Kate Johnson | Source | Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at Lumen Technologies

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Kate Johnson

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at Lumen Technologies and 6 other companies
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Kate Johnson is the President and CEO of Lumen and a member of its board of directors.

A seasoned business technology leader, Kate has a proven track record of driving business and digital transformation success at the world’s top Fortune 100 technology companies. Hyperfocused on moving innovation and shareholder value forward, Kate leads with the strategic and go-to-market skills developed over 20 years as a growth-oriented B2B enterprise technology disruptor.

Kate champions digital innovations that create the best customer experience and solutions. This starts with unlearning old success models and creating an environment that spurs advancement and sets Lumen apart.

Kate joined the company in 2022. Prior to Lumen, Kate held executive leadership roles at Microsoft, GE Digital, and Oracle, as well as various commercial and technology leadership roles at Red Hat, UBS Investment Bank, and Deloitte Consulting.

Kate earned her bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Lehigh University, and her MBA from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School. She lives in Denver with her family and serves on the board of directors for UPS since 2020.

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  • "The digital era is really the digital economy, and in the digital economy, businesses run on apps. Apps run data, and the pace of business is accelerating every single day. Customers have to think about having their data wherever they need it, whenever they need it. So they need a network that’s totally flexible, dynamic, high speed, high capacity, and the old construct of telco really doesn’t think about customer networking needs in that way."

  • "We’re cloudifying telecom, and what I mean by that is wrapping a digital halo around our physical network so that it can be consumed the way that customers want — fire up any port, anytime, anywhere. We're cloudifying the network by making it consumable and usable and supportable in this on-demand way."

  • “Giving our workforce the digital tools they need to deliver dramatically improved customer experiences with greater ease is an essential part of our company transformation. Our people are seeing immediate productivity improvements with AI tools like Microsoft Copilot, allowing them to focus on more value-added activities each day.”

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