
of entrepreneurial, industry and government experience.