jgy@spanky.UUCP (06/07/83)
>From jgy Tue Jun 7 16:27:57 1983 remote from hojoc
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06/07 MCGILL REPORTEDLY RESIGNING
(DJ) AS PRESIDENT OF AT&T UNIT
NY -DJ- ARCHIE J. MCGILL THE HIGHLY
VISIBLE PRESIDENT OF AMERICAN TELEPHONE
& TELEGRAPH CO.'S UNIT THAT SELLS
UNREGULATED BUSINESS PRODUCTS AND
SERVICES WILL RESIGN SHORTLY SOURCES
SAID.
MCGILL 52 WAS OFFERED A NEW AT&T
JOB TO REMOVE HIM FROM HIS CURRENT POST
AS HEAD OF THE ADVANCED INFORMATION
SYSTEMS UNIT WITHIN AT&T'S AMERICAN
BELL INC. SUBSIDIARY A SOURCE SAID.
RATHER THAN ACCEPT THE TRANSFER - IN
EFFECT A DEMOTION - MCGILL CHOSE TO
RESIGN THE SOURCE ADDED.
CALLS TO MCGILL'S OFFICE WERE
REFERRED TO AN AMERICAN BELL SPOKESMAN
WHO SAID MCGILL WAS UNAVAILABLE FOR
COMMENT. THE SPOKESMAN SAID HE
COULDN'T CONFIRM OR DENY MCGILL'S
PENDING RESIGNATION. AN AT&T SPOKESMAN
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ALSO SAID HE COULDN'T CONFIRM OR DENY
THE REPORT.
MCGILL HAS BEEN AT THE CENTER OF
AT&T'S EFFORTS TO EVOLVE INTO AN
AGGRESSIVE MARKETING COMPANY FROM THE
MONOPOLY ERA WHEN BUSINESS CUSTOMERS
PURCHASED AT&T'S PRODUCTS AND SERVICES
BECAUSE THEY HAD LITTLE IF ANY
COMPETITIVE ALTERNATIVE. SINCE THE
OFFICIAL FORMATION OF AMERICAN BELL
LAST JANUARY MCGILL'S ADVANCED
INFORMATION SYSTEMS UNIT HAS ADVERTISED
HEAVILY INCLUDING FULL-PAGE ADS SIGNED
BY MCGILL.
AMERICAN BELL'S FIRST MONTHS HAVE
BEEN MARKED BY ORGANIZATIONAL PROBLEMS
AND LESS-THAN-EXPECTED SALES RESULTS.
SOME COMPANY OBSERVERS SAID WHILE
MCGILL COULDN'T BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR
MANY OF THOSE PROBLEMS HE HAD UPSET
AT&T'S TOP MANAGEMENT WITH OVERLY
OPTIMISTIC BUSINESS FORECASTS AND A
SERIES OF CLASHES WITH OTHER
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EXECUTIVES.
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06/07 ARCHIE MCGILL RESIGNS AS
(DJ) PRESIDENT OF AT&T UNIT
N Y -DJ- AS EXPECTED AMERICAN
TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH CO ANNOUNCED THE
RESIGNATION OF ARCHIE J. MCGILL AS
PRESIDENT OF ITS AMERICAN BELL ADVANCED
INFORMATION SYSTEMS SUBSIDIARY.
IN THE SAME ANNOUNCEMENT ROBERT J
CASALE GROUP VICE PRESIDENT-NATIONAL
BUSINESS SYSTEMS WAS NAMED DIVISION
PRESIDENT-MARKETING AND SALES AND
FRANK S VIGILANTE VICE PRESIDENT-
LARGE AND INTERMEDIATE SYSTEMS WAS
NAMED DIVISION
PRESIDENT-PRODUCTBPLANNING AND
DEVELOPMENT FOR AMERICAN BELL ADVANCED
INFORMATION SYSTEMS.
CASALE WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
AT&T UNIT'S MARKETING AND SALES
ACTIVITIES TO BUSINESS CUSTOMERS AND
VIGILANTE WILL PROVIDE LEADERSHIP TO
ALL PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT AND
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MANUFACTURING OPERATIONS WHICH SERVE
THE BUSINESS MARKET AT&T SAID. BOTH
WILL REPORT TO CHARLES MARSHALL
CHAIRMAN AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF
AMERICAN BELL.
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