How do you transform a legacy telecommunications company into an AI infrastructure leader? Chris Stansbury, President and CFO of Lumen Technologies, shares the remarkable turnaround that repositioned the company from a debt-laden legacy telco into what Gartner now calls the company to beat in AI networking. Chris explains how financial discipline, culture change, and a bold strategic vision enabled Lumen to “play to win,” while introducing a new model for cloudifying enterprise networks to power the future of artificial intelligence.
The interview was recorded on July 16th, 2026.