CenturyLink taps insider to be new government leader

CenturyLink has selected Tim Meehan from within its own ranks to be the new senior vice president and general manager of CenturyLink Government.

He replaces Lisa Bruch, who has filled in for Diana Gowen over the past six months. Read more about Gowen's departure from the company here.

Meehan was most recently vice president of sales for the east region and financial services industry as well as inside sales for CenturyLink Technology Solutions, the company said in a release.

Before CenturyLink, Meehan worked at Oracle Corp., where he served as head of North American sales for the company’s cloud hosting unit. He began his career working at PricewaterhouseCoopers.

He holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in information systems from Northeastern University.