Glen F. Post III (born October 4, 1952) was the chief executive officer and president of
CenturyLink
Lumen Technologies, Inc. (formerly CenturyLink) is an American
telecommunications company headquartered in Monroe, Louisiana, that offers communications, network services, security, cloud solutions, voice, and managed services. The company is ...
, an
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integrated communications service provider based out of
Monroe, Louisiana. He earned a bachelor's degree in
accounting in 1974 at
Louisiana Tech University
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and an
MBA
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in 1976 at Louisiana Tech. Post joined CenturyTel in 1976. He was named vice president in 1982 and was promoted to senior vice president and
treasurer
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in 1984. He was appointed to the
CenturyTel
Lumen Technologies, Inc. (formerly CenturyLink) is an American
telecommunications company headquartered in Monroe, Louisiana, that offers communications, network services, security, cloud solutions, voice, and managed services. The company is a ...
board of directors in 1985, and the following year he was promoted to senior vice president and
chief financial officer. In 1988 Post was named executive vice president and
chief operating officer
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. He became the
president
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and chief operating officer of CenturyTel in 1990. In 1992 Post was named vice chairman of the board, president, and
chief executive officer
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. In 2002 he was appointed
chairman of the board and chief executive officer. Since 2009 Post has served as chief executive officer and president of CenturyLink. His honors include: Louisiana Tech College of Administration and Business Distinguished Alumni in 1991, Louisiana Tech University Tower Medallion Award in 1997 and DeGree Enterprises Lifetime Achievement Award in Business 2003.
CenturyLink’s 2014 annual revenues were $18 billion, up from $360 million in 1992 when Post was appointed
CEO.
Post serves on the National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC) and a number of other boards and foundations.
Executive Profile of Glen Post – CenturyLink Newsroom
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References
Living people
Louisiana Tech University alumni
American chief executives
People from Union Parish, Louisiana
American chief operating officers
American chief financial officers
1952 births
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