Executive Team

Keith Cowan is president, Strategic Planning and Corporate Initiatives, of Sprint Nextel Corporation, with responsibility for strategic planning, corporate development activities (mergers, acquisitions and alliances), and specific growth initiatives. He has served in this role since July 2007. Cowan serves on the Board of Directors of Clearwire Corporation. In addition, Cowan served as the interim President of the CDMA Business Unit from November 2008 to May 2009.

Cowan previously served as executive vice president of Genuine Parts Company from January to July 2007, where he was responsible for strategic planning, business and corporate development, information technology systems, and cost containment and process improvement initiatives.

Before that, Cowan was an executive officer at BellSouth from 1996 through 2006. While at BellSouth, he served as chief field operations officer; president-Marketing and Product Management; president-Interconnection Services; chief planning and development officer, and vice president-Corporate Development.

Prior to joining BellSouth, Cowan was a partner in the Alston & Bird law firm, where he worked for 14 years.

A native of Windsor, Conn., Cowan received his undergraduate degree in economics and political science from the University of North Carolina in 1978, where he was a Morehead Scholar. He received his Juris Doctorate degree from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1982.

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