Verizon Business chairs Sowmyanarayan Sampath as Executive Vice-President and CEO

Verizon Business has appointed Sowmyanarayan Sampath as Executive Vice-President and CEO of the company, effective from July 1, 2022. At present he holds the position of the Chief Revenue Officer. He will succeed Tami Erwin, who will become Strategic Advisor to the CEO till the end of the year.

Sampath has been associated with the company since 2014. According to the company, “He has been a decisive driving force behind the organisation’s commercial success, its culture of shared success and relentless focus on customer needs.”

Sampath has served in various strategic roles in the company. He joined the company as SVP of Business Transformation, and created two of the company’s largest core initiatives — Network Transformation and OneFiber. He also headed joint initiatives across networks, IoT, next-generation video, and developing the 5G product portfolio as a Chief Product Officer. Sampath then became Chief Financial Officer at Verizon Media Group, and, later, President of Global Enterprise, where he spearheaded the commercial launch of Verizon’s 5G networks and multi-access edge computing (MEC) solutions.

“I come to this role from a very diverse background, a mindset to constantly learn and a mission to lead with kindness and integrity during this critical moment of radical digitisation for our customers,” said Sampath. “The Verizon Business team is absolutely the best in the business and I am committed to ensuring we continue to build on the momentum and success we have shared together thus far. The time is now to disrupt the industry and stay laser focused on transformational outcomes for our customers and how Verizon serves their needs.”