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Jeff McElfresh is the Chief Operating Officer of AT&T, a global communications leader serving more than 100 million mobile and broadband customers in the United States, and millions of business customers, including nearly all of the Fortune 1000.
Jeff has 27 years of experience with AT&T in a variety of strategic, operational and technology leadership roles. Most of his career has been in our Mobility business — the biggest single driver of AT&T’s consolidated revenues.
Jeff most recently served as the Chief Executive Officer of AT&T Communications, leading nearly 200,000 employees, and prior to that, the president of its Technology and Operations group where he led a team of more than 90,000 employees and was responsible for the company’s network, technology, cybersecurity, data and labs operations. In that role, he led the team that won AT&T recognition for having the best, fastest and most reliable wireless network in the country.
He also previously served as: CEO of AT&T’s Vrio and its DIRECTV Latin America and SKY Brasil businesses from 2015 to 2018; senior vice president in AT&T’s Strategy and Corporate Development group; and president of AT&T Mexico and a member of the board of directors and executive committee of Telmex and América Móvil, overseeing AT&T’s since-divested minority interest in the two companies. Early in his career, he held several operational positions with AT&T’s (BellSouth International) wireless businesses in Latin America.
Jeff holds a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering from the University of Florida and a Master of Business Administration from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management.
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AT&T Inc. is a telecommunications, media, and technology services company headquartered in Dallas, Texas within the Whitacre Tower. Their business is separated into three segments: Communications, WarnerMedia, and Latin America. More specifically, their products include Wireless devices, 5G devices, Internet & Fiber, AT&T Business, Public Sector & FirstNet, Disaster Recovery, and Technology & Innovation. They are within the top three largest mobile telephone services in the US. AT&T's communication segment consists of mobility services, business wireline, and consumer wireline services. Their mobility division provides nationwide wireless service and equipment. The business wireline division provides advanced IP-based services, traditional voice, data services, and equipment to business customers. Lastly, the consumer wireline division provides internet, broadband fiber, and legacy telephony voice communication services to their residential customers. AT&T's WarnerMedia segment distributes, develops, and produces feature films, TV, gaming, and content in physical and digital formats worldwide. Their content is distributed through basic networks, DTC (direct-to-consumer), theatrical, TV content, and games licensing. Other notable divisions are Xandr advertising and Otter Media Holdings. AT&T's Latin America segment provides wireless services and equipment in Mexico. Most recently, they have led the charge in the 5G wireless network. The strive to become the best broadband provider by utilizing the most transformative technology yet along with their multi-gig internet footprint. Today, AT&T's 5G technology reaches more than 255 million people across 16,000 cities and towns in the US. Cricket Wireless, Pacific Bell, Southwestern Bell, nextel, SBC Global Services, and Leap Wireless are a few of the noteworthy companies AT&T has acquired during their operations.