Career
Before joining Nextel, Saleh was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at The Walt Disney Company from 1997 to 2001, and also served as Senior Vice President and treasurer for The Walt Disney Company. Prior to Disney, he served as treasurer of Honeywell where he spent 12 years in various leadership positions in finance, treasury, investor relations, strategic planning and operations. He served as executive vice president and CFO of Nextel Communications from September 2001 to August 2005, and he was appointed CFO of the combined company after Nextel's merger with Sprint. On October 8, 2007, he became the acting CEO of Sprint Nextel following Gary Forsee's resignation.
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