Harold (Hal) W. Burlingame

Mr. Burlingame is currently at AT&T Wireless, serving as Senior Executive Advisor, Human Resources and Communications. He led the Human Resources and Public Relations initiatives, recruited members of the Board of Directors, and staffed senior positions for the new firm.

Mr. Burlingame previously served at AT&T for 20 years, as Executive VP, Human Resources, Executive VP, Merger & Joint Venture Integration and VP, Public Relations. He retired as Executive Vice President at AT&T in July 2001 when he joined AT&T Wireless as it spun off as an independent company. He headed the AT&T Human Resources organization from 1987-1999, and handled Merger and Joint Venture Integration. During that period, AT&T went through several restructuring steps. He was deeply involved in helping lead those efforts including the Trivestiture that spun off Lucent Technologies and NCR. Earlier, in 1982, he was on the advance team that broke up the Bell System.

Mr. Burlingame began his career with Ohio Bell in 1962. He advanced through several operating and Public Relations assignments. In 1983 was named Vice President of Public Relations at AT&T Information Systems. He headed that organization until 1986, when he was elected Senior Vice President, Public Relations for AT&T.