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Building Resilience in the Age of AI-Driven Networks

In this live episode of The Bridgecast, recorded at the Bridgepoint Tech Summit 2025i, host Scott Kinka welcomes Chad Townes, Senior Vice President of AT&T Partner Solutions, for an in-depth exploration of enterprise connectivity, AI-driven networking, and the infrastructure powering tomorrow's business landscape. With over 30 years of experience spanning wholesale, consumer, business, and operations divisions at AT&T, Chad brings a rare perspective on how massive organizations evolve while maintaining focus on customer needs. His career arc—from wholesale to consumer to operations to partnerships—reveals a counterintuitive truth: the best leaders aren't specialists; they're perpetual learners driven by curiosity. What you will learn: • How to use curiosity as a leadership superpower to unlock innovation • Why network infrastructure is now a strategic business decision, not just an operational expense • The framework for building custom metrics across diverse teams with conflicting KPIs • How to build network redundancy and resiliency before you need it • Why AT&T's FirstNet model demonstrates purpose-built innovation at scale • The realistic timeline for AI market maturation—and why bubble correction is coming About the Guest: Chad Townes is the Senior Vice President of AT&T Partner Solutions, bringing three decades of hands-on experience across AT&T's wholesale, consumer, business, and operations divisions. He's led teams deploying wireless networks in stadiums and convention centers at the dawn of the iPhone era, managed global customer delivery operations, and now oversees the partnership ecosystem that connects AT&T's scale to customers everywhere. His leadership philosophy centers on curiosity, cross-functional empathy, and the belief that organizations thrive when people understand not just their own role but how the entire system works together. To find out how Bridgepointe Technologies helps businesses make IT decisions faster with world-class engineering support and ongoing guidance, head to https://bridgepointetechnologies.com/ Episode Resources: • Chad Townes on LinkedIn:   / chadtownes   • Scott Kinka on LinkedIn:   / scottkinka   • Bridgepointe Technologies Website: https://bridgepointetechnologies.com/ If you enjoyed this episode, make sure to subscribe so you don’t miss an episode. Also, rate and review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, we appreciate all feedback from our listeners. 👉 Fame: https://bit.ly/3YXy9ET 👉 Spotify: https://spoti.fi/4lRJAHZ 👉 Apple Podcast: https://apple.co/4iIe2lj #TheBridgecast #NetworkResilience #AIInfrastructure #EnterpriseTech #BridgepointTechSummit Building Resilience in the Age of AI-Driven Networks