How AT&T embraced the telecoms technology transition

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Technology in Madras, Saxena joined AT&T in 1995 as a network architect. After working in a number of roles around the business, he became CIO of network and shared services in March 2017 after a three-year stint as senior vice-president of software development and engineering. It is fair to say he knows the company, and the technology, inside out.

To meet this transformation head-on, AT&T embarked on a massive reorganisation to make sure its staff walk the walk and talk the talk. With more than 250,000 full-time employees at any given moment, and many other contractors working within the business, this is no mean feat, says Saxena.

“The ideal skillset needed for the future is someone who is great at network engineering, someone who is great at understanding the product and the marketplace, someone who is great at software development, and someone who is great at operating software applications and operating the network,” he says.

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