On today’s dialogue, we are thrilled to have our latest digital pioneer, Toby Redshaw, global thought leader and SVP Innovation and 5G at Verizon, where he is focused on Building the Future, 5G inside and the 4th Industrial Revolution.

The recent and rapid global shift towards digital transformation has placed our global remote connectivity at an all time high, with technologies as 5G and AI revolutionizing our daily pace of things. Who better to speak to these innovations than our very digital pioneer today, Toby Redshaw: one of the top, leading minds in the realm of cutting edge technologies and the impact of these innovations on society, enterprises, governments and the world at large. Learn all about next-gen innovation, Industry 4.0, cyber resilience, the disruptive power of 5G, and more in today's dialogue.

Biography:
Toby Redshaw is responsible for Verizon’s Enterprise Innovation and 5G Solutions area. He previously ran 5G Ecosystems, Innovation and Product Development, the AR/VR and Location Services/Geo Intelligence Business.

Prior to joining Verizon, Toby was most recently CEO of Kevington Advisors, a leading-edge consultancy offering services in enterprise technology strategy and transformation, coaching start-ups and various government/military engagements.

Toby previously held Global CIO positions at American Express and Aviva PLC, HQ in London. His responsibilities also included Risk, NPI, eCommerce.

He had simultaneous product, marketing, strategy, venture, diversity and technology responsibilities during the six years prior at Motorola, while also working as Executive Chairman of a start-up portfolio company.

Toby also helped found and run a global start-up based, the first cloud-based solution platform and next gen supply chain for hospitality out of Silicon Valley, China, London and Ohio.

He started his career as one of the first employees on the international side of FedEx, where he had a 17 year career in business and IT based in Asia, Latin America and US.

Among his recognitions, Toby was named to Top CTO 25 – Most Influential IT leaders by InfoWorld and Top 50 Global CIOs by InformationWeek.

Toby is the founding chairman (emeritus) of the Kellogg Innovation Network (originally at Kellogg Graduate School of Business, now TWIN Global). He co-chairs the working group on scale disruptive technologies at the Council on Competitiveness, sits on the DELL IT Advisory Board and the advisory board of the Lake Nona Impact Forum. He was born and raised in Mexico City and is proud to have become a U.S. citizen in 2014.