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Anthony D. Christie oversees Global Crossing's marketing organization and its Agent Channel comprising enterprise resellers and VARs. The marketing organization is dedicated to assessing customer needs evaluating Global Crossing's position relative to competitors in satisfying those needs and developing positioning and managing the products and services Global Crossing offers. As chief marketing officer Mr. Christie is responsible for product development product management pricing strategic marketing and market development. In his role overseeing the Agent Channel Mr. Christie focuses on expanding relationships with Global Crossing's Agent partners and developing new ways to support their growth.
Mr. Christie joined Global Crossing as senior vice president for business integration and strategic planning in November 2001 and moved to lead the offer and product management organization in February 2002. In the latter role Mr. Christie managed global product strategy development deployment and profit and loss for all wholesale and retail products for the company.
Prior to joining Global Crossing Mr. Christie was vice president of business development and strategic planning for Asia Global Crossing (AGC). In this position Mr. Christie was accountable for all business and corporate development joint venture P&L and M&A activities as well as overall strategic planning for the company.
Prior to joining AGC Mr. Christie was general manager and network vice president with AT&T Solutions in New York City. Mr. Christie was the single point of accountability for account strategy P&L customer satisfaction personnel and business development on one of AT&T's most complex outsourcing engagements valued in excess of $300 million annually. While at AT&T Solutions Mr. Christie also held the position of global sales and operations vice president where he built and managed the customer-facing and service delivery team that developed sold and implemented custom network solutions for the existing base of Solutions' clients. This team generated more than $700 million in term revenue under Mr. Christie's leadership.
Prior to joining Solutions Mr. Christie was AT&T's 1997-1998 M.I.T. Sloan Fellow where he earned a Master of Science Degree in Management and published a thesis on thin browser wireless Internet technology. Before entering M.I.T. Mr. Christie held various positions with AT&T's Asia Pacific International Operations Division including regional managing director for the Consumer Markets Division where he was responsible for revenues in excess of U.S. $1.5 billion in 14 countries and P&L of calling card direct services in Asia in excess of U.S. $400 million. Mr. Christie has held numerous positions with AT&T's international businesses that included product management business and consumer marketing carrier services and market development. His domestic U.S. experiences include sales and marketing positions with AT&T's National Accounts Division. During his five years in sales and marketing Mr. Christie was nominated to AT&T's Council of Leaders and Winners Circles four separate times.
Mr. Christie holds a B.S. in marketing with a concentration in computer science from Drexel University an M.B.A. from the University of New Haven and an M.S. in Management from M.I.T. He resides in New Jersey with his wife and children. | 