Verizon Wireless

Roger Gurnani is President - West Area for Verizon Wireless, responsible for the company's operations throughout the western United States, an area spanning 12 states* plus El Paso, Texas. Prior to his current assignment, Mr. Gurnani served as Vice President - Chief Information Officer for Verizon Wireless, responsible for the company's Information Systems portfolio development and operation of its data centers and communications facilities. He helped oversee and complete the integration of the domestic wireless operations of Bell Atlantic, Vodafone, AirTouch, and GTE at the inception of Verizon Wireless in 2000. He had previously served as Vice President and Chief Information Officer at Bell Atlantic Mobile. Mr. Gurnani has extensive experience in the telecom industry. He was Executive Director-broadband systems at Bell Atlantic and received the company's Chairman's recognition award in 1996 for the implementation of the world's first ATM-based Switched Digital Video network in Dover Township, New Jersey. He held a number of positions during his seven years at WilTel (now MCI) before joining Bell Atlantic in 1994. He has also previously worked in the transportation and manufacturing industries. He holds a Bachelor's degree in industrial engineering and a Master's in systems engineering from Auburn University.

Jack Plating is executive vice president and chief operating officer of Verizon Wireless, the premier wireless service provider with the nation's most reliable wireless voice and data network and $49.3 billion in revenue in 2008. He oversees the company’s nationwide sales and customer service operations, product development and marketing. Before assuming his current position, Plating was the president of Verizon Wireless' South Area. Prior to that, Plating served as executive vice president and chief operating officer for Bell Atlantic Mobile, one of Verizon Wireless' predecessor companies, where he earlier had served as President of that company's New England and Upstate New York Region. Plating began his career in the telecommunications industry in 1975 as a sales executive and later district sales manager for Motorola Communications and Electronics. He held management positions at Digital Paging Systems and A+ Communications, and served as vice president at Metro Mobile CTS. Plating joined Bell Atlantic Mobile in 1991 and ran the company's Southeast Region covering North and South Carolina. Plating holds a bachelor's degree in business administration and marketing from the University of Arkansas.

Martha Delehanty is vice president – human resources for Verizon Wireless. She is responsible for all human resources strategies and programs, including employee relations, compensation and benefits, training and development, staffing, diversity and human resources compliance. Delehanty joined Verizon Wireless in 2000 serving as executive director – employee relations. In this role, she oversaw Verizon Wireless’ employee workplace programs and policies, including all human resources communications, for 65,000 employees. Previously, Delehanty was a field director for GTE Wireless. She joined GTE in 1991 and held a variety of positions of increasing responsibility and authority with the company’s products, directories, telephone operations and wireless groups in the East and Midwest. Delehanty holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Mount Holyoke College and a master’s degree in business from the University of Texas at Austin.