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Dick Lynch is executive vice president and chief technical officer for Verizon Wireless, the premier wireless provider with the nation's most reliable wireless network. Lynch is responsible for the technology, architecture, planning, design and operation of the company's coast-to-coast wireless voice and data network covering more than two million square-miles. Under his leadership, Verizon Wireless launched the nation's first wireless broadband wide-area network. In his prior assignment, he was executive vice president and chief technical officer for Bell Atlantic Mobile. Lynch has been at the forefront of wireless data solutions, starting with Cellular Digital Packet Data (CDPD) in 1995 when he led Bell Atlantic Mobile’s build of one of the largest CDPD networks in the country--delivering the first application for mobile data for public safety and ultimately paving the way for mass market wireless data services. He led the industry to advance Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) into a commercial wireless offering, launching the nation's first commercial CDMA service. In 2004, Lynch again drove technology direction with the decision to deploy EVDO service broadly throughout Verizon Wireless’ national footprint. Building on these core technology decisions, he has led the implementation and widespread adoption of key innovative services including wireless broadband access via laptop and PDAs, V CAST Music (a rich-featured, over-the-air music download service), IP-based Push-to-Talk, and turn-by-turn navigation on cell phones.
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