Syniverse CEO and leadership

Prior to joining Syniverse as CFAO in June 2020, Mr. Davies served as the CFO of Sprint Corporation from July 2018 until the closing of its merger with T-Mobile USA. Before that, he spent four years serving as Group CFO for Amsterdam-based VEON. Prior to joining VEON, Mr. Davies spent more than a decade with Vodafone Group holding various financial leadership positions in Japan, Turkey, and India, before being named CFO of Verizon Wireless in the U.S., which at the time was a joint venture between Vodafone and Verizon Communications. He started his career with KPMG in Wales before serving in elevated senior finance roles with GE, Honeywell, and the Caudwell Group in both the U.K. and the U.S. Mr. Davies graduated with an honors degree in mathematics from London’s Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, is an Associate of the Royal College of Science and is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.

Leigh Ann Polverelli oversees Syniverse’s Global Services division, which is structured to exceed the service needs of customers around the globe through in-region technical expertise, standardized solutions, and broader knowledge of business needs in each market where Syniverse serves customers. She also leads Syniverse’s customer support organization and technology operations for the Americas region, where she ensures that Syniverse resolves any service irregularities seamlessly and that Syniverse delivers the highest level of customer service at all times. With over 20 years of experience in the telecom industry and a long tenure at Syniverse, Ms. Polverelli has a career that has encompassed a number of senior customer support and operations positions at Syniverse. She holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Massachusetts at Lowell and an MBA from Simmons College.

Sara DeBella leads a global team and partners with senior leadership to develop and execute the people and culture strategy for Syniverse. Her oversight responsibilities include the company’s organizational development, HR, diversity and inclusion, and corporate communications functions. She joined the organization in 2009 and has held a variety of roles of increasing responsibility including global total rewards (e.g., compensation, benefits and HR technology) and as an HR business partner. Throughout her tenure, Ms. DeBella has led several key initiatives to enable the organization find ways of working more strategically and efficiently, such as the implementation of Workday, redesign of global benefits and compensation programs, and the creation of new performance management processes. She combines her deep knowledge of the organization with a passion and commitment to building and maintaining dynamic and collaborative teams. Her focus is to recruit the best and the brightest talent, and then make sure that talent can flourish. Ms. DeBella earned a bachelor’s degree and an M.B.A. from the University of South Florida.

General manager with extensive commercial finance experience with a track record of leading operational change and performance improvement in large, multinational organisations with complex operating models. Focused and demanding setting high expectations and with a high work rate. Excels at change and is experienced and comfortable with dealing with ambiguity and with differing national and organisational cultures.

Prior to joining Syniverse as CFAO in June 2020, Mr. Davies served as the CFO of Sprint Corporation from July 2018 until the closing of its merger with T-Mobile USA. Before that, he spent four years serving as Group CFO for Amsterdam-based VEON. Prior to joining VEON, Mr. Davies spent more than a decade with Vodafone Group holding various financial leadership positions in Japan, Turkey, and India, before being named CFO of Verizon Wireless in the U.S., which at the time was a joint venture between Vodafone and Verizon Communications. He started his career with KPMG in Wales before serving in elevated senior finance roles with GE, Honeywell, and the Caudwell Group in both the U.K. and the U.S. Mr. Davies graduated with an honors degree in mathematics from London’s Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, is an Associate of the Royal College of Science and is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.