Cicconi to Leave AT&T in September, Replaced by Quinn
Jim Cicconi, senior executive vice president and the longtime top AT&T official on federal issues, will retire Sept. 30, to be replaced by Senior Vice President Bob Quinn, the carrier confirmed Wednesday. Emphasizing the growing importance of mobility to the…
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company, Joan Marsh, vice president in charge of wireless issues, will take Quinn’s old job and become a senior vice president. Cicconi, like Quinn, was at the old AT&T when SBC acquired it in 2005. SBC then renamed itself AT&T. Cicconi worked in the White House for President Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush, where he was deputy to the chief of staff. Cicconi “is respected by everyone, regardless of political party or viewpoint, as a big thinker, a master strategist and someone able to bridge divides to get things done," said Randall Stephenson, AT&T CEO, in a written statement. "I greatly appreciate his leadership, wise counsel and countless contributions.” Cicconi is a “force of nature” in Washington, said Grant Seiffert, former president of the Telecommunications Industry Association. “Anything that has been big in telecom and internet policy, Jim has been a part of it,” Seiffert told us. While a longtime Republican, Cicconi recently said he was supporting Democrat Hillary Clinton for president (see 1607110047). In 2011, Cicconi was a leader of AT&T’s failed buy of T-Mobile and lambasted the FCC for effectively killing the deal (see 1112020064). More recently, the telco bought DirecTV.