
	Mr. Francis J. Shammo, Fran, has been the Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of Verizon Communications Inc. since November 1, 2010. Mr. Shammo serves as the Chief Executive Officer of Verizon Business. Mr. Shammo serves as an Executive Vice President and President of Verizon Telecom and Business at Verizon Communications Inc. He served as the Chief Executive Officer of Verizon Telecom and Business and was responsible for sales, marketing and customer service excellence for its consumer, small business, enterprise and wholesale customers worldwide. He served as President of Verizon Business since March 1, 2009. He served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Verizon Enterprise Solutions Group, MTN Business Solutions (Pty) Limited (also known as Verizon Business SA) and Verizon Business. He served as President of Verizon&#39;s realigned wireline operations at Verizon Communications since October 2009. From 2003 to September 2005, Mr. Shammo served as President of the West Area for Verizon Wireless and was responsible for its operations in the 13 states west of Colorado. From 1995 to 2003, he served as Vice President and Controller of Verizon Wireless and was responsible for formulating and implementing its financial processes, as well as leading Sarbanes-Oxley compliance and reporting requirements. He has 24 years of combined financial and operational experience. Mr. Shammo joined Bell Atlantic Mobile in 1989 as General Manger for accounting operations, and later held a series of positions of increasing responsibility in finance, mergers and acquisitions, logistics, facilities, regional operations and planning. In addition, he acquired public accounting, retail and tax experience before entering the wireless industry. He has been a Director of Micrus Endovascular Corp., since July 2004. He has been Director of Terremark Worldwide, Inc. since April 4, 2011. He has been a Member of Board of Representatives at Cellco Partnership, Inc. since October 18, 2010. Mr. Shammo holds a B.S. degree in accounting from Philadelphia University, a master&#39;s degree in business administration from La Salle University and is a Certified Public Accountant of AICPA.
