Patricia Russo

Patricia " Pat" Fiorello Russo ( born June 12, 1952 in Trenton, New Jersey) is an American manager.

Life

Russo studied at Georgetown University and in 1973 earned her Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Political Science and History and has also completed the Advanced Management Program (AMP ) at Harvard University in 1989.

From her first job at IBM, she joined AT & T and in 2002 took over the management of Lucent Technologies. Russo led the company back to profitability and in a merger with the much larger Alcatel. On 1 December 2006, the new group Alcatel- Lucent launched, and Russo led its operations.

In July 2008, Alcatel- Lucent announced the departure of Russo and the former head of Alcatel, the then Chairman.

On July 23, 2009 Pat Russo was announced as a member of the board of General Motors.

Russo is married and has two stepchildren.

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