Patricia Russo
Patricia Russo
Patricia F. Russoof Lucent Technologies, and its successor, Alcatel-Lucent, a large communications equipment manufacturer. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of General Motors, Merck & Co., and ALCOA, Inc. She serves as Chairman of the nonprofit organization, Partnership at Drugfree.org. Prior to the split of Hewlett-Packard into two companies in 2015, Russo served as Lead Independent Director. She now serves as Chairman of Hewlett Packard Enterprise...
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china recent services wins
Some of our recent wins in China demonstrate our services capabilities,
accelerate across array beginning combined company driving enable enterprise industry logic network personal presents projected services strategic
The strategic logic driving this transaction is compelling. The communications industry is at the beginning of a significant transformation of network technologies, applications, and services - one that is projected to enable converged services across service-provider networks, enterprise networks, and an array of personal devices. This presents extraordinary opportunities for our combined company to accelerate its growth.
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Our customers will benefit from a partner with the scale and scope to design, build and manage increasingly converged networks that deliver the most advanced communications services to the market. That is what this combination will deliver with an unparalleled focus on execution, innovation and service for our customers. Serge and I will work hard with our leadership team to draw upon the key strengths and common culture of technical excellence within each company to uniquely position the combined company for success, growth and value creation from next-generation networking and services.
across board general holding releases seeing seen spending time
I think what we're seeing is a much tighter holding on spending than we would have expected, ... It's really a general tightening that we've seen across the board that's been commensurate with releases we've seen in that time period.
economy few growing industry innovation particular past rapid seen technology within
We have seen China's economy growing at 8-9% over the past few years and in particular within the telecom industry there has been rapid developments in technology and innovation enhancements,
absolutely business fund operations return sufficient
We absolutely have sufficient liquidity to fund the operations of the business and return to break-even,
accelerate business credible execution forward henry home industry plan team turning
Henry and the team have put in place and are implementing a solid, credible plan for turning this business around. Lucent and this industry have always been a home to me and I look forward to working with this team to accelerate the execution of our plan.
balanced expect fair identified synergy
We expect to take a fair and balanced approach. We have mutually identified synergy opportunities.
china example great local successful using
China is a great example of where we have been successful using local resources,
area businesses china global growth resource
We see China as an important growth area for Lucent's global businesses and an important resource center,
advantage create excited opportunity
We are very excited about this combination. We see this as opportunity to create a clear, competitive advantage in the marketplace.
clearly intend speed
We clearly intend to have speed as our bias.
create point
At this point there is nothing that could create a problem.
bringing controls increased issues matter since
Since bringing this matter to the SEC's attention, we have addressed these issues with increased controls and disclosures in our organization,