T-Mobile Appoints Marty Pisciotti as Vice President General Manager of Greater Philadelphia Tri-State Region to Oversee Local Sales and Operations

June 29th, 2011 - 07:00 am ET by Business Wire

T-Mobile Appoints Marty Pisciotti as Vice President General Manager of Greater Philadelphia Tri-State Region to Oversee Local Sales and OperationsT-Mobile continues regionalization efforts with increased presence in Philadelphia, upstate New York, Delaware and southern New Jersey..

As T-Mobile USA, Inc. increases its presence in the greater Philadelphia Tri-State area, the company today appointed Marty Pisciotti as the vice president general manager for the area, responsible for sales across all T-Mobile retail properties, customer growth and loyalty efforts. Pisciotti’s region consists of Philadelphia and the surrounding suburbs, as well as T-Mobile’s presence across Delaware, Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey and upstate New York.

The region consists of 119 T-Mobile-owned retail stores and more than 700 partner locations, including national retailers, such as Walmart, RadioShack, Best Buy and others. The company employs more than 850 employees in the region across retail, engineering, human resources and other functions.

“Marty is a sales and service veteran and brings a wealth of knowledge about T-Mobile and the greater Philadelphia area to the position,” said William Robinson, senior vice president, east area, T-Mobile USA. “T-Mobile customers in this region are fortunate to have Marty driving all areas of our business and ensuring our local customers continue to receive the award-winning service they expect from T-Mobile.”

T-Mobile began its regionalization efforts early this year to enable local business owners to invest in and run their markets as individual business units. The local vice president general managers will also have the ability to influence network investment, store locations, customer offers and local marketing programs.

Since 2010, T-Mobile has made significant investments in its network infrastructure in the area, bringing 1,323 4G cell sites online and spending more than $81 million in network improvements. In addition, Philadelphia was T-Mobile’s first market to roll out 4G service, which has since expanded to more than 200 million Americans.

About Pisciotti

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Pisciotti holds more than 20 years of retail experience for leading brands, including Circuit City, Kinko’s and Pepsi. Pisciotti joined T-Mobile in 2007 and most recently held the position of division director for T-Mobile’s retail presence in New York, where he oversaw 97 retail locations, improving core business by 37 percent year over year and leading the company in percentages of smartphones sold. Prior to the role in New York, Pisciotti oversaw T-Mobile’s presence in the Great Lakes region, including the Detroit Metro area.

During his tenure at T-Mobile, Pisciotti has served as lead advocate for a number of successful handset launches, including the T-Mobile® myTouch® line of products.

Pisciotti holds a bachelor’s degree in business management from Providence College in Waterbury, Conn. He lives in New Jersey with his wife and their two children. Pisciotti is a U.S. armed services veteran, is a member of the American Legion, and has held leadership positions — and continues to volunteer — with the Knights of Columbus.

About T-Mobile USA, Inc.

Based in Bellevue, Wash., T-Mobile USA, Inc. is the U.S. wireless operation of Deutsche Telekom AG. By the end of the first quarter of 2011, approximately 128 million mobile customers were served by the mobile communication segments of the Deutsche Telekom group — 33.6 million by T-Mobile USA — all via a common technology platform based on GSM and UMTS and additionally HSPA+/HSPA+42. T-Mobile USA’s innovative wireless products and services help empower people to connect to those who matter most. Multiple independent research studies continue to rank T-Mobile USA among the highest in numerous regions throughout the U.S. in wireless customer care and call quality. For more information, please visit http://www.T-Mobile.com. T-Mobile is a federally registered trademark of Deutsche Telekom AG. For further information on Deutsche Telekom, please visit www.telekom.de/investor-relations.

For more information about T-Mobile’s 4G products, please visit http://www.t-mobile.com.

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Contacts :

T-Mobile USA, Inc.
Media Contact:
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