Former Verisign VP John Donovan appointed as AT&T’s CTO

AT&T (NYSE: T) announced a new CTO – John Donovan, who was previously executive VP of product, sales, marketing and operations at Verisign and even before, chairman and CEO of inCode Telecom Group and a director of industry practices for telecom and media at Deloitte Consulting.

Based in San Antonio, Donovan will oversee the company’s global technology direction and innovation road map, including product development, network and engineering operations, AT&T Labs and the security and intellectual property organizations.

Donovan replaces Chris Rice, who assumes the new role of executive vice president of Shared Services… Full release is available on PRNewswire, image is from TelecomTiger.