Strigl, 61, became President and COO of Verizon in January 2007. In 2000, he was responsible for bringing together the domestic wireless operations of Bell Atlantic, Vodafone AirTouch and GTE to form Verizon Wireless, for which he served as President and CEO until being named to his current position with the company.
Strigl is past chairman of the Board of Directors of the Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association, and serves on the boards of directors of Verizon Wireless, Anadigics Inc., PNC Financial Services Group and PNC Bank. He also serves as chairman of the Board of Trustees of Canisius College.