David W. Hitchcock was appointed executive vice president and chief financial officer in June 2007. Prior to joining Syniverse, he was chief financial officer of North America for Alcatel-Lucent. Mr. Hitchcock has almost 20 years of experience in corporate finance, mainly with AT&T and Lucent Technologies. He held a wide range of key financial leadership roles, including corporate controller for Lucent Technologies as well as business operations and financial vice president for Lucent Worldwide Services. Mr. Hitchcock also serves on the Board of Directors for the Florida Institute of Chief Financial Officers. He earned both his bachelor’s degree in accounting and master’s degree in business administration from Wake Forest University, and is a certified public accountant.