American Tower Names Tom Bartlett as CEO, Succeeding Jim Taiclet

American Tower Corp. (NYSE: AMT) has named Tom Bartlett to succeed Jim Taiclet as president and CEO, effective immediately.

Bartlett has served as American Tower’s executive vice president and CFO for over ten years, joining the company from Verizon Communications, Inc. in 2009 after a career there of more than 25 years.

Taiclet joined American Tower in 2001 as president and COO and became CEO and chairman in 2003. He will continue as executive chairman until the 2020 annual meeting.