Technology >> CEO Interviews >> October 16, 2001

Mickey Schleien – At&t Latin America Corporation (attl)

MICKEY SCHLEIEN joined AT&T Latin America as Vice President of Corporate Development and Strategy in August 2000. Mr. Schleien has amassed extensive experience in the financial and communications sectors throughout the Latin America region during his tenure in some of the country's most respected investment banking organizations. While at Lehman Brothers, Mr. Schleien covered the telecommunications service sector in Latin America where he evaluated telcos in the wireline, wireless and data businesses to support the firm's institutional clients and investment banking activities. Here, he was instrumental in taking several noteworthy Latin America companies through their IPOs and other strategic transactions, including Telfonos de Mxico, Grupo Iusacell and Conecel, among others, as well as completing the bond offering for Brazil's Telesp. Mr. Schleien also worked with Morgan Stanley and Union Bank of Switzerland. A Chartered Financial Analyst, he holds an MBA in Finance from Loyola Marymount University and a BS in Chemistry from University of California Los Angeles Profile
TWST: Could you give us a brief overview of the history and evolution of

AT&T Latin America Corp.?

Mr. Schleien: AT&T Latin America was formed by the combination of three

separate