Verizon Executives
Anthony Melone
Senior Vice President and Chief Technical Officer
Verizon Wireless
Anthony Melone is senior vice president and chief technical officer for Verizon Wireless, the leading wireless company with the most reliable wireless voice and data network. Melone is responsible for the technology, architecture, planning, design and operation of the company's coast-to-coast wireless voice and data network.
Melone has 25 years of telecommunications experience, including operations and engineering positions of increasing responsibility with the former Bell Atlantic. He joined Bell Atlantic Mobile's network operations group in 1996, and in 2000 was named staff vice president of network planning and administration when Verizon Wireless was formed.
Prior to his current appointment in July 2007, Melone served as vice president of network operations with responsibility for Verizon Wireless' nationwide network operations, including overall quality assurance, implementation of new products and services within the network, and ensuring regulatory compliance.
Under his leadership, the company doubled its fleet of network test vehicles and its team of performance engineers, who formed the basis for the company's popular test man advertising campaign. Also during his tenure, the company launched the nation's first wireless broadband wide-area network and implemented key innovative services including wireless broadband access via laptop and PDAs, V CAST Music (a rich-featured, over-the-air music download service), IP-based Push-to-Talk, and VZ NavigatorSM, turn-by-turn navigation on cell phones.
Melone holds a Bachelor Degree in Electrical Engineering Villanova University and a Master's Degree in Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania.
August 2007
