WASHINGTON-The bloodletting at the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association continued this week as John Windolph, CTIA senior vice president for business development, and six lower-level employees were laid off.
CTIA would not release the names of the six other employees besides Windolph, only confirming that seven “staff from all levels” had been let go.
This is the second round of layoffs at CTIA since Steve Largent became president and chief executive officer Nov. 3. Former CTIA president Thomas Wheeler began reducing the organization size in 2003 when he cut the staff by 9 percent.
In addition to the three rounds of layoffs, CTIA also sold Cibernet, the subsidiary that controls roaming and other inter-carrier billing issues. Wheeler was given a $500,000 bonus as part of the Cibernet sale deal.
CTIA was quick to point out that since the layoffs began in 2003, several people have been hired and some have left on their own accord. A good example of the latter was Steven Berry, senior vice president of government affairs. Berry left at the end of last year to be the chief lobbyist at the National Cable Television Association.
Largent completed the first round of layoffs in January in preparation for CTIA’s move to its new headquarters. At that time, five people were fired and three people were hired.
