Dawane M. Young

Dawane is the Vice President of Marketing for Verizon's Partner Solutions organization. He is a 25+ year Telecommunications veteran, having held business development, marketing, operations, and sales management roles. In Dawane's current role, he leads the product management organization supporting the Network, Mobility, and Applications & Platform Solutions covering products such as Network as a Service (NaaS), LTE/5G FWA, MEC, IOT, Managed and Professional Services and Security. His team is responsible for identifying key market opportunities, defining commercial models and customer requirements, and driving the development & launch of innovative solutions. Dawane's team helps to identify emerging sales strategies, technology shifts, and also develops new monetization models. Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, he received a B.A. degree in Mass Communications from James Madison University in 1996. He continued his educational pursuits at the Booth School of Business, University of