10 Verizon IT leaders
At the top of this Verizon IT group is Vivek Gurumurthy, Chief Information Officer since August 2026, with the CIOs of Verizon Value Brands and Verizon Connect and a set of IT vice presidents and directors around that seat; nine of the ten are at Verizon now. Their titles suit a carrier, vendor or enterprise IT team weighing how Verizon splits technology work across consumer, value-brand, business, EMEA and network systems.
Professionals to explore
Anil Chintalapudi
LinkedInExperience: Associate Vice President - Network Systems · Verizon
Anil Chintalapudi was Executive Director, CIO at Verizon Connect (2021–2023), then Associate Vice President - Digital & Sales Transformation at Verizon Business (2023–2025), and has been Associate Vice President - Network Systems at Verizon since October 2025. Anil describes 25 years at Verizon across OSS/BSS, network provisioning, digital platforms and M&A integration, and was Director, Global Technology Solutions (2017–2021). Good for network systems and integration questions.
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Chris White
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Information Technology · Verizon
Vice President Information Technology at Verizon since April 2020, Chris White has also served on the Board of Directors of Credit Union of Texas since 2012. Six years as a Verizon IT vice president make Chris a fit for questions on how Verizon IT is organized at that level, and the credit union board seat adds a board governance view from outside Verizon.
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Iyer Kasinath
LinkedInExperience: Director - IT · Verizon
More than 25 years of Verizon IT titles put Iyer Kasinath in Director - IT at Verizon since June 2011, after Associate Director - IT (1999–2011), with an earlier stint as a Systems Advisor at CTG (1994–1999). In the director role, Iyer champions the value of technology to integrate and simplify business processes, a fit for questions on how Verizon uses technology to do that.
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Joseph Convery
LinkedInExperience: Sr. Director - IT Network and Infrastructure Security Governance · Verizon
Security governance over network and infrastructure systems is the best topic for Joseph Convery, Sr. Director - IT Network and Infrastructure Security Governance at Verizon since June 2025, after Director IT Network Security (2025). Joseph's earlier Verizon titles include Principle Member of Technical Staff (2007–2014), Associate Fellow - IT Network and Unified Communications (2010–2019) and Associate Director - IT Network and Unified Communication (2019–2025).
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Sanjeev Jain
LinkedInExperience: CIO - Verizon Connect · Verizon Business
Two unit CIO titles at once at Verizon Business belong to Sanjeev Jain: CIO - Verizon Connect since January 2025 and Chief Information Officer - EMEA since 2017. Sanjeev was also Global Digital Channels & AI enablement technology leader, CIO for EMEA (2024–2025), Sr. Director - Enterprise Billing (2012–2017) and Group Manager (2000–2012) at Verizon Business, a fit for how Verizon Business IT is split by unit and region.
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Senthil Muthusamy
LinkedInExperience: VP and CIO - Verizon Value Brands · Verizon
Contact center and retail technology are where Senthil Muthusamy describes over 25 years leading transformations, and since July 2024 Senthil has been VP and CIO - Verizon Value Brands, leading the global technology organization for that unit. Senthil's other Verizon titles were Director Sales and Marketing systems (2012–2016), Executive Director Digital Transformation (2016–2019), Executive Director - Consumer Digital and Retail (Sales) (2019–2021) and Vice President - Digital, Retail & Contact Center (2021–2024).
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Stephen G.
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Information Technology · Verizon
Operations and IT titles at both AT&T and Verizon suit Stephen G. to questions comparing how the two handle IT operations. Stephen has held Vice President Information Technology at Verizon since August 2018, after Director Of Operations at Verizon (2014–2018), and before Verizon was Telecommunications Specialist (2004–2005), Senior Product Manager (2005–2010) and Head Of Operations (2010–2014) at AT&T, describing a general management background.
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Sumit Singh
LinkedInExperience: Former Executive Director - Network Services, IT · Verizon
The systems used to design, build and maintain networks and services at Verizon, including systems for all RAN and Core Networks, are Sumit Singh's responsibility as a Vice President at Verizon since February 2021. Sumit was Executive Director - Network Services, IT (2012–2021) and Director - Enterprise Performance Management, IT (2009–2012), with earlier sales, marketing and retail application roles at Verizon. The right person for network IT and automation.
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Todd Samuels
LinkedInExperience: Former Director Of Information Technology · Verizon
Todd Samuels was Director Of Information Technology at Verizon (2017–2019), after Technical Manager at Avaya (2015–2017). Todd's other roles were Sales Application Engineer at AT&T (2000–2005), Independent Consultant (2005–2009) and Vice President of Sales at Vickery Technology Solutions (2010–2015). Sales roles at AT&T and Vickery Technology Solutions plus a Verizon IT director title suit questions on how Verizon IT weighs outside technology vendors.
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Vivek Gurumurthy
LinkedInExperience: Former Chief Information Officer · Verizon
Vivek Gurumurthy became Chief Information Officer of Verizon in August 2026, after CIO - Consumer and Business Groups (2024–2026) and SVP and CIO Verizon Consumer Group (2019–2024). Vivek was SVP - IT (2017–2019) and Vice President - IT (2011–2017) at Verizon, and describes leading the global technology organization with a strategy built around the mobility and home businesses. The person for company-wide IT priorities.
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Choose the right perspective
Start with Vivek Gurumurthy for company-wide IT direction, or Senthil Muthusamy and Sanjeev Jain for how a unit CIO works inside Verizon Value Brands, Verizon Connect and EMEA. Network systems questions fit Sumit Singh and Anil Chintalapudi, security governance fits Joseph Convery, and Chris White, Stephen G., Iyer Kasinath and Todd Samuels (at Verizon until 2019) give the IT vice president and director view.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How does Verizon decide which systems are shared across consumer and business and which a unit CIO owns?
- 02When a Verizon unit such as Verizon Value Brands keeps its own CIO, which systems stay separate and which move to shared platforms?
- 03How do Verizon's network IT teams decide which RAN and core network systems to automate first?
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