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Samuel D. (Dee) Jones is acting chief financial officer and senior vice president investor relations for Idearc Inc. (NYSE: IAR)
Idearc provides a wide variety of advertising media that connects buyers with sellers when buyers are ready to buy. Idearc's multi-platform products include local search sites Superpages.com® (www.superpages.com) Switchboard.com (www.switchboard.com) and LocalSearch.com (www.localsearch.com); Verizon® Yellow Pages and conveniently sized portable Verizon® Yellow Pages Companion Directories; Superpages MobileSM for both cell phones and BlackBerry®; Solutions At Hand reFresh reCharge reNew and Solutions at Home magazines; and Solutions Direct and Solutions on the Move direct mail packages.
Dee Jones is serving as acting chief financial officer for Idearc in addition to his role as senior vice president - investor relations. As the primary liaison with the investment community Jones is responsible for investor relations programs; for strategic communications with shareholders both institutional and individual; for leading the mergers and acquisitions team in financially beneficial transactions; and for managing the company's external communications function.
Prior to his current assignment Jones was executive director - financial reporting and analysis and mergers and acquisitions for Verizon Information Services (VIS). Jones has also served as executive director - sales support for VIS' International operations.
Jones began his career 25 years ago as manager - cost accounting for GTE Southwest. He advanced through positions of increasing responsibility including manager - regulatory accounting for GTE Central and director - general accounting and financial reporting for GTE Directories. He holds a bachelor's and a master's degree in accounting from Angelo State University. | 