PODCAST | Inside Verizon’s AI-Ready Data Strategy — A Conversation with CDO Kalyani Sekar

CDO Magazine Podcast Series · May 30, 2025 · 12m

In this episode, we’re joined by Kalyani Sekar, Chief Data Officer at Verizon, for an in-depth look at how the telecom giant is evolving its data and AI foundation.

Hosted by Yali Sassoon, CTO and Co-founder of Snowplow, this conversation covers:

✅Verizon’s journey to trusted, high-quality data

✅Why the company adopted a “shift-left” mindset for data quality

✅The internal AI Registry that governs all model deployments

✅How governance frameworks are adapting to GenAI

✅Lessons learned from 20+ years of data leadership

🎧 This is part 1 of a 3-part series. Tune in to learn how to build trust…