AT&T Salutes African American Executives

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During Black History Month, AT&T is recognizing the accomplishments of its African American executives. Derrick F. Hamilton is Vice-President, U-Verse Field Operations. (Photo: AT &T)
During Black History Month, AT&T is recognizing the accomplishments of its African American executives. Derrick F. Hamilton is Vice-President, U-Verse Field Operations. (Photo: AT &T)

In honor of Black History Month, AT&T is proudly honoring high-ranking African Americans within the company.

Derrick F. Hamilton is Vice-President, U-Verse Field Operations and manages the installation and restoration of AT&T U-Verse product in several Midwestern states including Illinois, Indiana and Michigan.

Hamilton assumed his current position in April 2008. Prior to his move to U-Verse Field Operations, he supervised Switched Telephone Service, Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) Internet, and U-Verse in Illinois and Lake County, Indiana. He also oversaw Network Dispatch Centers, POTS Provisioning Centers, and the Six Sigma Business Unit Program Management for the Midwest Region.

Hamilton came to AT&T in 1991 and has held numerous positions in network operations, network services staff, project reengineering and systems implementation.

The astute professional earned a bachelors degree in engineering from California State University, Los Angeles and a MBA from the Anderson Graduate School of Management at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Before coming to AT&T, Hamilton worked as an engineer at Hughes Aircraft Company.

Hamilton a quintessential executive, and his wife Joni, who is a pediatrician, reside in Chicago and have two children.

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