Verizon appoints Christopher Formant to head enterprise biz

Global telecom major Verizon has named Christopher Formant as President of Verizon Enterprise Solutions.
In his role, Formant will be responsible for delivering business solutions to Verizon's global enterprise clients in key industries like healthcare and insurance, financial services, technology, manufacturing and distribution, Verizon said in a statement.
He will lead a team driving sales, operations and marketing of the company's strategic solutions in intelligent networking, dynamic cloud, mobile workforce, connected machines, security and professional service engagements.
Formant joins Verizon from Avaya.
In addition to his leadership roles at Avaya, Formant has held executive positions at PricewaterhouseCoopers and MBNA, as well as serving as adviser/investor to early-stage technology companies.