Ed Chan, Crown Castle Ed Chan is the Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer of Crown Castle. He is responsible for the data, digital, information security and business support strategies. Ed spent three decades of his career at Verizon, where he most recently served as SVP and Chief Technology Officer. In this role, he was responsible for the technology strategy, product development, network planning, capital planning, and systems & maintenance engineering of the Verizon products and networks. Ed previously served as the company’s Chief Network Engineering Officer and in various roles of increasing responsibly across technology architecture; infrastructure planning; network implementation and operations. Ed holds an BS in electrical engineering from Rutgers University and an MSE in Management of Technology from the University of Pennsylvania.