Craig Young, 2011 Honoree
- Title
- Vice president and CIO, Northeast area
- Employer
- Verizon Wireless
- Location
- Morristown, N.J.
- Career path:
- "Out of the Navy, I started as a cell phone installer with Verizon Wireless, then became the first IT field technician supporting what was then our eight retail locations."
- Coolest current project:
- "Sales simplification, making it easier for our customers to purchase online and in our stores."
- Quick-ROI project:
- "The redesign of our point-of-sale system, which delivered 40% productivity back to our sales teams."
- Most important technology to the business:
- "LTE wireless is an absolute game changer, delivering huge bandwidth to the mobile consumer."