Judith Spitz

Judith Spitz

Judith Spitz
Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer
Verizon

Judith Spitz is senior vice president and chief information officer for IT Strategy and Planning. She is responsible for establishing and driving enterprise-wide standards for IT computing infrastructure and systems architecture, for IT portfolio management, talent management, process and technology transformation, IT governance and compliance, and for integration with corporate strategy.

From 2006 to 2011, Spitz served as senior vice president and chief information officer for the enterprise and wholesale division of Verizon where she was responsible for the design, delivery, and management of all enterprise and wholesale operations and business support systems, product development, and production support on a global basis.

Between 2002 and 2005, Spitz served as senior vice president for network and national operations systems where she delivered the suite of systems that enabled Verizon to launch its high-speed, residential fiber optic service (FiOS).

Spitz began her career in the telecommunications industry in 1986 at NYNEX as a member of the technical staff and then as a technical director of the speech technology group where she delivered advanced call center automation platforms.

Prior to joining NYNEX, Spitz was a research associate at The City University of New York in the Center for Research in Speech and Hearing Sciences and served as an adjunct professor at Hunter College for six years.

InfoWorld named Spitz as a 2009 CTO 25 award winner. Computerworld magazine named her to its CIO 100 Honoree list in 2007 and CIO Magazine placed Spitz on its “Ones to Watch” list in 2005. She has received Verizon Communications’ Quality and Excellence Awards three times. Spitz is a member of the Seidenberg School of Computer Science and Information Systems Advisory Board at Pace University.

Spitz holds a bachelor's degree from Boston University, a master's degree from Washington University, and a Ph.D. from The City University of New York's Graduate Center, all in speech and hearing sciences.