Dan Yost

Dan Yost was named executive vice president of the Mass Markets Organization (MMO) in August 2008. Mr. Yost is responsible for the sales, marketing and delivery of local and long-distance voice, wireless, video, broadband services, as well as product development and management of Qwest’s voice, data and IP portfolio, including the development of new services for residential and small business customers in Qwest’s 14-state local service area and to long-distance customers nationwide. Mr. Yost’s team of approximately 7,000 employees handles all consumer and small business sales and customer care operations, collections and operator and information services and generates approximately $5.5 billion in annual revenues. 

Mr. Yost joined Qwest in 2004, and prior to his current role, he served as the company’s executive vice president of product and IT. In this role, he was responsible for the product development and management of Qwest’s voice, data and IP portfolio, including the deployment of voice over Internet protocol (VoIP), as well as maintaining the critical information technology infrastructure used to deliver services for residential, small business and enterprise customers.

With more than 30 years of telecommunications experience, Mr. Yost joined Qwest from Allegiance Telecom, Inc., a facilities-based national local exchange carrier, where he served as the company’s president and chief operating officer. While at Allegiance, he managed the company’s day-to-day operations, which included the delivery of local and long-distance communications, international calling, high-speed data transmission and Internet services.

Previously, Mr. Yost held senior management positions at several technology companies, including AT&T Wireless, McCaw Cellular Communications, MetroCel Cellular, Inc. and NETCOM Online Communications.

Mr. Yost holds a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering and a M.B.A. degree from Southern Methodist University.