Home  About Us Jeremy L. Azif
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Saturday, 08 January 2005 |
President and Co-Founder
Jeremy Azif is Senior Paralegal with Verizon Communications in
Arlington, VA. In his current role, Mr. Azif supports three lines
of business and General Counsels in the areas of consumer long
distance, business long distance, and online services. Mr. Azif
is responsible for transactional matters, state and Federal regulatory
affairs and compliance, contracts, customer complaints, litigation
support and tariff related issues.
Prior to joining Verizon Communications, Mr. Azif was Director of
Regulatory and Public Affairs for a competitive local exchange carrier
in Fort Worth, TX. In this role, Mr. Azif served as Chief
Regulatory Officer and managed all regulatory matters for the company’s
national prepaid local and long distance services that focused on
Hispanic and ethnic market segments.
Mr. Azif also was a Strategic Marketing Manager for the Optical and
Wireless Internet Divisions of Nortel Networks in Richardson, TX.
In this capacity, Mr. Azif managed and identified venues that
established optimal positions for market visibility, leadership and
mindshare. Mr. Azif also created strategic messages and advised
senior executives on message delivery to influence key external
audiences.
Prior to joining Nortel, Mr. Azif was a Manager of Industry Relations
and Regulatory for PrimeCo Personal Communications, L.P.'s Corporate
Engineering Department that is now part of Verizon Wireless. At
PrimeCo, Mr. Azif was responsible for monitoring and managing
regulatory, industry, and technical issues, including local number
portability, numbering, enhanced 911, and the Communications Assistance
for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA). Mr. Azif also participated in a
variety of industry forums, including the Industry Numbering Committee
(INC), PCIA BPA Numbering Group, CTIA Numbering Advisory Group (NAG),
and NANC-related task forces. In addition, Mr. Azif was responsible for
providing technical information for PrimeCo's External Affairs
Department as part of its lobbying and legislative initiatives before
Congress, the FCC, and state commissions.
Prior to joining PrimeCo, Mr. Azif was a Senior Consultant with
Booz-Allen & Hamilton's Telecommunications & Information
Technology Client Service Practice. At Booz-Allen, Mr. Azif provided
support to the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Bureau of
Investigation (FBI) in implementing the Communications Assistance for
Law Enforcement Act (CALEA). Mr. Azif's duties included, monitoring and
tracking Federal, legislative, and regulatory body hearings, meetings,
and trends; researching and developing reports, press releases, and
briefings; and Azif provided significant written input into DOJ Federal
Register notices.
Prior to joining Booz-Allen, Mr. Azif was a Government Relations
Specialist for Nortel Networks’ Washington, D.C. office where he
represented Nortel's public policy, regulatory, and international trade
interests before the Executive and Legislative branch agencies, and
industry trade associations.
Mr. Azif received a B.A. degree in Political Science and a Master’s
degree in Public Administration with a specialization in
Telecommunications from the George Washington University in Washington,
D.C. Mr. Azif also holds a Paralegal Certificate (ABA approved)
from the Southeastern Career Institute, Dallas, TX.
Mr. Azif also is active with several volunteer and membership
organizations including serving as President & Co-Founder of the
North Texas Global Telecommunications Society (NTGTS) and the
Communications & Technology Connections (CTC). He also is
active with the Federal Communications Bar Association (FCBA), National
Capitol Area Paralegal Association (NCAPA), George Washington
University Alumni Association, and Phi Kappa Psi, D.C. Alumni
Association.
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