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Marco Rota

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Vice President Connected Ecosystems at Lumen Technologies
📍 Reno, Nevada, United States

Marco is a technology and ecosystem strategy leader, currently Vice President of Connected Ecosystems at Lumen Technologies. His career, spanning Microsoft, Disney, and Warner Bros. , focuses on building platforms and partner ecosystems at a global scale. Colleagues describe him as energetic, professional, and enthusiastic, with a deep knowledge of the entertainment and tech industries.

He frequently travels for major industry events like MWC and RE: Invent, using these opportunities to network and connect with peers. Marco also shows a creative and modern side, recently highlighting an image created for him by Google Gemini, demonstrating an interest in generative AI and its applications.

He has a unique career path that bridges creative roles at major Hollywood studios with high-level technology and infrastructure strategy at global tech corporations.

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Current Role
Vice President Connected Ecosystems
Job Level
Senior
Location
Reno, Nevada, United States
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Partner Ecosystems
His current and recent roles at Lumen are centered on designing and launching strategic technology partnerships and creating unified partner strategies to scale growth.
AI & Network Latency
He recently spoke about how network latency is the "Achilles' heel of AI" and is focused on how Lumen's network can power the AI economy by reducing it.
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Career

Work history

12-2025
Vice President Connected Ecosystems
Lumen Technologies
8-2024 - 12-2025
Vice President Strategic Technology Alliances
Lumen Technologies
10-2023 - 8-2024
Field CTO for the Hyperscalers, Media and Entertainment
Lumen Technologies
8-2022 - 10-2023
Global CTO for Strategic Accounts
Microsoft
11-2020 - 10-2023
Global Field CTO Media & Entertainment
Microsoft
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Education
1991 - 1991
Associate's degree
Institute for Computer Studies
High School
Jarvis Collegiate Institute
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