-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, QACkA3luva6TrMtG2YP2iGyuErDh9MkIhQZcD5mXW1D86rTn1ktf3l5qHnr1SqWb xdCZOlnaVOJodKE5FD/uCg== 0001054522-00-000014.txt : 20000407 0001054522-00-000014.hdr.sgml : 20000407 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001054522-00-000014 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20000405 ITEM INFORMATION: ITEM INFORMATION: FILED AS OF DATE: 20000406 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: U S WEST INC /DE/ CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001054522 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: TELEPHONE COMMUNICATIONS (NO RADIO TELEPHONE) [4813] IRS NUMBER: 840953188 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-14087 FILM NUMBER: 594408 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1801 CALIFORNIA STREET STREET 2: SUITE 390 CITY: DENVER STATE: CO ZIP: 80202 BUSINESS PHONE: 3036722700 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1801 CALIFORNIA STREET STREET 2: SUITE 390 CITY: DENVER STATE: CO ZIP: 80202 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: USW-C INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19980204 8-K 1 PRESS RELEASE REGARDING JOSEPH ZELL ================================================================================ UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D. C. 20549 FORM 8-K CURRENT REPORT Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Date of Report: April 5, 2000 (Date of earliest event reported) U S WEST, Inc. (Formerly "USW-C, Inc.") (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
A Delaware Corporation Commission File IRS Employer Identification (State of Incorporation) Number 1-14087 No. 84-0953188
1801 California Street, Denver, Colorado 80202 (Address of principal executive offices, including Zip Code) Telephone Number (303) 672-2700 (Registrant's telephone number, including area code) (The Exhibits Index is located on page 2 of this report.) ================================================================================ Item 5. Other Events On April 5, 2000, U S WEST, Inc. (the "Company") issued a press release concerning the departure of Joseph R. Zell, President of U S WEST !NTERPRISE Networking. The press release is filed as an exhibit to this Current Report on Form 8-K. Item 7. Exhibits (c) Exhibits Index Exhibit 99 - Press Release issued by the Company on April 5, 2000 entitled "Joe Zell, Top Broadband Executive, Departs U S WEST to Head Denver-based Convergent Communications - Janice Aune, Senior U S WEST Executive, named to Succeed Zell" SIGNATURE Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized. U S WEST, Inc. (Formerly "USW-C, Inc.") By: /s/ Thomas O. McGimpsey ----------------------------------------- Thomas O. McGimpsey Assistant Secretary Dated: April 5, 2000 EX-99 2 PRESS RELEASE EXHIBIT 99 U S WEST, Inc. [U S WEST Logo] 1801 California Street life's better here [Registered Trademark] Denver, CO 80202 News Release Release Date: Wednesday, April 5, 2000 Contact: Dana Smith Jon Lentz (303) 896-5528 (303) 965-3235 dksmit3@uswest.com bjlentz@uswest.com JOE ZELL, TOP BROADBAND EXECUTIVE, DEPARTS U S WEST TO HEAD DENVER-BASED CONVERGENT COMMUNICATIONS -- Janice Aune, Senior U S WEST Executive, Named to Succeed Zell -- DENVER -- Joseph R. Zell, president of U S WEST !NTERPRISE Networking, today announced he is leaving U S WEST to accept the position of president and CEO at Denver-based Convergent Communications, Inc. Janice L. Aune, vice president, Operations, Technical Engineering and Systems at !NTERPRISE, was named to succeed Zell as new head of U S WEST !NTERPRISE Networking. At U S WEST, Zell led the unit that creates broadband products and services, including high-speed access and applications for the Internet. Today, the 14-state U S WEST service region has the nation's highest penetration rate for DSL (Digital Subscriber Line) technology, which super-charges copper telephone lines to deliver video and data at high speeds. "Under Joe's leadership, U S WEST became an industry pacesetter in the deployment of high-speed Internet and broadband services, including DSL, " said Sol Trujillo, chairman, president and CEO of U S WEST. "Joe is a visionary leader, an effective manager and a fierce competitor. He's also a close friend and colleague. We'll miss him, even as we wish him the best in his new position." "The decision to leave U S WEST was difficult, but this was an opportunity I could not turn down," said Zell. "It's especially difficult to leave my friends and colleagues at U S WEST. Sol Trujillo has an unusual ability to attract great talent. He is an exemplary New Economy leader who can bring together a strong and diverse team from a variety of disciplines. At U S WEST, that team has an unparalleled record of innovation, creating new choices for customers and new value for shareholders. I am proud to have been a part of Sol's team." Trujillo named Aune, a long-time senior officer of the company, to succeed Zell. "Janice brings a wealth of Internet and data networking savvy to her new position. She is a top performer and will be a great new addition to our senior team," said Trujillo. Aune is currently head of Operations, Technical Engineering and Systems at !NTERPRISE, where she leads more than 1,200 employees who support a rapidly growing data and Internet provider organization with revenues that increase 65 percent a year. She has held positions of increasing responsibility since she joined U S WEST in 1970, in areas across the breadth and depth of the business. These include budgeting, construction, strategic and financial planning, engineering, data communications, customer care and operations. She has spent the last eight years at U S WEST in the data networking and Internet arena. The last five of those years she led the !NTERPRISE Operations organization, creating world-class innovation in data networking, system architecture and customer care. Her team led the technical engineering design and implementation of DSL services. Aune received her bachelor of arts degree, summa cum laude, in finance, business management and economics from Augsburg College, in Minnesota. Zell was named to his current position at U S WEST in 1997 and led the rapidly growing !NTERPRISE unit, which generated $1.7 billion in data revenues and $2.7 billion in total annual revenues in 1999. Previously, he was president of U S WEST Wholesale Markets. He also served as vice president of Markets and Innovation at !NTERPRISE, where he developed and managed applications and products that address the full range of voice, video and data networking. He began his career at U S WEST in 1991 as director of product development for !NTERPRISE. He later served as executive director of Applications Innovation. Before joining U S WEST, Zell was with WilTel, now MCI-WorldCom, for six years, where he held a variety of marketing and product development positions. During that time, he was responsible for developing and introducing the industry's first frame relay service. Prior to his tenure at WilTel, Zell worked at United Technologies Communications, a PBX manufacturer, and in sales at MCI and Xerox. Zell currently serves on the board of directors for U S Internetworking, Inc., Intertainer, Inc., Netpliance, Inc., the U S WEST Foundation and the Shaka Franklin Foundation. He graduated with honors from Southwest Missouri State University in Springfield, Missouri, with a degree in marketing. Print-quality images of Zell and Aune are available for download at www.uswest.com. About U S WEST U S WEST (NYSE: USW) is a leading broadband and communications service provider, with more than $13 billion in annual revenues. U S WEST leads the industry in deploying next-generation broadband ADSL and VDSL Internet access and data/video services; offers the nation's first and only 'one-number' advanced wireless service that integrates customers' home or business phones with their wireless PCS; and provides multimedia advertising services, including Internet and print directories. The company has nearly 2 million miles of deployed fiber in the U.S., provides local exchange services to more than 25 million customers in 14 states, and provides wireless services to more than 500,000 customers and data services to more than 800,000 customers nationally. U S WEST is merging with Qwest Communications International Inc. The combination, to be named Qwest Communications International Inc., will create a communications powerhouse with a market capitalization of more than $70 billion, headquartered in Denver and employing about 64,000 people worldwide. U S WEST and Qwest will unite the nation's most innovative local, wireless and broadband communications firm with one of the world's most advanced fiber-optic networks and broadband Internet providers. Together, the two firms will have more than 3 million miles of deployed fiber in the U.S. and worldwide, 29 million customers and a local network that is 99.2 percent digitally switched. For more information about U S WEST, go to http://www.uswest.com. ### -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----