Telecommunications
10 Verizon executives
These ten current and former Verizon executives, including Verizon's CFO, have served as CEOs of Verizon and its business groups and as chief officers for finance, strategy, information, technology, networks and revenue. A reader can learn how the Verizon leadership team approaches network investment, IT, finance and business-unit strategy.
Professionals to explore
01—10Alfonso Villanueva
LinkedInExperience: EVP, Chief Transformation Officer & Interim CEO of Verizon Consumer Group · Verizon
EVP, Chief Transformation Officer & Interim CEO of Verizon Consumer Group at Verizon since November 2025. His profile headline lists him as a former EVP at PayPal and former Senior Partner at McKinsey, and he has been a Board Member at Bankinter since 2025 and Board Member and Audit Committee Chair at Europ Assistance since 2017.
Christopher Bartlett
LinkedInExperience: Chief Strategy Officer · Verizon
Chief Strategy Officer at Verizon since 2024. He was previously SVP, Chief Financial Officer and Head of Strategy, Verizon Business Group (2022–2024) and SVP, Corporate Development & Head of Verizon Ventures (2018–2022), and his profile lists experience in strategy, FP&A, corporate development, mergers and acquisitions, and strategic partnerships.
Kyle Malady
LinkedInExperience: Executive Vice President & CEO, Verizon Business · Verizon
Executive Vice President & CEO, Verizon Business since 2023; his profile describes Verizon Business as serving 99% of Fortune 500 companies in over 120 countries. At Verizon he was also Executive Vice President, President Global Networks & Technology (2019–2023), Senior Vice President Core Engineering & Operations (2018) and Senior Vice President & Chief Network Officer- Wireline (2015–2017).
Lowell McAdam
LinkedInExperience: Chief Executive Officer · Verizon
Former Chief Executive Officer of Verizon (2011–2018); his profile lists Chairman Board of Directors at Verizon from 2012 with no end date. He was also Chief Operating Officer (2010–2011) and President & Chief Executive Officer (2007–2010) at Verizon, and his profile says he has built wireless businesses on three continents.
Lynn Cox
LinkedInExperience: SVP and Chief Network Officer · Verizon
SVP and Chief Network Officer at Verizon since 2023. Her profile says she is responsible for all engineering and operations functions related to Verizon's Radio Access Network, including the planning, design, implementation and ongoing operations of its fiber and wireless networks. She was also SVP and Chief Engineer (2022–2023) and Senior Vice President and Network CIO (2017–2022).
Nancy Clark
LinkedInExperience: SVP & Chief Revenue Officer · Verizon
SVP & Chief Revenue Officer at Verizon since November 2025, and SVP & President, Verizon Value (2024–2025), where her profile says she led Verizon's Value business unit. At Verizon she also held SVP of Global Customer Success Service Sales Experience (2022–2024) and SVP of Consumer Group Customer Service and Sales (2017–2021).
Scott Krohn
LinkedInExperience: CFO Verizon Business Group · Verizon
CFO Verizon Business Group since 2024; his profile describes the group as a $30B revenue segment serving enterprises, small and medium businesses and government customers. He was SVP & Treasurer at Verizon (2015–2024) and, before that, VP, Tax and Treasurer (2014–2015) and VP & Treasurer (2012–2014) at 3M.
Tony Skiadas
LinkedInExperience: EVP & CFO · Verizon
EVP & CFO at Verizon since May 2023. His profile says he is responsible for finance operations as CFO, and that as Senior Vice President & Controller of Verizon (2013–2023) he was responsible for corporate-wide accounting, finance operations, compliance, financial policies and SEC financial reporting.
Vivek Gurumurthy
LinkedInExperience: Chief Information Officer · Verizon
Chief Information Officer at Verizon since August 2026. His profile says he leads the global technology organization powering the largest telecom customer base in the US. At Verizon he was also CIO - Consumer and Business Groups (2024–2026), SVP and CIO Verizon Consumer Group (2019–2024) and SVP - IT (2017–2019).
Yago Tenorio
LinkedInExperience: SVP & CTO · Verizon
SVP & CTO at Verizon since November 2024. He was previously Director Network Architecture at Vodafone (2021–2024), where he also held the title Fellow (2021–2024). He was also Chairman of the Board at Lime Microsystems (2021–2024) and has been a Fellow at the Royal Academy of Engineering since 2024.
Choose the right perspective
Match the executive's function and business group to your question, since corporate finance, network engineering and business-unit leaders see different parts of Verizon's decisions. Check each role's dates so you know whether the person's Verizon experience is current or from an earlier period.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How does Verizon decide where to invest in its wireless and fiber networks?
- 02What does Verizon's finance organization look at when evaluating a large technology or network purchase?
- 03How do Verizon's consumer and business groups coordinate on products, pricing and sales channels?
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