Session Abstract:

The fusion of AI and IoT is driving the next era of our connected world with cellular technologies becoming underlying engines for the AI ecosystem. We are now leveraging edge computing and advanced connectivity capabilities to help unlock exciting new agentic AI capabilities to reliably and intelligently monitor, measure, manage and control at scale. What’s next?

Speaker:

Brian Rudy is a seasoned business and organization leader with expertise in leading multiple, complex programs across Verizon designed to deliver customer-centric experiences underpinned by profitable revenue growth. Brian currently leads Strategic Business Operations for Verizon’s Industrial IoT and Automotive organization – establishing and maturing the connective fabric among critical front-and back-office functions across the practice. Prior to this assignment, Brian served as Senior Director of Business Process Management for the Verizon Business Group, he and his team set the end-to-end process governance strategy, ensuring alignment with the customer-desired experience through strategic process maturity efforts and by partnering with business unit process teams at the operational level. In former roles, Brian led global Business Unit Strategy and Business Intelligence organizations including: inventive product ideation, strategic analysis, business intelligence, and data management teams for Verizon Enterprise Solutions and Business Markets. His past experience as a public sector customer, his leadership building and running Managed Services operations centers and global delivery project management teams, and his driving margin through strategic initiatives all make him an ideal part of our team. Brian has been with Verizon for 29 years, and in all his roles, he maintains an acute focus on providing actionable direction and predictive models to improve performance, to enhance the timely availability and accuracy of customer-centric intelligence. In addition to being a Certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, and holding a Project Management Professional (PMP), ITILv3 and Certified Work Out Facilitator certifications, Brian holds a Bachelors of Science in Communication and Business from Ohio University’s J. Warren McClure School of Communications Systems Management. With a passion for community service, Brian spends his personal time volunteering as a decorated and formally trained adult leader and committee member in the Scouting America (Boy Scouts of America) mentoring youth in STEM fields and developing the overall Scouting program. He and his family reside in the Cary, North Carolina area.