Mike Lanman is SVP, Enterprise & IoT Products for Verizon’s Product and New Business Development Team. He is responsible for solutions provided to business customers across all of Verizon’s routes to market.
Until April 2014 Mike Lanman was President of Global Enterprise Sales within Verizon Enterprise Solutions, which sells and delivers the company’s wireless, wireline, IT and cloud capabilities to multinational, government, corporate and medium business customers.
Until December 2011, Lanman was chief operating officer for Verizon Business, with P&L responsibility and global accountability for sales, operations and client services, providing the company’s enterprise, mid-tier, government and education clients with integrated industry solutions.
Previously, from October 2009, Lanman served as president of enterprise and government markets for Verizon Wireless, where he created Verizon’s first dedicated division with responsibility for all sales and service delivery of vertical wireless solutions to multinational corporations and federal government accounts.
In January 2007, Lanman was promoted to an officer role and named vice president and chief marketing officer for Verizon Wireless, responsible for the company’s market strategy and segmentation, pricing, product management, wireless device procurement, brand management, marketing communications and GTM planning and execution.
In 2000, with the creation of Verizon Wireless, Lanman was appointed regional president for the state of Florida. He consolidated 3 regions into one and created a top performing region in ARPU, cash flow and EBITDA.
Lanman joined PrimeCo Personal Communications, a predecessor company of Verizon Wireless, in July 1995 as the director of sales and marketing for the Richmond market. He moved to PrimeCo’s corporate office in July 1997 and served as director of sales operations until January 1999 when he was promoted to vice president of sales and marketing operations. Later that year he was named vice president and general manager for the south Florida region.
Lanman graduated from the University of Maryland with a bachelor’s degree in business administration and marketing.