Warren Mickens

Mr. Mickens has had an extensive career leading technology and manufacturing companies. He is the former VP of Wholesale Operations at Centurylink/Qwest, where he had responsibilities for project management, service management, IT, Order Processing, Collections and Dispute Resolution, and Network Management. He began his career as an engineer at Cummins Engine Company and was later the Director of the Worldwide Government Business.

He had several executive assignments at AT&T Midwest (then Ameritech) including VP of Wholesale Operations, VP of Wireless Engineering and Operations, and VP off Network Planning and Engineering.  Following the acquisition of Ameritech by SBC, he worked at Nokia/Alcatel where he ran engineering and operations for Telecom New Zealand.

Mr. Mickens earned a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Indiana's Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and an MBA from Harvard University.