Education: . Mr.
Stephenson holds a master's degree in accounting from the
University of Oklahoma.
CV:
Randall Stephenson has been Chief Operating Officer of AT&T Inc. since April 2004. Born in
Oklahoma City, Mr.
Stephenson began his career with Southwestern Bell Telephone in 1982 in the information technology organization in
Oklahoma. He then progressed through a series of
leadership positions in finance, including an international assignment in
Mexico City, and in 1996 was named controller for
SBC Communications. Additionally, Mr.
Stephenson has served as senior vice president-Performance Assurance and senior vice president-Consumer Marketing. Before becoming COO, Mr.
Stephenson was senior executive vice president and chief financial officer for SBC, during which time the company reduced its net debt from $30 billion to near zero by early 2004, positioning the company to make strategic acquisitions of AT&T Wireless, AT&T Corp. and
BellSouth. In 2005 Mr.
Stephenson was
appointed to the new AT&T's board of directors. Additionally, he served on the
Cingular Wireless board of directors from 2001 to 2006, and as chairman in 2003 - 2004. He is also a member of the board of directors of Emerson and serves as vice chairman of
the White House's
National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee