Jeffrey K. Storey (born May 12, 1960) is an American business executive whose career has focused on the telecommunications industry.
[1] On September 13, 2022, Lumen announced that Kate Johnson had been appointed CEO and president by the company's board of directors, and that Storey would retire on November 7, 2022.
[2] Storey, whose parents worked in the construction and airline industries, grew up in Texas and eastern Oklahoma.
He was educated at Northeastern State University where he received a bachelor's degree with a major in engineering, physics and mathematics and at Southern Methodist University where he received a Master's degree in telecommunications systems.
He was brought into Level 3 Communications by its long-time CEO Jim Crowe in 2008 to serve as its president and chief operating officer (COO) and was the architect of the company's 2011 acquisition of Global Crossing.