Virgin Mobile USA Welcomes New Chief Information & Technology Officer

WARREN, N.J., Sept. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Virgin Mobile USA, Inc.
(NYSE: VM) has made an important addition to its leadership team by naming a
new Chief Information and Technology Officer (CIO/CTO). Daniel A. Acton, a
veteran of the IT industry, has assumed responsibility for leading the
company's evolution in information technology as it expands its information
operations through an outsourcing agreement with IBM and integration of
Helio's IT operations.
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In this role, Acton will assume management responsibilities for the
present Virgin Mobile USA IT and product development operations. He will
focus on integrating key business and technology processes, to move Virgin
Mobile USA ahead as a full service wireless provider. Acton will build a new
portfolio management team to govern the strategy and investment in information
technology.
"Our information technology capability is of course a crucial part of our
ability to deliver quality wireless service and award-winning customer care.
Virgin Mobile USA is always looking for ways to improve our services and
products for both customers and employees," said David Messenger, chief
administrative and corporate development officer, Virgin Mobile USA. "Dan
plays a critical role in ensuring that IT operations and infrastructure
functionality are at the optimum level, balancing innovation and costs. He has
a proven track record as an effective manager paired with many years of
experience in the information and technology industry. We look forward to
leveraging his insights."
With the recent close of the Helio acquisition, Acton will lead the new
postpaid Engineering, MIS, and financial systems operations, as well as
incoming strategic technical partnership relationships. Furthermore, he will
serve as the technology liaison to the telecommunications industry.
Acton brings a broad management and technical background to his new role
at Virgin Mobile USA, having served in a wide variety of executive management
roles in engineering, strategy, M&A, and delivery capacities with General
Electric, Lockheed Martin, Unisys, Corning and IBM, where he was most recently
a partner in managing large, complex programs for Global Business Services.
As an entrepreneur, he also served as a chief operating executive of multiple
fiber optic engineering firms, including taking a telecom equipment company
public in 2000.
Throughout his career, Acton concurrently served for 25 years as an
information operations officer in the Navy Reserve where he honed his
knowledge in information security and assurance.
He is a graduate of the United States Naval Academy and the Johns Hopkins
University, and engaged in a doctoral scholarship at the University of
Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business and Moore School of Engineering.
About Virgin Mobile USA, Inc.
Virgin Mobile USA, Inc. (NYSE: VM), through its operating company Virgin
Mobile USA, L.P., offers more than five million customers control, flexibility
and choice through monthly Plans Without Annual Contracts, with national
coverage powered by the Sprint PCS network. With its pay-as-you-go plans and
the addition of Helio's postpaid offerings, Virgin Mobile USA now provides
consumers with the broadest range of wireless alternatives.
Virgin Mobile USA's full slate of smart, stylish and affordable handsets
are available at approximately 40,000 top retailers nationwide and online at
http://www.virginmobileusa.com/, with Top-Up cards available at more than
140,000 locations. Virgin Mobile USA is known for its award-winning customer
service, was recently rated the best prepaid wireless service for the second
year in a row in the Annual PC Magazine Readers' Choice Survey, with 90% of
its own customers reporting satisfaction with its service. Virgin Mobile USA
allows customers to earn free minutes in exchange for viewing advertising
content online through the innovative Sugar Mama program.
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Corinne Nosal, Virgin Mobile USA, Inc., +1-908-607-4235,
corinne.nosal@virginmobileusa.com