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 NEWS  Federal  Communications  Commission  445  12  th  Street,  S.  W.  Washington,  D.  C.  20554  This  is  an  unofficial  announcement  of  Commission  action.  Release  of  the  full  text  of  a  Commission  order  constitutes  official  action.  See  MCI  v.  FCC.  515  F  2d  385  (D.  C.  Circ  1974).  News  Media  Information  202  /  418-  0500  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov  TTY:  1-  888-  835-  5322 
 FOR  IMMEDIATE  RELEASE  NEWS  MEDIA  CONTACTS  January  23,  2003  Robin  Pence  (202)  418-  0505 
 Lauren  Kravetz  Patrich  (202)  418-  7944 


 POWELL  ANNOUNCES  CHANGES  IN  WIRELESS  TELECOMMUNICATIONS  BUREAU;  TOM  SUGRUE  TO  LEAVE  FCC,  JOHN  MULETA  TO  BE  NAMED  BUREAU  CHIEF 
 Washington,  DC  -  FCC  Chairman  Michael  Powell  today  announced  that  Wireless  Telecommunications  Bureau  Chief  Tom  Sugrue  will  be  leaving  the  Commission  this  spring  and 
 that  he  intends  to  name  John  Muleta  as  the  new  WTB  Chief  effective  in  early  February. 
 Powell  said,  “It  is  with  deep  regret  that  I  announce  that  Tom  Sugrue  has  decided  to  move  on  from  his  duties  as  Chief  of  the  Wireless  Telecommunications  Bureau.  Tom  has  made 
 invaluable  contributions  to  the  Commission  during  the  past  four  years  as  Bureau  Chief.  He  has  played  an  integral  role  in  crafting  the  Commission’s  positions  on  spectrum  policy  and  numerous 
 other  complex  issues  involved  in  wireless  telecommunications  at  a  critical  juncture  in  the  development  of  these  services.  His  leadership  has  been  instrumental  in  moving  the  bureau 
 forward  in  many  ways  that  benefit  the  Commission,  the  industry,  and  the  American  public.  Tom  has  served  longer  in  this  position  than  any  previous  WTB  Chief,  and  we  will  greatly  miss  him.” 


 Powell  said,  "To  take  over  this  vital  bureau  chief  position,  I  am  turning  to  industry  veteran  and  former  FCC  official,  John  Muleta,  who  will  bring  extensive  experience  and 
 leadership  to  the  Wireless  Telecommunications  Bureau  and  Commission  at  a  critical  time.” 
 Muleta  is  currently  the  President  and  CEO  of  Source  1  Technologies  LLC,  a  privately  held  systems  integration  firm  based  in  Washington,  D.  C.  He  is  also  a  cofounder  of  OI  Systems 
 Inc.,  a  Washington-  based  managing  consulting  firm.  Muleta  previously  served  at  the  FCC  from  1994-  1998  where  he  held  various  positions  in  the  Common  Carrier  Bureau  and  the  Office  of 
 Plans  and  Policy,  including  Deputy  Bureau  Chief  in  the  Common  Carrier  Bureau  and  Chief  of  the  Enforcement  Division  of  that  bureau.  After  leaving  the  FCC,  Muleta  worked  at  PSINet,  Inc. 
 from  1998-  2000  where  he  held  the  position  of  President  for  PSINet  Ventures  Inc.  and,  prior  to  that,  was  President  of  PSINet’s  Global  Facilities  Division  and  President  of  its  India,  Middle  East 
 and  Africa  Division.  He  began  his  career  at  GTE  Corporation  and  later  worked  at  Coopers  &  Lybrand  Consulting,  LLC,  before  joining  the  Commission  in  1994. 


 Muleta  received  his  BS  in  Systems  Engineering  at  the  University  of  Virginia  School  of  Engineering  and  Applied  Sciences  in  1986  and  his  MBA  and  JD  from  the  University  of  Virginia 
 Joint  Degree  Program  in  1993,  where  he  received  the  Shermet  Scholar  Award  for  outstanding  scholarship. 
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 Sugrue  was  appointed  Chief  of  the  Wireless  Telecommunications  Bureau  in  December  1998.  He  had  been  in  private  practice  with  the  firm  of  Halprin,  Temple,  Goodman  &  Sugrue. 
 Prior  to  that,  he  had  served  as  Deputy  Assistant  Secretary  of  Commerce  at  the  National  Telecommunications  and  Information  Administration,  Department  of  Commerce  and  served  for 
 six  years  in  the  FCC’s  Common  Carrier  Bureau,  including  four  years  as  Chief  of  that  bureau’s  Policy  and  Program  Planning  Division.  He  served  as  law  clerk  to  Justice  Paul  Reardon  in  the 
 Supreme  Court  of  Massachusetts.  He  earned  a  J.  D.,  magna  cum  laude,  from  Harvard  Law  School,  a  Masters  in  Public  Policy  from  the  Kennedy  School  of  Harvard  University  and  a  B.  S.  in 
 physics,  magna  cum  laude,  from  Boston  College. 


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