Dennis Strigl

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Dennis F. Strigl is the President and Vice-Chairman of Verizon Communications, responsible for operations at Verizon Telecom, Verizon Wireless and Verizon Business. He assumed this position from January 2007. Previously he was the president and CEO of Verizon Wireless.

Strigl was the lead executive in charge of integrating Verizon Wireless when that company was formed in April 2000, by combining the domestic wireless operations of Bell Atlantic, Vodafone AirTouch and GTE. Previously, he served as president and CEO of Bell Atlantic Mobile and group president and CEO of Bell Atlantic Global Wireless, the company’s domestic and international wireless portfolio.

As of 2006, Strigl has served in the telecommunications industry for over 30 years. His telecommunications career began in 1968 with New York Telephone company. After this, he held positions at AT&T and Wisconsin Telephone Company, before becoming vice president of American Bell, Inc. He became president of Ameritech Mobile Communications. Strigl launched the nation's first cellular telephone network in Chicago, resulting in the Cellular Industry Achievement Award, which he was given for engineering advancement and pioneering in marketing programs. Applied Data Research, Inc. was the next company he served for as president and chief executive officer.

Starting in 1989, Strigl served as vice president-product management for Network Services, followed by his later position as vice president-operations and chief operating officer and a member of New Jersey Bell's board of directors. He was named president and CEO of Bell Atlantic Mobile Systems in 1991, and oversaw its merger with Metro Mobile CTS. In 1995, Bell Atlantic Mobile and Nynex Mobile merged. Strigl took over the company as CEO and vice president.

Strigl served on the Board of Directors of the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association, the national industry association based in Washington, D.C., from 1996 to 1997. As of 2006, He also serves on the boards of directors of Anadigics Inc., PNC Financial Services Group and PNC Bank.

Strigl holds a degree in business administration from Canisius College in Buffalo, New York (which he now sits as Chairman of the Board of Trustees) and an MBA from Fairleigh Dickinson University in Rutherford, New Jersey.[1]

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  1. ^ Dennis F. Strigl: President and Chief Operating Officer, Verizon Communications. Accessed June 9, 2007. "Strigl holds a degree in business administration from Canisius College in Buffalo, N.Y., and an MBA from Fairleigh Dickinson University in Rutherford, N.J., which named him to its Pinnacle Society for distinguished alumni."

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