Lumen’s second quarter business revenues decreased from the first quarter. A spokesperson told Channel Futures that the ILEC divestiture and the leadership change are not related. On Tuesday, Lumen announced the sale of its ILEC business in 20 states to the private equity firm Apollo Management Group. “He’s a guy that ‘gets it,’ that is highly strategic and super willing to listen and help drive the channel toward future success,” Murray said. Murray said he has seen a positive response from partners about Young. “He helped champion some pretty successful programs in other areas of the organization that had been weaknesses,” Murray told Channel Futures. And that respect might pay big dividends for partners. Richard Murray said that although Young does not possess a hefty channel resumé, he carries deep respect internally at Lumen. His labors resulted in multiple promotions, including vice president of federal markets and senior vice president of public sector. He landed at Level 3 in 2002, working in federal markets. He turned to Lucent-spinoff Avaya in 2000, where he helped introduce a new indirect sales model. Then he began a five-year stint at AT&T-spinoff Lucent Technology in 1995. He started his career at AT&T in 1987 and worked his way up to senior program manager. Young, like Gee, came up from the Level 3 side of the business. Young has worked at Lumen/CenturyLink/Level 3 for nearly 30 years. #Garrett gee driversDelivering a dynamic customer experience to the partner community and to their customers is one of the primary drivers of partner trust, net new revenue opportunities and long-term revenue growth,” Lumen stated. “Our indirect channel is a critical part of Lumen’s enterprise revenue growth strategy. His new reportees include Lumen’s indirect team and Lumen’s system integrator, hyperscaler and digital ventures groups.
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