Nationality USA Predecessor Gary D. Forsee Successor Marcelo Claure | Role Executive Name Daniel Hesse | |
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Education MIT Sloan School of Management People also search for Marcelo Claure, Robert H. Brust, Keith O. Cowan, Cleyson L. Brown, Jacob Brown Board member of CTIA – The Wireless Association, Boys & Girls Clubs of America | ||
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Daniel R. Hesse (born c. 1953) is the former chief executive officer of Sprint Corporation. He was also the spokesperson, as the voice in Sprint's "Simply Everything" commercials.
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- Daniel hesse charlie rose
- Early life
- ATT
- Terabeam Corporation
- Embarq Corporation
- Sprint
- Personal life
- References
Early life
Hesse's father was a career army officer and he spent his early years going from army base to army base attending 8 different schools between kindergarten in Italy before graduating Stuttgart American High School.
He received a Bachelor's degree from the University of Notre Dame in government and liberal studies in 1975; an MBA from the Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University in 1977; and master's of science from the MIT Sloan School of Management as a Sloan Fellow in 1989.
AT&T
He spent 23 years at AT&T where he started out as an intern.
From 1991–1995 he was President and CEO of AT&T Network Systems International based in the Netherlands.
He launched the online division's AT&T Worldnet service in February 1996 which introduced unlimited internet dial up for $20/month as long as you subscribed to AT&T's long distance services.
In May 1997 he became head of AT&T Wireless.
Terabeam Corporation
From March 2000 to June 2004 he was CEO and chairman of Terabeam Corporation.
Embarq Corporation
In June 2005 Hesse joined Sprint and oversaw the spinoff of its landline service – Embarq Corporation.
Sprint
On December 17, 2007 he became CEO of Sprint Nextel.
During his tenure he appeared in numerous television commercials for the company, filmed in black and white, and created by Goodby, Silverstein & Partners. The ads were filmed in New York City.
When Hesse took over at Sprint, the company was losing numerous customers. His strategy to stem further losses included improved customer service, an increased emphasis on prepaid cell phones, striking a deal with Apple to sell iPhones and other Apple products, and a 4G presence investment/ownership stake in WiMAX-provider Clearwire. He also started adding retail stores across the nation in an attempt for increased in-person customer service.
On August 6, 2014 Sprint announced that Hesse would be replaced by Marcelo Claure, founder of Brightstar Corporation.
Personal life
Dan Hesse took a year off of work following him leaving Sprint.
Hesse never really endorsed any political candidates, but he did talk with Mitt Romney during his time campaigning for the 2012 United States Presidential Elections.