Verizon Communications appointed Dick Lynch to the newly created position of executive vice president and chief technology officer, where he will be responsible for establishing and managing the overall direction, technology and planning of all of Verizon’s networks — Verizon Wireless, Verizon Telecom and Verizon Business. He will report to Verizon President and Chief Operating Officer Denny Strigl.
Lynch was formerly executive vice president and chief technical officer for Verizon Wireless since that company’s founding in 2000. In his prior assignment, Lynch was executive vice president and chief technical officer for Bell Atlantic Mobile. He led the industry to advance code division multiple access (CDMA) into a commercial wireless offering, launching the nation’s first commercial CDMA service.
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