Management Team
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SAMUEL D. (Dee) JONES
Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President — Investor Relations
Samuel D. (Dee) Jones is chief financial officer and executive vice president — investor relations for Idearc Inc. (NYSE: IAR)
Dee Jones is chief financial officer for Idearc in addition to his role as executive vice president - investor relations. As the primary liaison with the investment community, Jones is responsible for investor relations programs; for strategic communications with shareholders, both institutional and individual; for leading the mergers and acquisitions team in financially beneficial transactions; and for managing the company's external communications function.
Prior to his current assignment, Jones was executive director - financial reporting and analysis and mergers and acquisitions for Verizon Information Services (VIS). Jones has also served as executive director - sales support for VIS' International operations.
Jones began his career 25 years ago as manager - cost accounting for GTE Southwest. He advanced through positions of increasing responsibility including, manager - regulatory accounting for GTE Central and director - general accounting and financial reporting for GTE Directories. He holds a bachelor's and a master's degree in accounting from Angelo State University.
