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John F. Killian is president of Verizon Business, focusing exclusively on the needs of the large business and government markets.
The former senior vice president and chief financial officer for Verizon’s Domestic Telecom group, Killian began his communications career 27 years ago and has held positions of increasing responsibility in operations and finance, including: district manager-Budgets for New England Telephone, and district manager-Financial Assurance from 1981 to 1983 with AT&T; general manager - operations for Eastern Massachusetts from 1983 to 1985; division manager - Market Planning for NYNEX from 1985 to 1987; president of Rhode Island, for NYNEX - New England from 1987 to 1991; and vice president - Massachusetts, for NYNEX - New England.
In 1995, Killian was appointed president and chief executive officer of NYNEX CableComms Limited, responsible for all activities for one of the largest telecommunications, information services and entertainment companies in the United Kingdom. After the Bell Atlantic / NYNEX merger in 1997, he served as group president-International Telecommunications for Bell Atlantic. He was then appointed vice president - Investor Relations and was the corporation’s primary liaison with the investment community.
After the Bell Atlantic / GTE merger in 2000, Killian was appointed senior vice president - Customer Operations for Verizon’s National Operations Group, responsible for domestic telecom national operations in the northern half of the United States. He subsequently served as senior vice president and controller for Verizon, responsible for corporate-wide accounting, public finance reporting and budget analysis.
Prior to joining AT&T in 1979, Killian worked as a certified public accountant for Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co. in Providence, Rhode Island.
Killian received a Bachelor of Science degree - Magna Cum Laude, from Providence College in 1977, where he received "The Wall St. Journal Award" and "The Rhode Island Society of Certified Public Accountants Award. He also received a master’s degree from Bentley College.
Killian currently serves as a Trustee on the Boards of the College of New Rochelle, Providence College, and the National Urban League.
He is married with two children. | 