DENVER, March 1,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Lumen Technologies (NYSE:
LUMN) has named Ryan Asdourian as
its new Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer. In
this role, Asdourian will oversee Brand and Product Marketing, and
Corporate Communications. He will report to Lumen President and CEO
Kate Johnson starting next week and
serve as a member of the executive team.
Asdourian joins Lumen from Microsoft where, during 20 years with
the company, he held product and marketing leadership roles with
increasing responsibilities. He most recently led the company's
Security business group, with responsibility for P&L, Sales
Enablement, and Marketing across North and South America. Prior to that, Asdourian led
Business Development and Marketing for the Microsoft Surface
business group in the United
States, and the Windows and Devices business group in the
United Kingdom. Before that, he
served as Technical Advisor to CEO Satya
Nadella.
"Ryan is a proven leader who has demonstrated a remarkable
ability to link product capabilities with customer needs and market
those products in disruptive ways," said Johnson. "He is uniquely
suited to shape our brand and how we go to market to accelerate our
return to growth."
"Lumen is changing itself, changing the industry, and changing
how customers connect to the world and succeed," said Asdourian.
"This creates tremendous opportunities to shape our brand in all
three of these dimensions, and I'm looking forward to showing
customers what Lumen can do today and in the future."
About Lumen Technologies:
Lumen connects the world. We
are igniting business growth by connecting people, data, and
applications – quickly, securely, and effortlessly. Everything we
do at Lumen takes advantage of our network strength. From metro
connectivity to long-haul data transport to our edge cloud,
security, and managed service capabilities, we meet our customers'
needs today and as they build for tomorrow. For news and
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