Johan Chung Named Sprint President, Northern California and Nevada
January 14 2016 - 4:21PM
Business Wire
Chung to lead local efforts aimed at improving
the customer experience, enhancing the LTE Plus network, and
increasing sales
Johan Chung has been named Sprint (NYSE: S) president of the
Northern California and Nevada Region. Based in San Francisco, he
will be responsible for sales strategy, network oversight, customer
service, marketing communications and general operations supporting
the full portfolio of Sprint products and services from enterprise
to consumer in Northern California and Nevada.
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Johan Chung has been named Sprint
president of the Northern California and Nevada Region. (Photo:
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Chung’s appointment follows Sprint’s announcement that it will
restructure the company into four geographic areas – West, Central,
Northeast and South – with targeted resources devoted to 17 top
regions, including San Francisco. Under Chung’s leadership the
company will develop market-specific offerings serving the unique
local needs of consumer and business customers in the West.
“Northern California and Nevada are technology-hungry markets
that are hosts to numerous technology conferences. With Johan at
the helm, we have a huge potential to attract even more customers
in this area of the country. Johan is adept at working in the
fast-paced technology industry, and I’m confident that he and his
team will be ready to help Sprint innovate and continue to build a
strong wireless company.”
Marcelo Claure, CEO
The West geographic area covers Alaska, Arizona, California,
Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah,
Washington, western Texas and Wyoming. It encompasses nearly 1,170
retail stores company-owned or Sprint-branded retail stores.
“This is an exciting time for Sprint as the company is
becoming a disruptive force in the wireless industry. I look
forward to helping the company grow its voice and business in
Northern California and Nevada and to the opportunity to lead the
region into its next chapter of expansion and success.”
Johan Chung, President, Northern California
and Nevada Region
Chung joins Sprint from LG Electronics where he served as a
senior vice president, managing the account division for major U.S.
operators. Previously he worked at McKinsey and Company Inc. and
also held management positions at Hewlett Packard/Agilent
Technologies. Chung earned his bachelor’s degree at U.C. Berkeley
in Computer Science and earned his master’s degree at Stanford
University in Computer Science. He also holds an MBA from the
University of Pennsylvania at Wharton.
About Sprint
Sprint (NYSE: S) is a communications services company
that creates more and better ways to connect its customers to
the things they care about most. Sprint served more than 58.6
million connections as of Sept. 30, 2015, and is widely recognized
for developing, engineering and deploying innovative technologies,
including the first wireless 4G service from a national carrier in
the United States; leading no-contract brands including Virgin
Mobile USA, Boost Mobile, and Assurance Wireless; instant national
and international push-to-talk capabilities; and a global Tier 1
Internet backbone. Sprint has been named to the Dow Jones
Sustainability Index (DJSI) North America for the past five years.
You can learn more and visit Sprint at www.sprint.com or
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