Christopher Bartlett
Chief Strategy Officer @ Verizon
About
Chief Financial Officer and strategy / M&A professional with extensive experience in strategy, FP&A, corporate development, mergers and acquisitions, and strategic partnerships.
United States
New York
Telecommunications
Joint Ventures, Financial Modeling, Mergers & Acquisitions, Private Equity, Corporate Finance, Valuation, Due Diligence, Financial Analysis, Capital Markets, Investment Banking, Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A), Venture Capital
Experience

SVP, Chief Financial Officer and Head of Strategy, Verizon Business Group
Basking Ridge, NJ and New York, NY
• Chief Financial Officer and Head of Strategy for Verizon Business Group, Verizon's ~$30 billion revenue segment serving enterprises, small-and-medium sized businesses, and federal, state and local governments • Overall responsibility for overseeing ~1,200 people across strategy, financial planning and analysis, all pricing and promotions, and business transformation for all of Verizon's business products including broadband, wireless, IoT, software, and telematics

SVP, Corporate Development & Head of Verizon Ventures
Basking Ridge, NJ and New York, NY
• Responsible for corporate development, including M&A, divestitures, strategic partnerships, deal sourcing and execution, and merger integration • Chief Investment Officer for Verizon Ventures, Verizon's Venture investment arm. Responsible for overall investment strategy and execution, and management of Verizon's ~45 portfolio companies. Executed approximately 15 seed, Series A and Series B investments on behalf of Verizon. Board observer at several current portfolio companies • Completed transactions included acquisitions of Tracfone, BlueJeans, Protectwise, Senion and Incubed IT. Sale of Verizon Media and Tumblr

Managing Director, Head of North America Media and Comms Mergers & Acquisitions
New York, NY
• Morgan Stanley’s senior Mergers & Acquisitions banker within the firm’s global media and communications practice, with broad experience across verticals and geographies and deep experience in large-and-mid-cap M&A, capital markets and shareholder activism • Responsible for managing domestic M&A pipeline across media, communications and infrastructure, in addition to group M&A resources • Strategic advisor and client coverage role, focused on M&A, across several verticals and practices including diversified media, wireless communications, communications infrastructure and broadband, cable networks and streaming, film and television studios, digital media, and technology • Responsible for advising clients in acquisition, sale, merger, spin/split-off, capital raising and other significant corporate actions • Senior-level and day-to-day coordination of strategic transactions including C-suite and board of director-level counsel, including strategy, valuation, structuring, negotiation, due diligence and documentation • Member of Morgan Stanley’s global Fairness Committee for rendering fairness opinions to public companies • Co-coordination of MBA recruiting at Columbia University

Engagement Manager
Los Angeles, CA
• Strategic and operational analysis including market sizing, strategy development and execution, and operations improvement, including inventory management, demand forecasting, and merger integration • Industry focus largely on consumer and industrial products, media and communications, and public sector • Promoted to Engagement Manager one year early, prior to enrolling in business school
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