Marcus East Is Out At T-Mobile; Other Layoffs May Be Coming

Marcus East is reportedly leaving T-Mobile at the end of the month as the company plans to lay off employees soon.

Here are the details and the news.

Marcus East is out on T-Mobile; More layoffs could come

T-Mobile executive vice president and chief digital officer Marcus East is expected to step down by the end of August.

According to T-Mobile’s official website, East “leads a talented team of designers, digital marketers, engineers, product specialists, and technologists” at the company.

The sources also inform us of East’s deactivated T-Mobile Slack account, which means he has already left the company and does not work for T-Mobile. But it is assumed that his official term ends in August.

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East’s departure will result in the reshuffling of key T-Mobile executives. Thus, the leaders of the company planned the new administrative structure of their digital group.
According to the sources, Nestor Cano, executive vice president and chief information and digital officer at T-Mobile, will succeed East after his departure.

Nestor previously worked as chief operating officer at Sprint, managing cost reduction to strengthen the business.

In his new role at T-Mobile, Nestor is responsible for bringing T-Mobile and Sprint together to create a supercharged Un-carrier to deliver high benefits to customers, employees and shareholders.

Additionally, sources say T-Mobile could lead to more layoffs among employees in support, training, resource planning, and other core teams who only occasionally come into contact with customers. Layoffs are expected in September and October.

According to several rumors, the company may eliminate IC (Individual Contributor) roles, including store management or individual mobile experts. However, this assumption is based on rumors and it is still unknown which positions will be removed.

Marcus East – Who is he?

Marcus East is a British technologist, author, lecturer and former politician who serves as Executive Vice President and Chief Digital Officer at T-Mobile, where he is involved in overseeing and guiding designers, marketers digital, technical engineers and product specialists.

East was born on February 7, 1972 in Enfield, North London to Patrick East and Inez Elizabeth East. He studied at Bounds Green School and Latymer Grammar School in North London. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Management and Computing from London Guildhall University and a Master’s in Management from the University of Cambridge.

East is passionate about solving critical technical issues and has 30 years of experience as a product and technology leader at some of the world’s leading technology companies, such as Apple, Google, IBM, Comic Relief, Marks and Spencer, National Geographic and T-Mobile.

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East is also a Signal Hill Acquisition Corporation and non-executive director at Oxford Cancer Analytics and WillowTree.

He is a skilled investor who enjoys playing football and video games, building computers, exploring technology and traveling to new places in the world.

Currently, East lives in Seattle, Washingtonwith his wife, whom he married in 2017, their dog Bella and their cat Cesare.