Posted: 06/1999
ADDS, MOVES & CHANGES
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Maura Breen has been named president and CEO of Bell Atlantic Long Distance. Formerly vice president of sales and service for the company's consumer group, she will lead the unit that will market and sell Bell Atlantic's long distance services to consumers as regulatory approvals are received.
Epoch Internet, Irvine, Calif., announced that Jeff Stone, former president of NEXTLINK Interactive, has joined the company as CEO and president. Founder and former president and CEO Scott Purcell will assume the role of director on Epoch's board.
Ray Bermond has been named vice president, business development and management for the wholesale division of IXC Communications Inc., Austin, Texas. Bermond joins IXC from Intermedia Communications Inc., where he was vice president of marketing.
The Washington-based Association for Local Telecommunications Services (ALTS) has named Jonathan Askin vice president of law, responsible for the group's legal affairs. Askin comes to ALTS from the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC's) Common Carrier Bureau.
Williams Communications, Tulsa, Okla., has aligned its network sales staff into two regions--East and West--and has filled five sales positions. Kevin Johnson has joined Williams as regional vice president of sales for Williams Network West. Bill Hampton, who has headed the network sales team, is now regional vice president of sales for the eastern region. In addition, Lauren Barret Gipson, Paul Lebonitte and Kevin Kidd have joined the network sales and service team as carrier sales executives.
Justice Taps New President, CEO
After helping found in 1992 what has become one of the fastest-growing privately held companies in the country as ranked by Inc. magazine, Leon Richter has been named president and CEO of Justice Technology Corp., Los Angeles.
The 28-year-old is determined that Justice will continue to address the telecom business on its own terms. "Justice is the kind of place where employees, all entrepreneurs, are expected to exceed even their own expectations. We can offer just about every telecom service available somewhere in the world, but we didn't change the soul of our company to do it," he says, alluding to the "creative" culture at the company, which allows employees to work in shorts, take "board" meetings during surf breaks and play foosball in the office.
To help his employees better excel, Richter has initiated a comprehensive telecom education series, Justice University. He's also started Leon's lunchbox, a monthly forum, where five employees have lunch prepared by their young leader and get to sound off and pick his brain.
Richter has plans for the company, which is expected to generate revenues of $100 million in 1999, too. In South America, he is designing the continent's first fully integrated packet-switching network. Once in place, it will be replicated in Africa. Also in development is the Justice Internet telephone.
