Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site spanky.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!wivax!decvax!harpo!eagle!mhuxt!mhuxi!mhuxa!houxm!ihnp4!spanky!jgy From: jgy@spanky.UUCP Newsgroups: bell.abi,net.general,bell.general,btl.general Subject: ABI Message-ID: <352@spanky.UUCP> Date: Tue, 7-Jun-83 16:39:20 EDT Article-I.D.: spanky.352 Posted: Tue Jun 7 16:39:20 1983 Date-Received: Wed, 8-Jun-83 07:16:13 EDT Organization: Bell Labs, Holmdel, N. J. Lines: 93 >From jgy Tue Jun 7 16:27:57 1983 remote from hojoc N I/TEL 1/26 KH 1/3 /T WNEWS /TEL / 06/07 MCGILL REPORTEDLY RESIGNING (DJ) AS PRESIDENT OF AT&T UNIT NY -DJ- ARCHIE J. MCGILL THE HIGHLY VISIBLE PRESIDENT OF AMERICAN TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH CO.'S UNIT THAT SELLS UNREGULATED BUSINESS PRODUCTS AND SERVICES WILL RESIGN SHORTLY SOURCES SAID. MCGILL 52 WAS OFFERED A NEW AT&T JOB TO REMOVE HIM FROM HIS CURRENT POST AS HEAD OF THE ADVANCED INFORMATION SYSTEMS UNIT WITHIN AT&T'S AMERICAN BELL INC. SUBSIDIARY A SOURCE SAID. RATHER THAN ACCEPT THE TRANSFER - IN EFFECT A DEMOTION - MCGILL CHOSE TO RESIGN THE SOURCE ADDED. CALLS TO MCGILL'S OFFICE WERE REFERRED TO AN AMERICAN BELL SPOKESMAN WHO SAID MCGILL WAS UNAVAILABLE FOR COMMENT. THE SPOKESMAN SAID HE COULDN'T CONFIRM OR DENY MCGILL'S PENDING RESIGNATION. AN AT&T SPOKESMAN N I/TEL 01/26 KH 2/3 ALSO SAID HE COULDN'T CONFIRM OR DENY THE REPORT. MCGILL HAS BEEN AT THE CENTER OF AT&T'S EFFORTS TO EVOLVE INTO AN AGGRESSIVE MARKETING COMPANY FROM THE MONOPOLY ERA WHEN BUSINESS CUSTOMERS PURCHASED AT&T'S PRODUCTS AND SERVICES BECAUSE THEY HAD LITTLE IF ANY COMPETITIVE ALTERNATIVE. SINCE THE OFFICIAL FORMATION OF AMERICAN BELL LAST JANUARY MCGILL'S ADVANCED INFORMATION SYSTEMS UNIT HAS ADVERTISED HEAVILY INCLUDING FULL-PAGE ADS SIGNED BY MCGILL. AMERICAN BELL'S FIRST MONTHS HAVE BEEN MARKED BY ORGANIZATIONAL PROBLEMS AND LESS-THAN-EXPECTED SALES RESULTS. SOME COMPANY OBSERVERS SAID WHILE MCGILL COULDN'T BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR MANY OF THOSE PROBLEMS HE HAD UPSET AT&T'S TOP MANAGEMENT WITH OVERLY OPTIMISTIC BUSINESS FORECASTS AND A SERIES OF CLASHES WITH OTHER N I/TEL 01/26 KH 3/3 EXECUTIVES. BROADTAPE 9 25 AM JUNE 7 N I/TEL 1/26 KI 1/2 /T WNEWS /TEL / 06/07 ARCHIE MCGILL RESIGNS AS (DJ) PRESIDENT OF AT&T UNIT N Y -DJ- AS EXPECTED AMERICAN TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH CO ANNOUNCED THE RESIGNATION OF ARCHIE J. MCGILL AS PRESIDENT OF ITS AMERICAN BELL ADVANCED INFORMATION SYSTEMS SUBSIDIARY. IN THE SAME ANNOUNCEMENT ROBERT J CASALE GROUP VICE PRESIDENT-NATIONAL BUSINESS SYSTEMS WAS NAMED DIVISION PRESIDENT-MARKETING AND SALES AND FRANK S VIGILANTE VICE PRESIDENT- LARGE AND INTERMEDIATE SYSTEMS WAS NAMED DIVISION PRESIDENT-PRODUCTBPLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT FOR AMERICAN BELL ADVANCED INFORMATION SYSTEMS. CASALE WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE AT&T UNIT'S MARKETING AND SALES ACTIVITIES TO BUSINESS CUSTOMERS AND VIGILANTE WILL PROVIDE LEADERSHIP TO ALL PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT AND N I/TEL 01/26 KI 2/2 MANUFACTURING OPERATIONS WHICH SERVE THE BUSINESS MARKET AT&T SAID. BOTH WILL REPORT TO CHARLES MARSHALL CHAIRMAN AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF AMERICAN BELL. 9 50 AM