Kodak Names Patricia Russo President, COO

ROCHESTER, N.Y., April 16 -- Eastman Kodak Co. said that Patricia F. Russo is joining the company as president and COO. Russo will oversee the day-to-day operations of Kodak's operating divisions and serve as the CEO's strategic partner in pursuing the business opportunities created by the convergence of imaging and information management technologies. Russo has served as president of the Business Communications Systems division of AT&T Corp. and Lucent Technologies Inc. Prior to her departure from Lucent in August of last year, Russo headed the $24 billion Service Provider Networks group that developed and delivered networking systems, software and services to communications companies worldwide.