Stephen Bye
CTO / Vice President
Sprint Technology Development & Strategy

Stephen Bye, vice president of Technology Development & Strategy, is responsible for driving Sprint’s technology strategy, architecture and global standards; innovation center and labs; emerging business and service model development.

Bye has more than 18 years of engineering, operations, product development, business planning and marketing experience with telecom and wireless service providers. Prior to joining Sprint in the spring of 2011, Bye was vice president of Wireless Services at Cox Communications. He has also held executive positions with AT&T, inCode Wireless, BellSouth International, Optus Communications and Telstra.

Bye is a Chartered Engineer, a Senior Member of the IEEE and a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology. He holds a bachelor’s degree with honors in electrical engineering from the University of Tasmania, Australia, and a bachelor’s degree with honors in banking and finance from the London School of Economics, University of London.