AT&T Inc announced the appointment of John Donovan as chief technology officer.

In the new position, Donovan will be responsible for managing the company’s global technology direction and innovation road map, including product development, network and engineering operations. The AT&T Labs and the security and intellectual property organizations will be also his supervision.

“I''m excited to join AT&T at such a dynamic time in the company's history,” said Donovan. “I look forward to continuing AT&T's long history of innovation and spearheading the development and deployment of advanced network technologies that will enable the convergence of new voice, data and video services for consumers and businesses,” added he on the new position.

Before the new appointment, Donovan held the position of executive vice president of product, sales, marketing and operations at Verisign Inc.