Diversified service provider Level 3 Communications Inc. (LVLT) has elected former WilTel exec Jeff K. Storey, who brings more than 25 years of telecom industry experience to the firm, as president and chief operating officer effective Monday, Dec. 8.
Storey will be based at the company's headquarters in Broomfield, Colo., and will report to James Q. Crowe, chief executive officer. Crowe had held the president position after co-founder and then president and COO Kevin O’Hara stepped down in March.
"As the president and chief executive officer of WilTel Communications, Jeff demonstrated his strong combination of management and operational skills by growing that business significantly while maintaining strong financial discipline," said Crowe, in prepared comments.
Storey, 48, was most recently with Leucadia National Corp., where he served as president of Leucadia Telecommunications Group. Prior to that position, Storey spent five years with WilTel Communications and its predecessor entities and was president and chief executive officer of WilTel Communications from 2002 until its sale to Level 3 in December 2005.
Storey began his career in telecommunications in 1983 with Southwestern Bell Telephone, where he held various engineering and operations positions. From 1994 until 1999 he worked at Cox Communications in various executive positions.
