Tim J. Donahue has served as president and chief executive officer of Nextel since August 1999. He began his career with Nextel in January 1996 as president and chief operating officer. In 2003 he earned $26.3 million in pay from Nextel and by June 2004 he held 1.8 million Nextel shares^[1]. President is a title held by many leaders of organizations, companies, universities, and countries. ... A chief executive officer (CEO) or chief executive is the highest-ranking corporate officer or executive officer of a corporation, company, or agency. ... Sprint Nextel Corporation (NYSE: S), headquartered in Reston, Virginia, is one of the largest telecommunications companies in the United States. ... A chief operating officer (or COO) is a corporate officer responsible for management of day-to-day activities of the corporation. ... 2003(MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Before joining Nextel, Mr. Donahue served as northeast regional president for AT&T Wireless Services operations from 1991 to 1996. AT&T (formerly an abbreviation for American Telephone and Telegraph) Corporation NYSE: T is an American telecommunications company. ...

Mr. Donahue started his career as a Radio announcer in his hometown of South Portland, Maine. He then relocated to Atlanta, GA and was one of the founders of CNN. He later sold his share of CNN and helped form AT&T Wireless Services (formerly McCaw Cellular Communications) in 1986 as president for McCaw Cellular's paging division. In 1989, he was named McCaw Cellular's president for the US central region.

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1. ^  Nextel should play ball, Glenn Bischoff, 2004-06-01, accessed 2005-04-10