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Zayo taps former Verizon Executive Agathoklis Schlock to drive marketing & communications strategy. Zayo, the leading digital infrastructure network provider, today announced the appointment of Mariana Agathoklis Schlock as its first-ever Executive Vice President, Chief Communications & Marketing Officer (CCMO), reporting to Zayo Chief Executive Officer, Sowmyanarayan Sampath. She joins Zayo to elevate the company's brand and commercial visibility as the rapid expansion of the AI economy reshapes global infrastructure demands. In this role, Agathoklis Schlock will lead Zayo's integrated communications, marketing and environmental, social and governance (ESG) functions, strengthening its market presence, and building a unified approach to how the company reaches employees, customers, industry partners, investors, and communities the company serves. Agathoklis Schlock joins Zayo following nearly nine years at Verizon, where she held senior roles across its consumer, business, media, and corporate organizations. Most recently, she served as the Head of Communications for Verizon Consumer, a $100 billion annual revenue business unit. Over the course of her tenure, she helped lead major brand and commercial initiatives, including the public launch of 5G, creation of Verizon Business Small Business Days, and launch of the award-winning Verizon Family campaign. Throughout her career, Agathoklis Schlock has worked at the intersection of brand, reputation, customer engagement, and business strategy, helping organizations navigate transformation and build relevance at scale. Before joining Verizon, she spent 12 years at MTV, where she led communications across corporate, brand, programming, and digital initiatives. Her achievements have earned recognition from PRWeek, Cannes Lions, Digiday, Cynopsis, and other industry organizations. She is a member and mentor with the Institute for Public Relations and a Boston University graduate, where she serves as inaugural co-chair of the 1839 Society. Sowmyanarayan Sampath, Zayo Chief Executive Officer We have a significant opportunity ahead of us as AI drives new infrastructure demand and enterprises look to put AI to work across their businesses. I know firsthand her skill in transforming complex technology into compelling customer and market narratives. Her ability to operate at speed and scale is exactly what Zayo needs as we sharpen our story and capture this market moment. Agathoklis Schlock As AI reshapes how companies operate, their technology backbone becomes even more central to their ability to grow, innovate and compete. Zayo has the physical network, expertise, and talent to lead this transformation and help our customers and industry partners navigate this change. I look forward to building on the strong capabilities of the communications, marketing, and ESG teams as we make Zayo's value unmistakable to customers and the market. Ray Sharma is an Industry Analyst and Editor at The Fast Mode. He has over 15 years of experience in mobile broadband technologies and solutions, conducting research and analysis on various technology segments and producing articles and write-ups on the latest developments within the sector. He is also in charge of social media engagement and industry liaisons. The Fast Mode 9658 likes TWEETS 28.4K FOLLOWING 3479 FOLLOWERS 13.2K

Zayo names Mariana Agathoklis Schlock Executive Vice President, Chief Communications & Marketing Officer. Zayo has appointed Mariana Agathoklis Schlock as its first-ever Executive Vice President and Chief Communications & Marketing Officer (CCMO), bringing communications, marketing and environmental, social and governance (ESG) functions under a unified leadership structure. Schlock will report to Zayo CEO Sowmyanarayan Sampath and oversee the company's integrated communications, marketing and ESG teams. Her role will focus on strengthening brand positioning, market visibility and engagement with customers, employees, investors, industry partners and communities. The appointment comes as growing demand for artificial intelligence infrastructure puts increased attention on the networks supporting cloud computing, enterprise platforms and AI applications. Zayo is positioning its communications and marketing strategy around these changing infrastructure requirements and the needs of businesses adopting AI technologies. Schlock joins Zayo after nearly nine years at Verizon, where she held senior positions across consumer, business, media and corporate functions. Most recently, she served as Head of Communications for Verizon Consumer, a business unit generating approximately $100 billion in annual revenue. During her tenure at Verizon, she contributed to several major brand and commercial initiatives, including the public launch of 5G, Verizon Business Small Business Days and the Verizon Family campaign. Before Verizon, Schlock spent 12 years at MTV, leading communications initiatives across corporate, brand, programming and digital operations. Her experience spans corporate reputation, customer engagement, brand strategy and communications during periods of business transformation. At Zayo, the combination of marketing, communications and ESG responsibilities under one executive reflects a consolidated approach to corporate messaging and stakeholder engagement. As AI adoption increases demand for digital infrastructure, the company will need to communicate its role in supporting enterprises, cloud providers and data center operators navigating this shift. Schlock's appointment adds a senior communications and marketing leader to Zayo's executive team as the company responds to evolving infrastructure needs across the digital economy.

Verizon exec overhaul claims chief network officer Adam Koeppe. Koeppe in a LinkedIn post explained that 'it's time to move on to the next chapter' October 09, 2026 Long-tenured Verizon network executive Adam Koeppe is set to leave the carrier at year-end, continuing what has been a year-long overhaul of the carrier's executive suite under CEO Dan Schulman. Koeppe, in a LinkedIn post, explained that "it's time to move on to the next chapter," stepping away from his current role as SVP and chief network officer at the end of the year. Despite the move, Koeppe did leave a positive note for the carrier. "My confidence in Verizon's future remains high," Koeppe wrote. "The mission to build, secure, and scale the foundational networks of tomorrow matters now more than ever. I will be enthusiastically rooting for the V-Team (especially all our Leadership Development Program team members) as you continue to expand the boundaries of what is possible with creativity and empathy." Koeppe has spent more than a quarter-century at the carrier across various network management roles. This began as a member of its technical staff at the turn of the century, working up to taking on the current chief network officer role late last year. It's also worth noting that Koeppe served nearly two years in the mid-90s as a customer service representative at Bell Atlantic Nynex Mobile, which years later would become one of the regional telecom legs that formed Verizon. Verizon operational overhaul continues. Koeppe's move comes on the heels of published reports that Verizon was set to slash up to 500 jobs across its corporate operations, cuts that were labeled as "part of our ongoing transformation" and the latest under Schulman, who in just a year has implemented significant cost-cutting programs across the carrier. This included an initial move to slash 13,000 jobs, which was completed at the end of Verizon's fiscal first quarter of this year and came with a $2 billion price tag, and a more recent round of cuts. Specific to the carrier's corporate ranks, Koeppe's exit echoes that of former Verizon Consumer CEO Sowmyanarayan Sampath, who left the carrier earlier this year and just recently popped up as CEO of Zayo Group. Koeppe was also part of that corporate overhaul when, late last year, he was tapped as head of the carrier's combined Core Engineering and Operations group, having previously headed up what was the carrier's Technology Planning, Capital, and Maintenance Engineering team. The move came under the cloud of broad corporate job cuts, which Koeppe acknowledged in a LinkedIn post at that time. "It's been a tough couple of weeks here as many of our friends and colleagues are leaving Verizon," Koeppe wrote. "There is immense gratitude for their years of service to our customers. Health and happiness to all as you begin your next chapter." More in carrier networks.