Private-Sector Career
Verizon Business: Federal Clients and Global Integration
Senior Consultant and Program Management Executive — cloud-based security and systems integration for DHS, the World Bank, Peace Corps, National Grid, and P&G.
At Verizon Business, Kwasi Fraser held two roles — Senior Consultant and Program Management Executive — through which he led cloud-based information security implementations and global integration deals for a client portfolio that included the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the World Bank, the Peace Corps, National Grid, and Procter & Gamble. The Verizon Business chapter represents the peak of his private-sector telecommunications and systems-integration career: federal government client work at the intersection of enterprise technology, information security, and large-scale program management.
The Two Roles
Senior Consultant
As a Senior Consultant at Verizon Business, Fraser worked in an advisory capacity with enterprise and government clients — analyzing their technology and communications needs, designing solutions, and guiding implementation. The Senior Consultant role required combining technical depth with business acumen and relationship management, maintaining trust with senior client stakeholders across engagements that span months or years.
Program Management Executive
As a Program Management Executive, Fraser moved from advisory work into the executive management of large-scale implementation programs involving multiple vendors, multiple client stakeholders, multiple technical systems, and timelines spanning quarters or years. A program management executive is accountable for outcomes that depend on coordinating work streams that neither they nor their direct team can fully control — which requires managing through influence, managing risk proactively, and resolving issues before they become program-level failures.
The Federal Client Portfolio
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
DHS is responsible for cybersecurity, border security, immigration enforcement, and domestic emergency management — one of the most security-sensitive federal clients in the government's portfolio. Work for DHS involves compliance with rigorous federal information security standards (NIST, FISMA) and the management of sensitive systems whose failure carries national security implications.
World Bank
The World Bank is an international financial institution headquartered in Washington, D.C., with operations in more than 100 countries. Its technology systems require global integration capabilities — connecting offices, data centers, and operational systems across multiple jurisdictions and regulatory environments.
Peace Corps
The Peace Corps operates in approximately 60 countries with volunteer programs, administrative systems, and health and safety infrastructure that must function in environments with limited local technology resources. Its global operational footprint requires the same integration capabilities as the World Bank, applied to a more geographically dispersed context.
National Grid
National Grid is one of the largest electric and gas utilities in the northeastern United States and the United Kingdom. Its inclusion in Fraser's client portfolio reflects the energy and utilities sector expertise he would later apply as Director of Business Development at Green Powered Technology and as a member of the Virginia Clean Energy Advisory Board.
Procter & Gamble
P&G is one of the world's largest consumer goods companies, with global operations across manufacturing, distribution, marketing, and retail. Managing a P&G engagement at the program management executive level involves multiple geographies, multiple business units, multiple technology systems.
Key Facts at a Glance
- Employer: Verizon Business (enterprise and government division of Verizon Communications)
- Roles: Senior Consultant; Program Management Executive
- Focus areas: cloud-based information security implementations; global integration deals
- Federal clients: U.S. Department of Homeland Security; World Bank; Peace Corps
- Enterprise clients: National Grid; Procter & Gamble
- Key skill set developed: federal contracting, FISMA/NIST compliance context, global systems integration, large-scale program management
- Career context: followed AT&T and Sprint-Nextel; preceded public-sector roles in Purcellville
