Shaygan Kheradpir
| Shaygan Kheradpir | |
|---|---|
| Born |
December 19, 1960 London, United Kingdom |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Education | Ph.D. in electrical engineering |
| Alma mater | Cornell University |
| Occupation | Business and technology executive |
| Website | shaygankheradpir |
Shaygan Kheradpir is a business and technology executive. He is currently the Chairman & CEO of Coriant. Kheradpir holds a bachelor's, master's and doctoral degree in electrical engineering from Cornell University. Before being appointed to his current position, he held senior executive positions at GTE, Verizon, Barclays, and Juniper Networks, where he led various product development, operational and innovation initiatives.
Shaygan Kheradpir was born in London and grew up in Iran. His father was an ear, nose and throat doctor. Kheradpir moved to the United States for university, earning a bachelor's, master's and doctoral degree in electrical engineering from Cornell University.
Kheradpir's first job was at GTE Laboratories in 1987. There he worked on network routing, management, and control. He eventually became chief information officer at GTE Corporation, "earning respect for delivering new products on schedule," according to The Wall Street Journal.
In 2000, GTE merged with Bell Atlantic to form Verizon Communications. Kheradpir initially served as the president of Verizon's e-business division, before becoming the company's first CIO/CTO. At Verizon, Kheradpir contributed to the company’s diversification into a broader range of telecommunications services, as well as the automation of operations.
In 2001, Kheradpir formed small teams that were each responsible for coming up with and developing new products. Kheradpir implemented a 30-day prototype cycle to rapidly test and modify new technologies in development. His team of approximately 10,000 staff often worked late hours, but positions at Verizon were in high demand, because of the department's rapid pace. According to InfoWorld, he led technology development for strategic initiatives such as FiOS(fiber to the home), process and systems transformation, and many new customer-facing products." In 2003 his team created iobi, which manages address books, caller ID and other features across devices over the internet. The Verizon One, a combination phone, router, modem and smart portable device, was developed from his department the following year. His division also reengineered many of Verizon's core network systems, including call center, website, automated customer service systems, and integrated formerly separate systems from predecessor companies GTE, Bell Atlantic and NYNEX.
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