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PODCAST | Inside Verizon’s AI-Ready Data Strategy — A Conversation with CDO Kalyani Sekar
Written by: CDO Magazine
Updated 8:00 AM EDT, May 31, 2025
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, structure, and strategy into your AI efforts — at scale.
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