Zachary Bastian

About Zachary Bastian

Strategic coordination of external relationships and company priorities. Experienced…

Experience

1. Manager, Strategic Alliances

   Verizon

   Jul 2016 — Present

   Leading accessibility, consumer, and senior partnerships for Public Policy and Strategic Alliances.+ Covering key policy issues, facilitating third-party cooperation and consensus. Anticipating complex issues, developing strategic solutions. Creating and developing relationships with external stakeholders to align strategy and business objectives. Managing a segment budget, sponsoring organizations and financing programs. Point of contact on a policy issues for key internal and external stakeholders, collecting and evaluating community feedback. Developing positive relationships, processes, and communications with colleagues and internal stakeholders, creating insight and action on policy issues.+ Since 2016, representing Verizon on the Federal Communication Commission’s Disability Advisory Committee, engaged in policy coordination on key accessibility issues.+ Co-chaired the Consumer Technology Association’s indoor navigation working group, developing a technology-neutral US standard. Winner of CTA’s 2019 Technology & Standards Award.+ Coordinating collaboration between Waymap, Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, and Verizon, sponsoring a deployment of accessible navigation technology. Leading community engagement, planning testing. Producing a short film exploring the project and its benefits for people with disabilities.+ Conceiving, developing, planning, and holding regular stakeholder and issue-focused events, in person and virtually. Experienced speaker, host, producer, and project coordinator.

Skills

• Intellectual Property
• Interviews
• Legal Writing
• Policy Analysis
• International Relations
• Legislative Relations
• Customer Relations
• Interviewing
• Writing
• Social Media
• Legal Research
• Government
• Customer Service
• Research
• Analysis