Melissa Bolden is an assistant vice president with AT&T. She is responsible for managing the most complex merger integration program in the company’s history.

The $600 million initiative will consolidate billing, ordering, and provisioning systems. This will simplify operations and allow the company to better sell, service, and support its customers. Bolden was chosen for this task because of her ability to collaborate with business leaders of all levels.

Bolden has a career with A&T that spans 20 years. She has worked in several areas, including corporate accounting, finance, mergers and acquisitions, and operations.

Bolden is not only a role model within AT&T but is highly respected in her community as well. She is known as a reliable person who always delivers on her commitments on and off the job. Her leadership responsibilities are many, including her work with several AT&T Employee Resource Groups. Women of AT&T, HACEMOS (Hispanic Association of Communications Employees of SBC), and Women of Finance have all benefited from her leadership.

Bolden also does work with SIDS, a national nonprofit health care organization dedicated to the prevention of sudden infant death and the promotion of infant health through a nationwide program; Big Brothers Big Sisters, and the American Heart Association.