Verizon’s Chief Operating Officer Dennis Strigl announced this week that he will retire at the end of the year. His departure, the second major executive exit from the company this year, leaves the door open for a new recruit to become the second in command at the telco. Any candidate would then potentially be in line to take over current Chairman and CEO Ivan Seidenberg’s spot when he …

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Verizon: COO Dennis Strigl to retire by end of 2009 (FierceTelecom)