A source tells Light Reading that CenturyLink has announced internally that former Level 3 CTO Andrew Dugan will be the company's new technology boss.

Phil Harvey, Editor-in-Chief

November 6, 2018

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CenturyLink Switches CTOs

Editor's Note: This story was updated on 11/7 to add CenturyLink's comment.

Level 3's influence continues to be felt in the executive offices of CenturyLink. The two companies combined just a little more than a year ago, and former Level 3 leaders are occupying more of the C-suite this week. (See CenturyLink Agrees to Acquire Level 3.)

Light Reading reported on November 6 that CenturyLink told its employees that Andrew Dugan will be the company's next CTO. Dugan, the former CTO at Level 3, takes over for Aamir Hussain. Hussain joined the carrier as its CTO in 2014; our sources said on November 6 Hussain was leaving the company.

"CenturyLink is implementing organizational changes in its Product Development and Technology function to better align with the company's recently completed technology roadmap and innovation strategy," wrote Stephanie Meisse, Communications Director at CenturyLink, in an email to Light Reading November 7. "As a result of these organizational changes, EVP and CTO Aamir Hussain has left the company. Andrew Dugan, VP of Technology Planning and Network Architecture, has been named our CTO."

Figure 1: Andrew Dugan, CenturyLink's new CTO (pictured here talking with Light Reading in 2017). Andrew Dugan, CenturyLink's new CTO (pictured here talking with Light Reading in 2017).

At the top, CenturyLink CEO Jeff Storey was previously the CEO of Level 3. Storey was president and CEO of WilTel Communications before he rose to take on the top job at Level 3, following Level 3's acquisition of WilTel in 2005. In each step along the way, he's stayed loyal to executives he's worked with before and these most recent changes shouldn't set off any alarm bells, a source close to the company told Light Reading. (See Level3 Acquires WilTel, Level 3 Names New CEO and Level 3 Names Dugan CTO & Tinic CIO.)

It was announced on November 6 that Neel Dev has officially taken on the CFO role. Dev is a 13-year Level 3 veteran and had been serving as interim CFO since Sunit Patel, CenturyLink's previous CFO, left the company in September. (See CenturyLink Names Neel Dev CFO.)

— Phil Harvey, US News Editor, Light Reading

About the Author(s)

Phil Harvey

Editor-in-Chief, Light Reading

Phil Harvey has been a Light Reading writer and editor for more than 18 years combined. He began his second tour as the site's chief editor in April 2020.

His interest in speed and scale means he often covers optical networking and the foundational technologies powering the modern Internet.

Harvey covered networking, Internet infrastructure and dot-com mania in the late 90s for Silicon Valley magazines like UPSIDE and Red Herring before joining Light Reading (for the first time) in late 2000.

After moving to the Republic of Texas, Harvey spent eight years as a contributing tech writer for D CEO magazine, producing columns about tech advances in everything from supercomputing to cellphone recycling.

Harvey is an avid photographer and camera collector – if you accept that compulsive shopping and "collecting" are the same.

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