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 Marty Dickens
Marty Dickens was named President of BellSouth in Tennessee affective April 1, 1999.
He is a native of North Carolina and holds a Bachelor's degree from East Carolina University and a Master's degree from Georgia State University. Dickens began his career with BellSouth in 1969, and held a number of positions in the company's comptrollers, public affairs and regulatory departments prior to joining BellSouth International in 1992. As Executive Vice President of BellSouth International, Marty was a member of the senior team responsible for overseeing the management and growth of BellSouth foreign operations. He also served on the Board of Directors of BellSouth operations in Brazil, Venezuela, Panama, Nicaragua, Israel, China, and Denmark.
Since moving to Nasvhille, Dickens has been selected to serve on a number of community boards including the YMCA, Boy Sounts, PENICL Foundation, Vanderbilt's Blair School of Music, Family and Children Services, Adventure Science Center, and the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. He is the Past Chairman of the Nasvhille Area Chamber of Commerce, a member of the Belmont University Board of Trustees, Meharry Medical College Board of Trustees, Baptist Hospital Foundation, and serves on the Board of SunTrust Bank.
On April 14, 2004 TTU DMBA student Aaron Anderson met Marty Dickens in his Nashville office to discuss leadership in times of industry and corporate cultural change. In the following video vignettes, Mr. Dickens provides the industry and regulatory background that has profoundly affected BellSouth's business and corporate culture since the company was divested from the AT&T "Ma Bell" system in 1984. He describes the impact of the 1996 Telecommunications Act, recent technological and service advancements, and how BellSouth's leaders and managers have dealt with the resulting business and cultural changes.
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