Verizon Wireless Names New Vice President for Georgia/Alabama

Goodbye Jeff Mango, hello Jonathan LeCompte. Verizon Wireless announced today, Nov. 3, that LeCompte has replaced Mango as president of its Georgia/Alabama Region.

Mango has been named vice president of Customer and Business Intelligence at Verizon Communications and will now be based in Basking Ridge, NJ, according to today's news release from the company.

I met Mango not long before the amphitheater design in Alpharetta was revealed for the first time, which is when the naming––also was announced. He told tales of his start in the wireless industry as a salesman at a mall kiosk.

LeCompte was most recently the director of Retail Sales for the company’s Northern California/Nevada/Hawaii Region. He'll now oversee sales, customer service operations and marketing for both Georgia and Alabama, reporting to South Area president Roger Tang.

“Jonathan has a long history with Verizon Wireless and brings a wealth of strategic sales management and operational experience to his new role,” said Tang.

With nearly 20 years of telecommunications experience with Verizon Wireless and its legacy companies, LeCompte has held sales leadership positions across the company’s Retail, Telesales and Indirect distribution channels. He has also served as acting president for both the Northern California/Nevada/Hawaii Region and the Southern California Region.

“I’m truly honored to have been selected to lead this great region,” said LeCompte. "Both Georgia and Alabama have experienced amazing growth in recent years through Verizon’s 3G expansion and the deployment of our 4G LTE Network.

LeCompte holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration from Seattle University’s Albers School of Business and Economics.

Realtors take note: He and his family are relocating from the San Francisco Bay Area to Alpharetta, where LeCompte will be based.