Technology >> CEO Interviews >> December 24, 2001
BARRY J. WEST is Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer
of Nextel. He led many successful engineering and marketing initiatives
during more than 25 years for British Telecom, most recently serving as
Director of value-added services and corporate marketing at Cellnet, the
pioneer of cellular communications in the UK. At British Telecom, Mr.
West oversaw the rollout of a GSM digital cellular network that covered
more than 90% of the UK population in only six months. Profile
How do you see the company today?
Mr. West: I joined Nextel in 1996 along with Dan Akerson and Tim
Donahue. We were
