Jacky Wu is Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. In this capacity, Jacky is responsible for all financial planning, forecasting, budgeting, reporting, valuations, pricing, and treasury functions. He also has oversight of Mergers and Acquisitions valuations, long term financial strategy, capital investment program, and capital markets. Prior to Comverse, Jacky spent five years at American Tower Corporation where he was Vice President of Finance and Mergers and Acquisitions. During his tenure, American Tower more than doubled its global and domestic asset portfolios, successfully converted to a Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT), and strategically partnered with its major customers to long term contracts that helped the company achieve consistent double-digit top line growth. Jacky has more than 15 years in the Telecommunications industry, beginning his career at Verizon Communications. There he held roles of increasing scope and responsibility, most recently as Director and Chief Financial Officer of Verizon Digital Services Inc. In that role, he helped expand Verizon’s FiOS footprint to more than 18 million homes nationwide, while forming a new $1.5b segment focused on optimizing content delivery.
Jacky graduated Summa Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa and with Departmental Honors with both a Master of Business Administration as well as a Bachelor of Science in Economics from Tulane University. Jacky was also the recipient of DiversityMBA magazine’s “Top 50 Executive Leaders under 50” in 2012.