Former Verizon Exec Joins McGraw

John C. Maguire has been named director of operations for McGraw Communications Inc.

Maguire has 11 years of telecommunications experience with Verizon Communications. While with Verizon, he held both national and regional positions in operations planning and process assurance. Maguire played an integral role in the alignment of process, implementation and adherence involved in the Bell Atlantic and GTE merger. He also project managed various initiatives, including the launch of Verizon FiOS services throughout the New York region.

Maguire will be responsible for McGraw’s provisioning, customer service, project management as well as sales engineering.

“We are very excited about having John join the McGraw team. His experience and knowledge of operations will be a great asset to McGraw’s strategic objectives,” said Frank Ahearn, McGraw’s CEO. “We expect John to make an immediate impact on our business and allow McGraw to continue to scale during our continued strong growth.”