Manuel Sampedro — President of The Wireline Operations for The Mid-Atlantic Region at Verizon

Mr. Manuel Sampedro, also known as Manny, has been President of The Wireline Operations for The Mid-Atlantic Region at Verizon Communications Inc. since July 17, 2013. Mr. Sampedro leads marketing, sales and service delivery for Verizon's wireline voice, Internet and video services and oversees a team of more than 13,000 technicians and sales and service employees. He serves as an Advisor to the Merrick School of Business in Baltimore. He served as Region President of Consumer and Mass Business Markets for Verizon's New York South/East region and oversaw more than 5,000 employees, who served customers on Long Island and in Brooklyn, the Bronx and the northern suburbs of New York City. He served as Region President of New England for Verizon. He began his career with Verizon in 1997 at customer sales and service center in Beltsville, Md. He held a number of positions within Verizon's staff support, engineering, central office and operations organizations. Mr. Sampedro earned a Bachelor's degree in International Business from Towson University and a Master's degree in Business Administration from the University of Baltimore. He is a graduate of Leadership Maryland.