Verizon Business CEO Sowmyanarayan Sampath

Verizon Business rearranged its executive structure to increase its focus on growth, a move coming just months after it hired a new segment leader.

The latest changes include naming Aparna Khurjekar as its new chief revenue office of business markets and software-as-a-service (SaaS) with its Connect and BlueJeans operations. Khujekar previously served as president of Verizon Business Markets and has been with the carrier for more than 13 years.

Verizon Business also named Massimo Peselli as its chief revenue officer for its global enterprise and public sector. Peselli previously served as SVP for global enterprise at the division.

The two moves fill in the vacancy left by Sowmyanarayan Sampath’s move from chief revenue officer to the Verizon Business CEO position on July 1. Sampath replaced long-time leader Tami Erwin, who moved to a strategic advisor role to Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg, with plans for Erwin to leave the company at the end of the year.

Verizon also moved Chris Bartlett from its corporate finance team to become CFO and head of business strategy, planning, and transformation at Verizon Business. Bartlett specifically was SVP of corporate development and head of Verizon Ventures.

The carrier also named Jennifer Artley as SVP of its new 5G Acceleration team, which will be focused on 5G adoption and monetization. Artley previously served as SVP for strategic initiatives at the division.

For its international operations, Verizon Business named Genia Wilbourn as its global customer operations leader. Wilbourn previously served as SVP for the division’s global network operations and assurance business.

More broadly, the division named Sanjiv Gossain as lead of its Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) business, where he will report to Peselli. Gossain previously served as European digital business lead at Cognizant.

“The gap in the global competitive landscape is tightening and the demands of business customers are rapidly evolving and growing,” Sowmyanarayan said in a statement on the moves. “Continuing our momentum as a market leader and maker, we assembled this new leadership structure to capitalize on our strengths and accelerate our business, and that of our customers, in ways previously not thought possible.”