Recognitions

Memberships, awards, reviews, and conference service

Verizon recognitions

Selected recognitions

Selected Verizon recognitions highlighting customer impact, security leadership, collaboration, architecture influence, and program delivery.

Living the Credo • 2022

Delighting customers

Recognized for exceptional performance and improving frontline employee experience in support of the Verizon promise.

Sadullah Syed • Associate Director, Software Development

Personal Commitment • 2024

Security standards for Omni Applications

Recognized for consistent commitment to Verizon core values and maintaining a high security standard for Omni Applications.

Mary Istafanous • Associate Director, Software Development

Quality / Process Improvement • 2024

Resolved a long-standing security defect

Recognized for fixing a long-standing security defect affecting sales support productivity, fraud alerts, and VBG health checks.

Mary Istafanous • Associate Director, Software Development

Leadership • 2024

Led Bill Pay Kiosk re-platforming

Recognized for a leading role in the Bill Pay Kiosk re-platforming, optimizing the application, reducing footprint, and improving maintainability.

Mary Istafanous • Associate Director, Software Development

Teamwork • 2025

Winning through collaboration

Recognized for collaboration and teamwork across delivery and engineering efforts.

Mary Istafanous • Associate Director, Software Development

Teamwork • 2025

Helped ACT123 gain momentum

Recognized for guiding ACT123 into a quickly maturing development team while enabling the team to establish its own voice and delivery momentum.

Allison Mckaney • Associate Director, Experience Management

Technical awards

Industry Award Jury Service

Reviews & committees

Paper Reviews & Committee Work

Paper Reviews

Reviewed 75+ technical papers across AI/ML, energy, web, and cloud domains, including IIPEM 2025, DSIS 2025, ICWCIE 2026, QCECTS 2026, ICBDA 2026, IMED 2026, AICCoNS 2026, ICAD 2026, and others.

AICCoNS reviewer recognition IATMSI reviewer recognition ICBDA reviewer recognition ICMNWC reviewer certificate ICWCIE reviewer certificate IIPEM reviewer recognition QCETCS reviewer recognition Syscon reviewer recognition

Technical Program Committee

Contributed as Technical Program Committee member in international conferences supporting paper evaluation, technical quality, and program curation.

ICOIAS Technical Program Committee recognition Technical Program Committee evidence Technical Program Committee profile