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James (Jim) M. Sheehan, 43, is executive vice president, general counsel and chief administrative officer at Tellabs. In this role, Sheehan is responsible for Tellabs’ global legal organization, including mergers and acquisitions, corporate alliances, corporate compliance, corporate communications and corporate secretarial functions. He also is responsible for all aspects of human resources, including employee recruitment and retention, compensation and benefits, staff learning and development, and facilities. Previously, Sheehan served as vice president and deputy general counsel and assisted in directing all legal and contract services for Tellabs and its subsidiaries, including acquisitions, securities compliance, employment and benefits law, and intellectual property protection. Prior to this role, Sheehan served as director and assistant general counsel at Tellabs from 1995 to 2000. He joined Tellabs in 1994 as senior attorney. Sheehan also served as an associate attorney at Vedder, Price, Kaufman and Kammholz and Chapman and Cutler, both in Chicago. Sheehan has spoken at and participated in numerous legal and executive forums, including Martindale-Hubbell’s Counsel to Counsel Forum, Huron Consulting Group’s Legal Executive Forum and PriceWaterhouseCoopers Leadership Forum. Sheehan is a member of the Board of HFS Chicago Scholars, a charitable organization providing financial assistance for economically disadvantaged but academically motivated Chicago students. Sheehan holds both a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration and a law degree from the University of Illinois. Tellabs advances telecommunications networks to meet the evolving needs of users. Broadband solutions from Tellabs enable service providers to deliver high-quality voice, video and data services over wireline and wireless networks around the world. Ranked among the BusinessWeek InfoTech 100, Tellabs (NASDAQ: TLAB) is part of the NASDAQ-100 Index, NASDAQ Global Select Market and the S&P 500.
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