AI Infrastructure: Building the Digital Supply Chain

Verizon Business Chief Product Officer Scott Lawrence explains how AI is creating new opportunities for service providers and why automation, standards, and interoperability will shape the next generation of digital infrastructure. As AI workloads become increasingly distributed, what will it take to build the on-demand supply chain needed to support the AI economy?

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In this Executives at the Edge episode, host Pascal Menezes explores these topics and more with Scott Lawrence of Verizon Business:

How are AI workloads creating new opportunities for service providers?
What drove Verizon to centralize its API strategy across the business?
How will distributed inference and agentic AI change network requirements?
Where do standards and interoperability fit into the industry’s automation journey? Can an on-demand digital supply chain enable autonomous transactions across ecosystems?

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Learn how Mplify Lifecycle Service Orchestration (LSO) APIs enable automated, standards-based service orchestration across digital ecosystems.
Listen to Scott Lawrence’s recent presentation at Mplify’s Lisbon Member Summit: Winning the AI Arms Race: The Strategic Power Shift to the Edge
Explore Mplify’s strategic vision for the agentic AI era inside Mplify CTO Pascal Menezes’s recent keynote.
Engage with the community defining secure, automated, secure, AI-ready services worldwide by joining Mplify.

About Our Guest

Scott M. Lawrence, Chief Product Officer, Verizon Business

Scott Lawrence is the Chief Product Officer for Verizon Business, driving innovation and growth for a $30 billion business unit. He spearheads a holistic product strategy across network services, cybersecurity, platforms, Connected Experiences and IoT solutions for customers across the world, including global enterprises, the public sector and small businesses.

Scott has held a series of executive leadership roles across Verizon. Most recently he was Senior Vice President for Verizon Business’ Global Solutions leading over 1,000 Sales and Technology professionals for a $15B business area, and previously served as Group Vice President and General Manager for Verizon Business’ International segment across EMEA.

Scott brings a diversified technical and commercial background to the Mplify Board. He contributes deep expertise in scaling complex product ecosystems and global operations and in guiding organizations through strategic transformations, ensuring Mplify is positioned to unlock new opportunities for leadership and maximize its market impact.

Executives at the Edge podcast is brought to you by Mplify, a global alliance of network, cloud, cybersecurity, and enterprise organizations working together to accelerate the AI-powered digital economy through standardization, automation, certification, and collaboration.

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