Daniel Lawson is the Senior Vice President of Global Solutions in the Verizon Business Group (VBG). In this role, he is responsible for leading a team of Specialized Sellers (Security, UC&C, CX), Complex Deal Executives, Global Technology GTM Activation Partners, Pre-Sales Solution Architects and Engineers to drive revenue & enable growth across Global Enterprise & Public Sector through opportunity ownership, solution design and thought leadership. Global Solutions serves as the voice of the market, the customer and the field back into the Verizon ecosystem.
In his previous role as Vice President of Solutions Architecture, Daniel drove results, customer relationships, and thought leadership within Verizon’s US-based Enterprise and Public Sector segments by leading a unified team of engineers and architects working across the VBG portfolio to deliver technology-enabled outcomes that were critical to our customers’ organizational objectives. During earlier leadership roles over 20+ years with Verizon, Daniel has led the Signature client segment SA’s; run the Network, Applications, and Innovation team; supported private and public sector customers; the financial, manufacturing, and healthcare industries; and many internal initiatives. He has extensive background in business strategy; finance & accounting; strategic sourcing; enterprise networking; mobility; IoT; cloud; outsourcing and managed services; optical transport; unified communications and collaboration; contact center; and security technologies.
Daniel is an active supporter of local Dallas charities benefitting the American Heart Association and Alzheimer’s research. He holds a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Applied Mathematics from Texas A&M University and a Masters of Business Administration in Finance and Accounting from Southern Methodist University.