Education
Saleh holds Bachelor of Surgery and Master of Surgery degrees in electrical engineering, as well as an Master of Business Administration, from the University of Michigan"s Ross School of Business.
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Career
He later served as interim chief executive officer (Chief Executive Officer) of Sprint Nextel Corporation in late 2007 and as the company"s Chief Financial Officer from 2001 to 2008. In November, 2010 Mr. Saleh was named Gannett"s Chief Financial Officer.
In May, 2012 Mr.
Saleh was named Civil Service Commission"s Chief Financial Officer and currently holds this position. Before joining Nextel, Saleh served as Senior Vice President and treasurer for The Walt Disney Company from 1997 to 1999, and later became Chief Financial Officer of Walt Disney International. Prior to Disney, he served as treasurer of Honeywell where he spent 12 years in various leadership positions in finance, treasury, investor relations, strategic planning and operations.
He served as executive vice president and Chief Financial Officer of Nextel Communications from September 2001 to August 2005, and he was appointed Chief Financial Officer of the combined company after Nextel"s merger with Sprint.
On October 8, 2007, he became the acting Chief Executive Officer of Sprint Nextel following Gary Forsee"s resignation. Institutional Investor Magazine named Saleh as the Best Chief Financial Officer in the telecom services wireless sector in 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007.
In June 2005, Treasury & Risk Management magazine included him among its list of the 100 Most Influential People in Finance.
