Walmart and Sam’s Club HR veteran joins company’s leadership team
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OVERLAND PARK, Kan. -- (Business Wire)
Sprint (NYSE: S) announced the appointment of veteran human resources
executive Ismat Aziz to its leadership team. Reporting to Sprint CEO
Marcelo Claure, the company’s new senior vice president of human
resources oversees company initiatives including organizational
performance and culture, compensation and benefits, staffing and
employee relations, learning and development, and talent management.
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Aziz takes on this role as Sandy Price, who previously led human
resources, retired this month after more than two decades with the
company. Aziz joins Sprint from Sam’s Club where she was chief human
resources officer and an integral member of Walmart’s global human
resources leadership team. She has extensive experience transforming
human resource functions and has worked across a range of industries,
including retail, technology, pharmaceuticals and manufacturing. Her
extensive experience includes driving operational effectiveness and
change management, strategy, process improvement, and mergers and
acquisitions.
“Ismat is a great addition to the world-class team we are building at
Sprint,” said Marcelo Claure, Sprint president and CEO. “She’s a strong
leader with deep experience who is able to be a strategic business
partner in the transformation of our company. Ismat is driving a
strategy that makes sure we have the best talent, engaged employees and
a high-performance culture.”
“I’m excited to join Marcelo and Sprint’s leadership team at this
important time in the company’s history,” said Aziz. “There’s incredible
talent across the organization and I am focused on giving our employees
the tools and resources they need to continue to grow in their careers
and deliver great service to Sprint customers across the country.”
Aziz earned a Master's of Business Administration from the Richard Ivey
School of Business, University of Western Ontario, and completed her
undergraduate work at the University of Toronto. She also has
certifications in Board Governance and HR internationally.
Aziz relocated to the Kansas City area with her four children and is
based at the company’s headquarters in Overland Park, Kan.
About Sprint:
Sprint (NYSE: S) is a communications services company that creates more
and better ways to connect its customers to the things they care about
most. Sprint served more than 58.8 million connections as of March 31,
2016 and is widely recognized for developing, engineering and deploying
innovative technologies, including the first wireless 4G service from a
national carrier in the United States; leading no-contract brands
including Virgin Mobile USA, Boost Mobile, and Assurance Wireless;
instant national and international push-to-talk capabilities; and a
global Tier 1 Internet backbone. Sprint has been named to the Dow Jones
Sustainability Index (DJSI) North America for the past five years. You
can learn more and visit Sprint at www.sprint.com
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Contacts:
Sprint
Dave Tovar, 913-315-1451
david.tovar@sprint.com
Source: Sprint
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