
“Debika and Iris each exemplify a collaborative, cohesive, and customer-centric approach that would be invaluable to any business. When you have a marketer who can simultaneously motivate buying behavior in the marketplace and selling behavior in the office, you can be sure you’ve got a winner.” In her short time at Verizon, she’s quickly shown an ability to energize customers and V Teamers alike. “Iris brings with her an infectious energy, natural leadership ability, and a strategic approach to marketing that inextricably links the function to driving revenue. With that experience and her innovative vision, she’s the natural choice to shape a product portfolio that can exceed customer expectations.” There she led the team that works directly with our customers to blueprint just the right product implementations for their needs.

“Nobody understands our customers better than Debika does, which she proved in her previous position as head of 5G & Enterprise Solutions. Erwin and Sowmyanarayan issued the following joint statements: There’s no better way to describe our team, how we show up for our customers and how we will continue to deliver for our business against our vectors of growth.”īhattacharya reports to Tami Erwin, Chief Executive Officer of Verizon Business, and Meijer reports to Sampath Sowmyanarayan, Chief Revenue Officer of Verizon Business. It is about having an action-oriented mindset, embracing change and ensuring the task at hand is done well, and with integrity. “Many have already heard me refer to ‘sisu.’ It’s a Finnish word that’s hard to translate but represents determination, courage, bravery, willpower, tenacity, and resilience. “I am so excited to be a part of this incredible team,'' said Iris Meijer. It’s about delivering B2B solutions that help businesses grow and succeed.” Ultimately it’s about offering our customers a product suite that will help them innovate, get to revenue faster, and serve their own customers better. “I have two guiding objectives for this exciting new challenge: optimizing our portfolio for the most in-demand customer needs in the market right now, and innovating around new technologies that will help run the fully connected economy of the future. “It’s thrilling to take on responsibility for the Verizon Business product portfolio at a time when 5G is making even the most data-intensive applications possible across mobile networks,” said Debika Bhattacharya.

Verizon Business today announced the appointment of Debika Bhattacharya to the role of Chief Product Officer, Verizon Business, and Iris Meijer to the role of Senior Vice President of Business Marketing and Revenue Operations, Verizon Business.īoth leaders cite customer centricity as a top priority for their new posts.
