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Anthony Melone
Senior Vice President and Chief Technical Officer

Anthony Melone is senior vice president and chief technical officer for Verizon Wireless, the largest U.S. wireless company in terms of customers and revenue. Melone was named to this position in 2007, and is responsible for planning, engineering, and operation of the company's coast-to-coast network, the nation’s largest and most reliable wireless voice and 3G broadband network. He also is leading the build out of Verizon Wireless’ 4G network, which represents the nation’s first implementation of LTE (Long Term Evolution) technology.

Melone has 27 years of telecommunications experience, including operations and engineering positions of increasing responsibility with the former Bell Atlantic company. He joined Bell Atlantic Mobile’s network operations group in 1996, and at Verizon Wireless’ formation in 2000 was named staff vice president of network planning and administration.

Prior to his appointment as CTO, Melone also 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, and 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 mobile broadband, V CAST Music over-the-air music download service, IP-based Push-to-Talk, and VZ Navigator for turn-by-turn navigation on cell phones.

Melone holds a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Villanova University and a master’s degree in Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania.

Melone's full remarks from the LTE Americas 2009 Conference in Dallas may be found here.

Contact: Anthony Melone