Employees at Allstream rank Mike Strople in the Top 5% of similar sized companies. Comparatively, employees at Verizon rank Hans Vestberg in the Bottom 45% of similar sized companies. Employees rate their CEO differently based on the frequency of interaction, ability to affect company culture, and drive measurable results.

Mike Strople

CEO of Allstream

BIO: Michael is the President & CEO of Allstream. As President of Allstream, Michael leads Allstream in its purpose: accelerating business innovation with cloud communications technologies, with a focus on helping to simplify our customers’ business communication needs. Michael brings over two decades of leadership, operating and technology experience. After starting his career in R&D he gained experience in technology, IT, operations, customer service and sales. Over the past decade he demonstrated significant strategic and operational M&A expertise and successfully led several complex corporate integrations/separations and business transformations. He earned a Bachelor of Applied Science in Electrical Engineering with an Option in Management Science from the University of Waterloo. Michael currently is the chair of the board of MEF (mef.net) an industry organization advancing ubiquitous global IT networking. He is a licensed pilot, a slow triathlete and an avid skier.

Hans Vestberg

CEO of Verizon

BIO: Hans Vestberg is chief executive officer of Verizon Communications, a leading provider of wireless, fiber-optic and global Internet networks and services. He was named CEO on Aug. 1, 2018. He previously served as Verizon’s chief technology officer and president of Global Networks, with responsibility for further developing the architecture for Verizon’s fiber-centric networks. At Verizon, Vestberg has focused on delivering seamless experiences for customers over network assets consisting of the country’s leading 4G LTE network, the largest 5G test-bed in the U.S., the nation’s biggest residential fiber network, a global internet backbone and undersea cable network carrying much of the world’s internet traffic, and fiber assets in 45 of the top 50 markets in the U.S.