NEW YORK-GTE Corp. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Charles R. Lee and Bell Atlantic Corp. Chairman and CEO Ivan Seidenberg designated six executives to fill key positions upon the completion of the GTE-Bell Atlantic merger.
As previously announced, Lee and Seidenberg will be co-CEOs and chairman and president, respectively, of the new company.
Lawrence T. Babbio Jr., Bell Atlantic’s president and chief operating officer, will become president as well as vice chairman, with responsibility for the new company’s domestic wireline business.
Michael T. Masin, GTE’s vice chairman and president of GTE International, also has been designated president and vice chairman, with responsibility for international wireline and wireless operations and connectivity, domestic and international directory and information services and GTE Internetworking.
Frederic V. Salerno, Bell Atlantic’s senior executive vice president and chief financial officer, will become the new company’s CFO and vice chairman.
Bell Atlantic’s Global Wireless Group Chairman and CEO Dennis F. Strigl has been designated executive vice president and president of the new company’s domestic wireless business.
William P. Barr will head up the legal, regulatory and government affairs group, and J. Randall MacDonald will become executive vice president of human resources.
