Mike Buatti was informed that he was being laid off from his job at Verizon Business as part of a reduction in force. He has 30 days to find a new position within the company before his employment ends on January 7th. He thanks Matt Rust and Joe Debellis for their professionalism and lists some of the successful sales projects they worked on together. While uncertain of his future, Mike wishes them the best and will continue working to close out projects until his last day.

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Buatti, Michael E (Mike)
From: Rust, John M (Matt)
Sent: Friday, December 10, 2010 8:30 AM
To: Buatti, Michael E (Mike)
Subject: RE: Confirmation of Today's Reduction In Force/Thank You For All That You Have Done
Mike, I was also shocked and saddened by the news. It made no sense to me as I see you as one of
the most driven and successful of the video BSCs. I tried to call you last night but was afraid to bother
you considerling. Let’s talk today if you can.
Matt
Home: 919.326.0506
Email: matt_rust@netzero.net
From: Buatti, Michael E (Mike)
Sent: Friday, December 10, 2010 3:38 AM
To: Rust, John M (Matt)
Cc: Debellis, Joseph (Joe); Brinson, William H
Subject: Confirmation of Today's Reduction In Force/Thank You For All That You Have Done
Matt and Joe,
As you may have heard, I was personally affected yesterday, Thursday, 12/9/2010, by the Reduction in
Force (RIF) that went through our organization. I now have 30 days to find a new job within Verizon
Business with my last date of employment being January 7th. Even though I remain positively optimistic, I
know that it is highly doubtful that a new job opportunity would avail itself to me within the timeframe that I
have left at Verizon Business – especially so close to the Christmas holiday break. I have to say that the
news came to me as quite a shock since I have been “knee deep” in attempting to bring in new revenue
to Verizon Business. I, and my family, are still “reeling from the news” that my manager, Bill Brinson, had
to give me yesterday.
With that said, I do want to thank both of you. It was a great pleasure to work with two of the most
professional people within this organization. I know that you dedicated yourselves to your work everyday
and were highly effective in making Verizon Business successful. With your due diligence, we had some
big IPT/Video sale successes for Verizon, such as:
 Alcoa (soon to be awarded to VZB)
 National Grid
 Procter & Gamble
 H&R Block
 Coventry Healthcare
 GE
 Western & Southern
 Nexen
 Johnson & Johnson
 JCI
 Hayes Lemmerz
 (Soon to be Xerox)
 Kimberly Clark
 ING
 Successfully Making York Telecom a Worldwide Sourcing Partner To Verizon Business
 And these were only the ones that I was personally involved in….
I learned so much from both of you guys and I really wanted to thank you personally. I know that I am a
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better engineer and a consummate sales representative of this company after spending four years teaming up
with your group.
I do not know what the future may hold for me, but I do wish you the best and much success. I will be working
through January 7th, 2011 at Verizon Business – closing up any open issues while interviewing for a new position
(inside and outside the company). If you need to reach me, you can call the office or my mobile number at (248)
508-7937.
Again, all my best to both of you and thank you for all that you have taught me.
Best Regards,
Michael E. Buatti
Sr. Solutions Engineer – Immersive Video
Premises Solutions Engineering, Midwest Region
One Towne Square, Suite 900
Southfield, MI 48076
Phone: (248) 728-5310
Fax: (571) 918-7834
Email: mike.buatti@verizonbusiness.com
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