30 Notable IT Executive Moves: November 2020

December 11, 2020, 12:12 PM EST

November saw major executive shakeups at Symantec, AT&T, Virtana, DXC Technology and GDT, plus big new hires at Nvidia, Intel, Apple, Code42 and Open Systems.

John Stephens

AT&T said CFO John Stephens plans to retire next March after a 28-year tenure with the company. He will be succeeded by WarnerMedia CFO Pascal Desroches.

“I greatly appreciate John’s outstanding leadership, tireless dedication and many significant contributions to AT&T over the years,” said John Stankey, AT&T CEO, in a statement. “His financial expertise and strong commitment to our investors, employees and customers have been invaluable as we invested to become a leader in connectivity and content.”

Stephens became CFO in 2011 and had been with the company since 1992. Desroches was previously CFO at Turner and global controller at Time Warner before becoming CFO at WarnerMedia.

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Dylan Martin

Dylan Martin is a senior editor at CRN covering the semiconductor, PC, mobile device, and IoT beats. He has distinguished his coverage of the semiconductor industry thanks to insightful interviews with CEOs and top executives; scoops and exclusives about product, strategy and personnel changes; and analyses that dig into the why behind the news. He can be reached at dmartin@thechannelcompany.com.