CCO, Verizon
Peter Thonis spearheads communication at Verizon, a business that facilitates communications for 128 million customers.
In the last year, the CCO has successfully finessed communications around a number of initiatives and events, including a strike by 45,000 workers, the about-face on a $2 customer fee that resulted in negative backlash, and the joint venture with Redbox for a streaming video service. Thonis and his team of 200 also handle consumer communications across all Verizon's brands, including FiOs ...