NEW YORK – Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) today announced that John F. Killian, a Rhode Island native, will become the company’s new executive vice president and chief financial officer on March 1.
Killian has served as president of Verizon Business – the company’s enterprise services division – since its formation in January 2006. He previously had served as top executive in Massachusetts and Rhode Island for NYNEX Corp., a telephone company that was later bought by Bell Atlantic, which eventually became Verizon.
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Killian will succeed outgoing Verizon CFO Doreen Toben, who recently announced plans to retire later this year.
“John has the broad scope of financial and operational experience that makes him a natural fit for the CFO position,” Verizon Chairman and CEO Ivan Seidenberg said in a statement. “He has held many of Verizon’s top financial jobs, and most recently has led our enterprise operations during a period when we have consistently taken share from our competition globally. We look forward to a seamless transition.”
Killian was born in Providence and grew up in Rhode Island. He graduated magna cum laude in 1977 from Providence College, where he is now a trustee, and as an undergraduate received awards from the R.I. Society of Certified Public Accountants and The Wall Street Journal.
Killian had worked as a certified public accountant for Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co. in Providence before joining AT&T in 1979, the beginning of his 30-year career in telecommunications.
He lives in Massachusetts with his wife and two children.
Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ), a Dow 30 company, delivers broadband and other communications services through two divisions: Verizon Wireline, which includes the Verizon Business and Verizon Telecom segments; and Verizon Wireless. The company has a staff of nearly 224,000. For more information about Verizon and its Rhode Island operations, visit www.verizon.com/ri.
