Lori Garcia, SVP of Strategy, Experience and

Commercial Excellence, Lumen Technologies

Steven So, CTO,

NTT Com Asia

JOB FROM: GENERAL MANAGER, AI GO-TO-MARKET( GTM) STRATEGY AT MICROSOFT

JOB FROM: HEAD OF DATA CENTRE BUSINESS AT NTT COM ASIA

JOB TO: SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF STRATEGY, EXPERIENCE AND COMMERCIAL EXCELLENCE AT LUMEN TECHNOLOGIES

Lori Garcia’ s appointment at Lumen Technologies in June 2025 marks a pivotal shift towards AI-led telecommunications. Recruited from Microsoft, where she led AI commercial strategy, and with a decade in IT infrastructure at Chesapeake Energy, Lori is ideally placed to monetise Lumen’ s network through intelligent, next-generation services and experiences.

JOB TO: CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER( CTO) AT NTT COM ASIA

Steven So’ s appointment as Chief Technology Officer of NTT Com Asia in July 2025 demonstrates the company’ s commitment to nurturing internal AI leadership. A 17-year veteran, Steven previously led transformative data centre initiatives, positioning him to now drive company-wide innovation across AI, Private 5G, IoT and smart infrastructure platforms.

16 August 2025