CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) has made a series of leadership promotions within its strategic government business. Barbara Farnham, formerly senior director of federal programs, has been promoted to senior director and general manager for special programs at CenturyLink, the company said Wednesday. Farnham, who joined CenturyLink in 2001, will oversee sales …

Lisa Crawford Bruch, most recently senior director of government strategy at CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL), died on Dec. 17 at the age of 62. Family, friends and colleagues are invited to attend a celebration of her life at Mount Olive Baptist Church in Centreville, Virginia, on Saturday, Jan. 5th, from 10 a.m. to 3 …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, January 2, 2018 — David Young, senior vice president of strategic government at CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL), has said the extension of the deadline for agencies to transition to the Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions contract makes the program more feasible when changing contractors, ExecutiveBiz reported Dec. 11. Young said in …

Zain Ahmed, formerly a senior director of CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL), has been promoted to vice president and general manager of the company’s federal civilian and law enforcement practice. CenturyLink said Monday the 15-year telecommunications industry veteran will oversee the delivery of network, cybersecurity, cloud computing and information technology support services to …

A CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) subsidiary has received a potential five-year, $126.8M contract to manage dark fiber and related commercial facilities for the Defense Department. Herndon, Va.-based CenturyLink QGS will perform work at various locations within the continental U.S. through task orders from the Defense Information Systems Agency, DoD said Monday. Work under the …

Neel Dev, formerly group vice president of finance at CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL), has been promoted to executive VP and chief financial officer at the telecommunications provider. He has served as CenturyLink’s CFO on an interim basis since Sunit Patel stepped down from the position in September, the company said Tuesday. Dev will …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, November 1, 2018 — CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) has consolidated its position on the General Services Administration‘s $50B Enterprise Infrastructure Services contract a year after the close of its Level 3 Communications acquisition, ExecutiveBiz reported Oct. 4. Nextgov reported Oct. 3 that Level 3 has been removed from the pool …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, October 11, 2018 — CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) has unveiled a new hybrid cloud connectivity service built on a software-based networking platform as part of its Cloud Connect portfolio of offerings for government and enterprise customers, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The company said Tuesday Cloud Connect Dynamic Connections works to enable …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, September 5, 2018 — Amazon Web Services has added CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) as a partner in the AWS Managed Service Provider program, enabling the latter to offer AWS-powered cloud products and services to the former’s customers, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. CenturyLink said Friday it completed a third-party audit to verify …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, August 13, 2018 — CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) has received clearance from the General Services Administration to provide federal agencies its information technology products and services via the potential $50 billion Alliant 2 contract vehicle, ExecutiveBiz reported July 31. The company said July 30 its selection for the …