I need to undedrstand the organzation structure of Cingular wireless.
I need any information on names, titles and work functions. From top
leaders to director or managers. The most recent information is
better, but I'll take old charts as well. going in for an interview on
Friday and need this info today!

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Clarification of Question by railpress-ga on 24 Oct 2002 12:25 PDT

I have gone to their web site, but I need charts on the team that
report into the SVP and CEO/CIO level. I am looking for the org of the
VP's, excutive directors, directors, managers and in the regional,
evaluation labs and product development areas.

Here is a current list of Cingular Wireless officers and managers,
along with work functions and biographies:

"Meet Us"
Cingular Wireless
http://www.cingular.com/about/meet_us

If you would like to know more about job titles and work functions
within Cingular, you might try a search of Cingular's job
opportunities.  You can check on the categories you're interested in
order to obtain the company's description of functions and
qualifications associated with particular job titles.  Of course,
Cingular is not hiring for all job titles, but this still might give
you a better sense of the company.

"Search for Job Opportunities"
Cingular Wireless
http://careers.peopleclick.com/client40_cingular/bu1/external_pages/jobsearch.asp

As you may know, Cingular Wireless is a joint venture between the
domestic wireless divisions of SBC and BellSouth.  SBC owns 60 percent
of the company and BellSouth owns 40 percent.

"Company Overview"
Cingular Wireless
http://www.cingular.com/about/company_overview

So perhaps you might also be interested in the officers and managers
at SBC and BellSouth.  For some reason, SBC's web site lists only the
CEO and Board of Directors, and not the other officers and managers. 
However, BellSouth provides lists for both the Board of Directors and
the officers and managers.

"Press Room: Global Company Fact Sheet"
SBC Communications Inc.
http://www.sbc.com/press_room/press_kit/0,5931,24,00.html

"Chairman and CEO - Edward E. Whitacre Jr."
SBC Communications Inc.
http://www.sbc.com/press_room/press_kit/0,5931,86,00.html

"Who We Are: Corporate Wide Information: BellSouth Corporation Board
of Directors"
BellSouth Corporation
http://bellsouthcorp.com/whoweare/board.vtml

"Management Team"
BellSouth Corporation
http://bellsouthcorp.com/team/

If you need any further information, please let me know.  I recognize
that you are under a time constraint, so I will respond as rapidly as
possible.  I will probably be out for a few hours after I post this
message, but I'll be sure to check back on Google Answers as soon as I
get back.

Most important of all, good luck with your interview!  I'll keep my
fingers crossed.

- justaskscott-ga


Search strategy:

Browsed http://www.cingular.com , http://www.sbc.com , and
http://www.bellsouth.com .

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Clarification of Answer by justaskscott-ga on 24 Oct 2002 13:27 PDT

I have just discovered that while I was working on the answer, you
posted a clarification of the question.  (A clarification does not
automatically appear on the researcher's screen.   When I posted the
answer, it refreshed the screen and revealed the clarification.)

As I noted at the end of the answer, I am going to be leaving shortly
for a few hours.  However, before I go, I will spend a several minutes
to see if I can find any additional information quickly.  If not, I
will work on it more when I return.

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Request for Answer Clarification by railpress-ga on 24 Oct 2002 13:58 PDT

I realize you went to alot of work to prepare your answer, but it does
not help me. Cingular, while born from SBC - Bellsouth, they are now a
stand alone org, in term of their resources, team and managment.

The names and resources you provided do not give me any more insight
than I have already received from going to these web pages. That why I
asked for org charts, from top leaders to managers. If you can help
with this level of detail, I am very interested.

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Clarification of Answer by justaskscott-ga on 24 Oct 2002 14:21 PDT

I haven't found anything significant yet from browsing the current
Cingular, SBC, or BellSouth web sites, or the oldest versions of the
Cingular web site (archived at
http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.cingular.com ).

When I get back, I will start with searches on the wider Internet for
the people you have mentioned in your comment.

Incidentally, I wish you had waited to rate my answer until I had
finished responding to your clarifications to it.  It was certainly
not strange that I came up with the links that I did in response to
your original question.  Indeed, websearcher came up with the same
opening link, and presumably thought, like I did, that this was the
information you wanted.  You would not have felt the need to post a
clarification and a clarifying comment if you had thought that the
question was complete to start with.

Well, anyway, I'll work just as hard on your request as if I had
received a 5-star rating.  I will let you know what I find.

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Request for Answer Clarification by railpress-ga on 24 Oct 2002 15:09 PDT

Sorry about the rating issue. This is the first time I've posted a
question on Google and after I posted my comment, it asked for a
rating. I should of waited until I gave you a chance to dig deeper.
Thanks for your help.

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Clarification of Answer by justaskscott-ga on 24 Oct 2002 20:48 PDT

I literally just got back home now.  I was at a car dealership for a
looooong time; if you've tried to buy a car, you'll know what I mean.

Anyway, I'll get to work now, and see what I come up with.

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Clarification of Answer by justaskscott-ga on 24 Oct 2002 22:28 PDT

Unfortunately, after searching on many sources, I have not found
anything more interesting than an expanded list of directors and
executive officers.

"Cingular Wireless: Prospectus" [see pages 81-84, under heading
"Management: Executive Officers and Directors" (July 26, 2002)
Securities and Exchange Commission
http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1130452/000095014402007768/g73685b3e424b3.txt

I wish I could have found more, but as you can see from the fact that
your $100 version of the question has so far gone unanswered,
information on management below the top level is hard to come by.

Need more detail - as stated in my question. Asked for Cingular org
charts from top level to manager level, got a bunch of public web
links I have already been to that did not have this information.

Have you had a look at:

http://www.cingular.com/about/meet_us

?

websearcher-ga

Here are some second tier names that I picked up from surfing around. 
Can't guarantee that they're all current, but I thought you might want
to see them just the same.  Good luck!

Jeff Schlueter
Executive Director, Product Development
CINGULAR WIRELESS

Kris Rinne, Vice President-Technology and Product Realization
Cingular Wireless 

Mr. Tim Hogan, Executive Director, Business Marketing, Cingular
Wireless

Steve Krom, Vice President Marketing Data and Internet Services,
Cingular

Brian F. Fontes, Ph.D. Vice President for Federal Relations, Cingular
Wireless

I should note that I did not see websearcher's comment before working
on the question.  I locked the question in preparation for an answer
within the same minute that the comment was posted.  I wouldn't want
websearcher to think that I was taking his idea and running with it;
in fact, I found the same web page independently.

This is a good start, but I am looking for more depth. I need to
really build out the team under Kris Rinne, Steve Krom, Bill Clift
(Chief Technical Officer)and Ed Reynolds (President of Network
Operations) I am really trying to understand who reports to who, From
SVP all the way down to the manager level.

I sent an email to investor relations of Cingular:

Good Afternoon,

Thank you for your interest in Cingular Wireless!

Unfortunately, we do not give out this information.  An org chart down to
the director level would be hundreds of people.  The organization
information that is available publicly can be found on the website and is a
list of the top executives and their titles.

I hope this helps. 


-----Original Message-----
Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 2:36 PM
To: investorrelations@cingular.com
Subject: Organizational Chart


Good afternoon,

I am doing research on the organizational structure of companies and was
wondering if you could direct me to an organizational chart or Cingular.
Starting with Mr. Carter down to director level would be great.  No contact
information is needed.  Simply names, titles and reporting chain would be
great.


Thank you very much for your time.