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10 Verizon procurement leaders
These ten people hold or have held procurement, sourcing and purchasing leadership roles at Verizon, including its senior vice president of global sourcing and supply chain. A reader can learn how procurement leaders at Verizon build and run their teams.
Professionals to explore
01—10Allison Mazzola
LinkedInExperience: Director of Purchasing · Verizon
Former Director of Purchasing at Verizon (2024), where the profile says Allison Mazzola established the Global Procurement organization in Limerick, Ireland, and recruited, hired and onboarded over 100 new Verizon employees. Also Associate Director Global Procurement at Verizon (2019–2023) and Senior Manager Global Supply Chain at Verizon (2015–2018).
Corey Krieger
LinkedInExperience: Director Sourcing and Supply Chain Category Intelligence · Verizon
Director Sourcing and Supply Chain Category Intelligence at Verizon, listed from January 2024 with no end date, though the profile headline calls it a retired director role. Corey Krieger was also Sr. Manager, Business Intelligence (2017–2024) and Principal Engineer (2014–2017) at Verizon.
Cynthia O'Dell MBA, PMP
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director - Global Strategic Sourcing · Verizon
Former Senior Director - Global Strategic Sourcing at Verizon (2025–2026), and Director, Technical Project Management - Vendor, Finance, and Delivery at Verizon (2022–2025). The profile says Cynthia O'Dell leads strategic sourcing, category management and procurement transformation work.
Cyril Pourrat
LinkedInExperience: SVP - Global Sourcing and Supply Chain · Verizon
SVP - Global Sourcing and Supply Chain at Verizon since February 2026, and a Board Member of VERIZON SERVICES IRELAND LIMITED since April 2026. Cyril Pourrat was Group Chief Procurement and Supply Chain Officer at BT Group from October 2019 to January 2026, the month before the Verizon role began.
David Rothwell
LinkedInExperience: Associate Director Global Strategic Sourcing · Verizon
Associate Director Global Strategic Sourcing at Verizon since December 2023, a director-level operations role in Dublin, Ireland, according to the profile. David Rothwell was also Senior Strategic Sourcing Manager at Verizon (2015–2023) and Global Commodity Manager at NCR Corporation (2004–2015).
Delores Johnson-Cooper
LinkedInExperience: Director Sourcing Operations and Supplier Diversity · Verizon
Former Director Sourcing Operations and Supplier Diversity at Verizon (2006–2010); the profile says Delores Johnson-Cooper worked on integrating three separate supplier diversity programs into one after Verizon Communications, Verizon Wireless and MCI merged. Also Director Marketing, Directory Services and Internet Yellow Pages at Verizon (1999–2006).
Eric Shroyer
LinkedInExperience: Director of Global Procurement · Verizon
Former Director of Global Procurement at Verizon (2018–2020), and Senior Director - Supply Chain at Verizon since December 2023. Eric Shroyer was also Supply Chain Director - 5G Supply & Demand Planning (2022–2023) and Supply Chain Director - Field Services (2021–2022) at Verizon.
John Meleady
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director - IT Strategic Sourcing · Verizon
Senior Director - IT Strategic Sourcing at Verizon since September 2024, and former Associate Director - Sourcing Category Management - IT Services at Verizon (2020–2024). John Meleady was also Senior Manager - IT Category Sourcing Manager at Verizon (2015–2018) and Global Category Group Manager Indirect at Aptiv (2018–2020).
Kieran Scannell
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director - Global Procurement · Verizon
Senior Director - Global Procurement at Verizon since April 2024, and Limerick Site Lead since the same month. Kieran Scannell was also Associate Director - Sourcing, InBuilding & Venues - DAS WiFi Small Cell at Verizon (2022–2024), a role the profile describes as overseeing sourcing and contracting of wireless solutions for large-scale venues such as stadiums.
Robert Cullen
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director Strategic Sourcing · Verizon
Former Senior Director Strategic Sourcing (2023–2024) and Director Strategic Sourcing (2020–2023) at Verizon, and Associate Vice President - Strategic Sourcing at Verizon since June 2024, where the profile says Robert Cullen leads a team of sourcing professionals. Robert Cullen was also Snr Sourcing Manager at Verizon (2018–2020).
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Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How does Verizon run a strategic sourcing event for a large IT services or network contract?
- 02What does a supplier need to show to be added to Verizon's approved supplier base?
- 03How does Verizon's procurement organization balance cost savings, supplier risk and supplier diversity goals?
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