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Massimo Peselli

Massimo Peselli is the CRO for Verizon Business, where he leads a global team charged with utilizing the latest innovative technologies, such as 5G, mobile-edge-compute (MEC), software-defined networking, cloud-enablement, to deliver solutions that enable enterprise businesses to meet and exceed the demands of today while laying the groundwork for their digital transformation journey.

Tapping his more than two decades of industry experience, Massimo has the vision and expertise to create individualized strategic plans that help customers achieve their digital transformation goals. Massimo fosters a culture of performance excellence built on Verizon’s core values of integrity, respect and kindness.

Prior to his current role, Massimo served as Senior Vice President of Enterprise Business Development and the International Sales market, where he was responsible for leveraging Verizon Business’s product portfolio to change the way customers do business.

Previously, Massimo was Vice President of Enterprise Sales for 13 states on the US West Coast, which expanded to overseeing the Technology, Media & Entertainments, and Professional Services vertical. His scope continued to expand when in 2015, he was named Group Vice President, Sales Vertical Markets, where he was responsible for five teams covering all vertical markets in the US, which transitioned into an appointment as Sales Group VP Americas and APAC/LATAM and Canada responsible for wireline enterprise sales. 

Massimo joined Verizon in 1997 as Head of Pre-Sales in Italy and continued to serve in sales leadership positions in Italy serving as Sales Director, Italy and Spain, and then working as a Sales Area Vice President, South Region based in Milan. 

Before joining Verizon, he worked for Telecom Italia, in their presales engineering organization, and also worked on a special project to develop the first ICT integration of a Contact Center and back-office data in 1995.

Peselli holds a degree in Telecommunications Engineering from Politecnico di Milano in Italy.

Jennifer Artley

Jennifer is the Senior Vice President, 5G Acceleration, Verizon Business. She is an experienced sales leader and general manager with an aptitude for creating diverse teams and fostering global perspectives within the telecommunications industry.

As a leader, Jennifer leans into complex challenges and brings the right team of thinkers to the table who are focused on execution for customers. She embraces the power of building community, orienting toward a common purpose, and finding solutions beyond the obvious ways of getting things done.

Jennifer believes that diversity of thought is what sparks creativity and drives innovation and is deeply committed to forwarding the pursuit of diversity, equity and inclusion. Having a richness of experiences around the table to Jennifer means that people are able to approach challenges and opportunities from a variety of different perspectives and will find the best answers together.

Prior to joining Verizon Jennifer served as the President, BT in the Americas and MD, Technology, Life Sciences and Business Services where she led BT’s entire Americas team in the United States, Canada and Latin America and ran a global sales vertical focused on Technology, Life Sciences and Business Services customers. As the leader of one of three global vertical sales units, Artley built and grew relationships with BT’s top 800 customers in this ~£1.2B sales channel. She brought together the knowledge, resources, and skills of her global team in order to address customers’ complex digital transformation with insight, consistency, and agility.

Jennifer earned her Bachelor of Arts at Hobart and William Smith Colleges, her Master of Business Administration from University of Pennsylvania - Wharton School of Business, and her Master of Arts from The Lauder Institute at the University of Pennsylvania. She is fluent in Spanish and proficient in Russian. Jennifer was also a founding member and later an Advisory Board member of Minds Matter of Denver, a non-profit focused on mentoring and supporting unique educational opportunities for high achieving high school students from low income neighborhoods. Jennifer currently resides in Denver, Colorado with her husband and two daughters.

Iris Meijer

Iris Meijer is Senior Vice President of Business Marketing and Commercial Operations at Verizon Business. Her focus is on highlighting how Verizon Business is driving disruption, embracing digitization, and delivering for its customers across every ecosystem. Iris leads a global team and is responsible for more than 500+ employees.

Her approach is driven by the belief that brands should represent the values of their people; that relationships are created and nurtured using the right commercial frameworks and latest marketing tools, and that a strong communications strategy can help amplify the message of customer collaboration.

Before joining Verizon, Iris was the global Chief Marketing Officer for Vodafone Business, where she was responsible for propositions and portfolio marketing, commercial strategy, digital marketing and brand strategy, partner marketing, industry analyst relations as well as communications. Prior to that, Iris was Vice President of Customer Marketing and Communications at Nokia, responsible for a globally dispersed team and their diverse digital, solution and customer marketing strategies.

Iris holds an MS in Economics and Business Administration from the Aalto University. She is multilingual, fluent in English and Finnish, and conversational in Swedish, French and Spanish.

David De Lancellotti

David de Lancellotti is Vice President of Global Sales, Verizon Customer Business Team for Nokia.

Since 2001 David has been in sales leadership roles within the Verizon Sales Team. David is a dynamic and successful leader who started his journey in sales at Lucent Technologies as part of the Verizon Sales Team and has taken various leadership positions through the company’s evolution as it merged with Alcatel and now with Nokia. During a brief stint during 2019, David led Nokia’s North America Enterprise Sales Team delivering the highest sales in its history. David’s previous notable leadership assignments within Verizon Sales Team were Head of Verizon West Market responsible for Optical and IP Routing, and Head of Mobile Networks Field Sales delivering $6B in sales for the company.

David holds a Bachelor of Arts in History from the University of Redlands.

David has a passion for wine, started a vineyard growing and bottling Pinot Noir at Oregon’s Willamette Valley region.

David and his family have a longstanding commitment to social causes, supporting a community kitchen for the homeless since 1999. He lives near Los Angeles, CA and has three wonderful children.

David Lehanski

David Lehanski is the Executive Vice President of Business Development & Innovation for the National Hockey League, responsible for advancing innovative initiatives for the NHL through the establishment of corporate partnerships, state-of-the-art technology solutions and new revenue.

Over the past several seasons, Lehanski has been focused on developing new solutions with industry-leading technology providers including Apple, AWS, SAP, Rogers and Verizon to improve and enhance the game for players, coaches and officials, as well as for fans and for the League’s broadcast and corporate partners. He has been integral in the development of the NHL’s innovative Puck and Player Tracking technology, available in all 32 NHL arenas, as well as in securing new partnerships with AWS, the Official Cloud, Artificial Intelligence, and Machine Learning Infrastructure Provider of the NHL, and Verizon, the League’s Official 5G Partner, Official Wireless Services Partner and Official Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) Partner in the U.S.

Lehanski was instrumental in the creation and implementation of the NHL’s groundbreaking in-arena coaching system introduced in 2017 - in collaboration with Apple - delivering real-time video highlights to coaches on the benches of every NHL arena. He also helped to develop the next phase of the NHL’s in-arena coaching system with the launch of the SAP-NHL Coaching Insights App for iPad, providing access to real-time, customized data and player statistics during the game on home and away benches in all 32 arenas.

Since joining the League in 2005, Lehanski has played an important role in the League’s path to more than $5 billion in annual revenues, establishing landmark partnerships for the NHL with some of the biggest global brands including AWS, Verizon, Apple, SAP, Dunkin, Honda, PepsiCo, Geico, Discover, Enterprise, Cisco, and MillerCoors, among many others. Most recently, Lehanski has been one of the drivers in the League’s progressive approach to sports betting, helping to secure strategic partnerships with MGM Resorts International, FanDuel and Caesars.

Before joining the NHL, Lehanski served as Vice President of Marketing Solutions at Clear Channel Advantage where he worked with Fortune 500 advertisers/marketers to develop, sell, and activate fully integrated media/marketing solutions that leveraged all of Clear Channel’s assets. Previously, Lehanski was the co-founder and Vice President of HallOfSports.com, an online company focused on the distribution of sports memorabilia and collectibles with a long-term goal of consolidating the industry. He also spent several years as a consultant on the agency side at SFX Sports and Clarion Sports & Entertainment.

Lehanski was named to SportsBusiness Journal’s Forty Under 40 Class of 2012, recognizing executives for excellence and innovation in their industry before the age of 40. He earned a B.A. with a major in economics from Bowdoin College and currently resides in Ridgewood, NJ with his wife Alison and two sons, Eddie and Leo.

Danny Johnson

Danny Johnson, a 20+ year veteran in the technology industry, is a seasoned executive possessing experience in software development, engineering, sales, consulting, product development, and marketing.  Danny has started and launched innovative products and solutions into multi-billion dollar markets and is currently Director of product marketing for Verizon Business Group where his responsibilities include:  portfolio positioning and messaging, competitive differentiation, and new channel activation for Verizon Business Group’s 5G, MEC, IoT, and SDN portfolios.

Jason Elliott

Inspired by the power of people and technology Jason strives to ensure that all types of audiences from consumers to technology professionals to board members have the knowledge they need to be successful.

With two decades of I.T and wireless communications expertise he has made several notable contributions, delivering many industry firsts. He works to educate and collaborate on how technology can be used to realize new business opportunities, and address sustainability goals towards a better future for all.

Prior to joining Nokia, Jason held several lead roles in the CIO organization at Lucent technologies/Alcatel Lucent, overseeing large I.T infrastructure deployments and then moving into the wireless division developing 3G and 4G proof of concept systems.

In-between traveling the world to experience different cultures, you’ll find him in the Boston, MA area either trying out a new restaurant or running to offset his latest dining experience!

Mark Tina

Mark Tina is the Vice President of Business Sales for Verizon Business, overseeing the mid-market wireless business team for the Eastern region of the United States.

He is responsible for an organization of over 1k sales professionals and leaders, serving small and medium-size businesses with innovative managed solutions for total connectivity, communications and collaboration. His team is focused on helping accelerate the recovery of medium-sized businesses in the U.S. with the power of Verizon’s unmatched 5G, as well as security and connectivity solutions such as One Talk and Verizon Connect.

Mark has over 20 years of sales and progressive leadership experience across various sales and business development channels and has held leadership positions in top markets across the U.S. He was directly responsible for leading one of the first Verizon Indirect Business teams in 2019. In 2020, Mark co-created LEAD Together, Verizon Business’ mentorship program, which enables employees across business units to develop leadership skills. He is the recipient of the Verizon President’s Cabinet award (2019) and All In Award (2020).

Previously, he served as the Executive Director for the Eastern region of the United States, leading various SMB and Strategic Data Sales teams, including Retail to Business, Indirect to Business, Security/SaaS and IOT Resell sales and operations. His organization consisted of over 550 sales professionals across 24 States of the U.S., servicing small to medium business customers, which included managing SMB in over 700 Corporate-owned retail locations and over 3,000 Indirect agent locations. His teams delivered relevant technology solutions across their customer base, while delivering significant revenue growth.

Earlier, Mark served as the Executive Director of B2B in the Northeast and was the Retail Sales Director in New York and Boston. He also served the Business Sales Director in Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia before transitioning to retail.

Mark holds both a Bachelor Degree and an MBA in Business Management and Administration from Iona College. He serves as an Executive Sponsor of VALOR (Veterans and Advocates Leading the Organization Responsibly), Verizon’s employee resource group committed to supporting active and retired military employees. In addition, Mark is an active member of BOLD (Black Originators Leaders and Doers), Verizon’s employee resource group committed to shaping Verizon’s culture of inclusion and WAVE (Women’s Association of Verizon Employees), which champions the advancement of women across the organization by promoting leadership and providing opportunities for growth, development and networking.

Anil Lalwani

Anil Lalwani is responsible for AWS Edge Product Management and Go-To-Market. He brings over 25 years of experience in the enterprise technology space and is passionate about helping customers solve business problems using modern digital technologies.

Anil began his career as a software engineer and managed solution architect, business development and product management fronts. Prior, he led and scaled AWS services - DynamoDB and ElastiCache to fastest growing NoSQL Databases. Before joining Amazon, Anil was a Sr Director at Oracle, and responsible for Business Development, Partners and Solutions Architects.

Anil graduated with top honors from Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India and holds an MBA from UC Berkeley.