ISE Magazine, January 2019
ISE ICT SOLUTIONS EDUCATION 20 EXECUTIVE Q A TOPIC YOUR ROLE ISE What is the most interesting thing about your role at Verizon What would you recommend to someone who wants to achieve a high level position in their career Palmer Our products and services enable people and businesses to do more how interesting is that Using the latest and greatest technology to solve real world problems with an innovative and super talented team is phenomenal In terms of advice align your interests and abilities with your work and dont give up TOPIC CHANGE ISE How do you embrace change and encourage risk taking across your team Palmer Leading change is an essential task Thinking through the dynamics of change how it may affect your team as a group and as individuals is time well spent Most people dont come to work every day intent on resisting change As leaders we need to be unambiguous about the change we want to see Describing the future state clearly communicating what you are trying to accomplish with emphasis on the reasons why leads to successful outcomes TOPIC VIRTUALIZATION AND AUTOMATION ISE What is Verizon doing to virtualize and automate its network operations and how is that effort progressing What is needed from the vendor community to help Palmer A combination of the latest hardware software and applications enables what we call our Intelligent Edge Network Its an end to end network transformation that includes 5G deep fiber SDN NFV platforms and advanced analytics In addition to state of the art streamlined architecture we are deploying AR VR capabilities to improve operations Our vendors are partners in this journey As we build services we expect our vendors to embrace the separation of hardware and software and decomposition of network functions We like to partner with suppliers that are innovative and lean into technology Of course we expect all our suppliers to be efficient and operate with the highest integrity TOPIC YOU ISE What are 3 words that describe you Palmer Math lover list maker stubborn thats me I strive to be compassionate courageous and resilient International Womens Day event for Verizon employees
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