James Giotis

• Sr. Prepaid Product Manager responsible for overseeing the following projects:
• Assist in overall Product Management of Verizon Prepaid, Total by Verizon and Simple Mobile Prepaid Products.
• Helped to Launch and follow up on FWA on Total by Verizon.
• Continuing work with BYOD Kit for Verizon
• Prepaid-Implementation, cost control, expansion of product line, vendor relationships, BYOD .com sales path, analysis on utilization and profitability of BYOD product line.
• Involved in formulation of BYOD promos and analysis of results.
• Provide analysis of prepaid sales, trends, merchandising and profitability of various channels/retailers.
• Developed a relationship with numerous vendors, i.e. Ingram, ICE etc, for all prepaid related communications.
• Responsible for suggestions related to compensation for various channels.
• Involved in numerous Your Voice Matters meeting to determine needs of our employees to maximize prepaid opportunities/Gross Adds.
• Bi-weekly calls with numerous channels to determine offerings to make the channels Gross Adds increase.
• Provide suggestions on device promos.
• Continually visiting National Retail Stores, Agents and National Retailers to determine opportunities to grow the prepaid business.
• Also visit competitions stores to evaluate their offers and promotions.
• Have numerous competitors phones and I use them to evaluate the service/offers provided by them .

Manager Prepaid Marketing-Responsible for overseeing the following projects:

• Analyzed prepaid sales, trends, merchandising, and profitability of diverse channels/retailers as the lead in charge.
• BYOD Kit for Verizon Prepaid-Implementation, cost control, expansion of product line, vendor relationships, BYOD .com sales path, analysis on utilization and profitability of BYOD product line.
• Upon the completion if the analysis, I provide suggestions on changes to signage, promos etc on a monthly basis for all Verizon Prepaid branded prepaid services.
• Responsible for suggestions related to compensation for various channels.
• Provide suggestions on device promos.
• Continually visiting National Retail Stores, Agents and National Retailers to determine opportunities to grow the prepaid business.
• Work with L&D team on various prepaid trainings for the field.
• Approved OST's and communications sent to the field in advance of promos or pricing changes.
• Lead on Prepaid team for trial of relaunching PIBs in Direct Stores.
• Tested and provided sign-off all new prepaid devices to insure compatibility to network and systems.

• Responsible for All Prepaid Customer Facing Merchandising.
• Center point of contact regarding POP, Signage, PIB creative and in box materials,and .com content for Prepaid Channel.
• Responsible for idea generation and implementation to drive revenue.
• Involved in vendor relations and negotiations for displays for all retail points of presence.
• Involvement in P&L analysis and in overall profitability of prepaid product.
• Revenue of approximately 2 billion dollars per year from the products and services yearly

• North East Area Point of Contact for all Prepaid Marketing and Operations as well as other Wireless products and services.
• Responsible for Marketing programs, idea generation, P&L and overall oversight of all Prepaid Products and Services within the North East Area of Verizon Wireless
• Managed vendor relationships by negotiating contracts and ensuring timely delivery of goods and services.
• Created monthly reports for senior management summarizing operational performance metrics.