Sprint hates “Sprint-Speed”; sacks CMO, CFO, Sales Chief

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Sprint hates “Sprint-Speed”; sacks CMO, CFO, Sales Chief

by JG Mason on Jan 24, 2008 at 05:14 PM

Sprint is bloody mad and is cleaning house. Announced today and effective tomorrow, the following are currently filling cardboard boxes with their nicknacks: CFO Paul Saleh, Chief Marketing Officer Tim Kelly, and President of Sales and Distribution Mark Angelino. Last week, the company announced it would slash 4,000 jobs but somehow I bet these three didn’t see it coming.

Sprint named temporary replacements for each while it searches for permanent ones. The move is seen as a good one for new CEO Dan Hesse by analysts and the Sprint stock is up .30 so far today.

There seems to be a battle building for where Sprint will be headquartered: in its ancestral home in Kansas or new home in Reston, VA thanks to the Nextel merger.

Read: [Tech Trader Daily]

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