Patricia F. Russo is chairman and chief executive officer of Lucent Technologies. As one of the founding executives of the company, she helped launch Lucent in 1996 and has spent more than 20 years of her career managing some of Lucent's and AT&T's largest divisions and most critical corporate functions. As Lucent's CEO since January 2002, she has led the company through one of the most challenging periods in the telecom industry's history and helped return the company to sustained profitability. Under her leadership, Lucent has implemented a new operating model, developed a more customer- and marketing-driven culture, won new business in emerging markets and expanded the role and reach of Bell Labs to place its expertise closer to Lucent's customers.
Respected as a thought leader in the industry, Ms. Russo was appointed by President George W. Bush as vice chair of the National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee in April 2003. She also is a member of the Network Reliability Interoperability Council.
In addition to serving as chairman of Lucent's board of directors, Ms. Russo also sits on the board of the Schering-Plough Corporation, where she chairs the governance committee. She received her undergraduate degree from Georgetown and completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard University in 1989. She has received an Honorary Doctorate of Engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology, as well as an Honorary Doctorate in Entrepreneurial Studies from Columbia College in South Carolina.
Before joining AT&T in 1981, Ms. Russo spent eight years in sales and marketing at IBM. She also served as president and chief operating officer at Eastman Kodak Company before returning to Lucent as CEO. |
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