November 30, 2001

Assimilation of Lucent team went smoothly

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BOULDER — To financial observers, the ease with which Boulder-based Intrado Inc. assimilated the wireless 911 division of Lucent Technologies may seem extraordinary. But to Intrado co-founder George Heinrichs, it was just good business and a bit of good timing.

“Lucent had just reorganized that division almost perfectly (to fit within the Intrado corporation),” Heinrichs said. “I think a lot of it was just serendipitous. It was a very unique combination of the (corporate structures), because there was very little overlap. So there were no turf wars.”

The ability to assimilate Lucent’s wireless 911 division so quickly allowed Intrado to exceed analysts’…

Christopher Wood
Christopher Wood is editor and publisher of BizWest, a regional business journal covering Boulder, Broomfield, Larimer and Weld counties. Wood co-founded the Northern Colorado Business Report in 1995 and served as publisher of the Boulder County Business Report until the two publications were merged to form BizWest in 2014. From 1990 to 1995, Wood served as reporter and managing editor of the Denver Business Journal. He is a Marine Corps veteran and a graduate of the University of Colorado Boulder. He has won numerous awards from the Colorado Press Association, Society of Professional Journalists and the Alliance of Area Business Publishers.
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