Dick Lynch has been named executive vice president and CTO of Verizon Communications Inc.
It is anewly created position and he will report to Verizon President and COO Denny Strigl. Lynch was executive vice president and CTO for Verizon Wireless since that unit¡¯s founding in 2000.
Lynch wil lbe responsible for establishing and managing the overall direction, technology and planning of all of Verizon's networks ¨C Verizon Wireless, Verizon Telecom and Verizon Business, the company said. The CTOs in each of the business groups will continue to report to their respective group presidents and will be responsible for the day-to-day execution of their network deployment strategies.
The move is part of Verizon's revised management structure, announced in December, which created Strigl's position as a single point of accountability for all business units, the company said.
A replacement for Lynch¡¯s Verizon Wireless position will be announced later, the company said.