Glenn Lurie early life was largely unremarkable. He attended Haverford College in Pennsylvania, and studied psychology—not the most relevant degree for success in the business world. But Lurie went on to earn an MBA from Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management and became a top executive at several notable companies, including IBM and Lucent Technologies.
In 2005, Lurie became president of Sony Europe, with responsibility for all Sony operations in Europe, Russia, Africa and India. In this position he oversaw a pivotal time for the company as they recovered from difficult times partially brought on by 9/11 which left people afraid to fly outside of America. He also saw the company through tough economic times which put pressure on companies to cut costs.
AT&T has been able to remain one of the only giants in the cellular industry by remaining focused on consumers, and by consistently releasing new products and services to keep people interested in wireless communications. When Lurie joined AT&T, he made it his goal to use the company’s strengths to provide better service for consumers and help solve their communication problems. The company has been especially successful at this because of its nationwide network and its position as one of the largest telephone providers in the nation. They are able to leverage this position into providing cellular service, mobile Internet access, home Internet access and a host of other services. The company provides a variety of traditional services and is expanding to provide more options, such as home and business Internet access, mobile hotspots, videoconferencing and more.
Lurie has had a long and successful tenure at AT&T, which began in 2005 when he became president of the company’s European operations. He received numerous awards during his tenure including the Ernst & Young Organization (EY) Global Telecom Leader Award for North America for 2011-2012; and the Human Resources Executive Council’s Innovative Human Resources Award for leading AT&T to become an employee-focused organization. Read more to this article: https://pivotalcommware.com/about/