Wave of hires part of Sprint decentralized restructuring plan

As part of a previously reported nationwide restructuring plan, Sprint announced the hiring of regional presidents to take the helm at six of the company’s 17 new regional subdivisions.

The restructuring, announced in November, is part of a larger Sprint plan to cut $2.5 billion out of its operation, which also includes lay offs, restructuring of severance packages and cuts at the executive level including food and transportation.

Meet the new regional presidents:

Johan Chung has been named president of the Northern California and Nevada region. Chung joins Sprint from LG Electronics where he served as a SVP managing the account division for U.S. operators.

Jim Mills joins as president of the Illinois and Wisconsin region. Before joining Sprint, Mills served as VP of retail sales and operations at Vonage. Before that, he held a variety of leadership positions at T-Mobile US, including VP and GM for Chicago and the Great Plains region.

Glen Flowers joins as president of the Michigan, Kentucky and Indiana region. Most recently, Flowers served as a senior business consultant and executive advisor at GWF Consulting. Before that, he held leadership positions at Cricket Communications, MetroPCS and Sprint.

Conrad Hunter joins as president of the New England region. Before joining Sprint, Conrad served as SVP of sales for Tranlin. Before that, he was EVP and COO at Ntelos Wireless.

Greg Post joins as president of the Mountain and Southwest segion. Before joining Sprint, he served as president of North America for Recipero, a company specializing in device-led data solutions. Before that, Post held leadership positions at T-Mobile US, Cricket Wireless, Nextel Communications and AT&T Wireless.

Karen Paletta has been named president of the New York City, New Jersey, Central Pennsylvania and Delaware region. Paletta previously served as regional VP for consumer sales in the Northeast and has nearly two decades of experience leading sales, distribution and operations functions at Sprint.