Mr. Katz joined HighWired in March, 2004. He has achieved much in his 36 years of experience in the Telco arena. Katz has managed the Messaging Solutions for both the consumer and business markets for Verizon Corporation with revenue of $1B. Katz has been responsible as establishing Voice Mail within Verizon as a key strategic product. He also responsible with designing, developing and implementing the first-ever land-line personalized voice mail greetings. Mr. Katz has also held other positions within Verizon including Group Product Manager, Messaging Solutions, Director, Consumer Market Management where he oversaw the evaluation and implementation of co-marketing opportunities and other value-add enhancements to specific consumer segments.
Mr. Katz is a recognized leader and advocate of messaging services, operating as Chair of an international messaging industry association (TMIA), comprised of 105 company members. Katz holds a Master of Science in Telecommunication Management & Computing from Polytechnic University as well as a BS degree in Business from the University of Pittsburg and Adelphi University. |