TJ Fox

TJ Fox is SVP and President of Industrial IoT and Vehicle for Verizon Business, responsible for catalyzing Verizon’s growth in the burgeoning connected vehicle and industrial device markets. He oversees business development, commercial modeling, and cross-functional efforts for Verizon in the industrial IoT and Vehicle businesses. He is a 30-year V Teamer with a proven track record of driving growth, especially in new or high-priority segments.

Fox previously served as SVP and President of Verizon Business Markets, leading 5,000 professionals dedicated to wireless and wireline solutions to small and medium businesses in the U.S., contributing to an annual revenue of $12B. Prior Fox led the Enterprise Wireless Group in the US for Verizon.

In the course of Fox’s Verizon tenure, he has been immersed in many different areas of the business across the U.S. including Retail and Business sales, Telesales, US Operations, US Customer Service Operations and Verizon Enterprise Solutions. He has held several senior executive-level national and field operations roles, including SVP of the Wireless Business Group and SVP of National Operations for Verizon Wireless, and also served as President of the Illinois/Wisconsin region of Verizon Wireless.

He has been honored as a Crain’s Chicago “40 under 40” award winner and a seven-time recipient of Verizon President’s Cabinet award, which is the highest honor that a Verizon professional and leader can attain. Fox is passionate about volunteering because helping his community affords the opportunity both to give back and better understand how to effect change. Fox served as a board member of the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce, and served as Chairman of the Board for Prevent Child Abuse America (PCAA), where he remains an active member of the Leadership Council.

He currently lives in northern New Jersey with his wife and two children. He is a native of Annapolis, Maryland and earned his Bachelor’s degree at Virginia Tech.