Lumen Technologies has announced the appointment of Sean Alexander as Senior Vice President of Connected Ecosystems. As a seasoned enteprrise growth leader and founding executive of Microsoft AI, Alexander will be responsible for building and scaling a world-class business development team that drives customer co-innovation, strategic partnerships, and new revenue streams for the company.
“Sean brings a rare combination of technical depth, market vision, and go-to-market execution,” said Ashley Haynes-Gaspar, Executive Vice President and Chief Revenue Officer, Lumen. “He’s the right leader to expand our enterprise ecosystem and turn innovation into growth and customer impact.”
Alexander will also lead efforts to develop and validate customer use cases that shape the company’s product roadmap, ensuring Lumen’s platform delivers product truth that its enterprise customers need in the AI era. He and his team will also focus on building mind share beyond the product readiness curve.
Additionally, he will lead Lumen’s connected ecosystem strategy, creating alliances that expand the company’s reach and relevance in key verticals. These partnerships are targeted towards unlocking meaningful revenue growth in the $15 billion multi-Cloud networking market, speed up adoption of Lumen’s digital services, and solve real customer challenges.
“Lumen is redefining what digital networking infrastructure means in the AI era, and that opens the door to new kinds of partnerships, innovation, and value creation,” said Alexander. “I’m thrilled to join a company building the connective tissue between our customers, our technology and the ecosystem around us. This is about co-creating what’s next and doing it at scale.”
Alexander previously worked at Microsoft, where he served as Principal Director of AI and helped launch Microsoft AI. More recently, he worked as CEO of Phoenician Advisors, guiding public and private sector organisations through large-scale AI transformations.
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