VP -- Architecture and Strategic Planning AT&T
IE Areas
- Analytics & Data Science
- Economic & Financial Systems
- Operations Research
- Quality & Statistics
- Supply Chain Engineering
Mentor Topics
- Advice on the Transition to a Professional Environment
- Advice related to maximizing success at GT
- Entrepreneurial Perspective
- Finance/Business Perspective
- General Career Mentoring
- Global Business Experience
- Leadership Skills
- Networking in the industry
- Non-ISyE Career Option
- Private Industry Career Perspective
About
AMY E. WHEELUS
VP, Architecture & Strategic Planning
Network Engineering & Operations
AT&T, INC
STRATEGIC TECHNOLOGY EXECUTIVE
Aligned Technical & Business Leadership
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFORMATION
Large-Scale Network Business Operations
Evolving Market Dynamics – Customer Needs
Prioritized Solutions – Value Creation – Adoption Speed
In her career at AT&T, Amy has done everything from building buildings to launching new businesses
NEXTGEN TECHNOLOGY
Cloud/Edge Computing – Machine Learning/AI – Software Defined Networking
Wireless & IoT Networking – 5G – Digital Transformation – Agile SDLC – DevOps
AMY WHEELUS is a natural leader who thrives on the challenges of using technology to enable organizations and people to accomplish extraordinary feats. She starts with the “end in mind” and makes timely decisions from a mix of carefully analyzed facts and an intuitive sense of the bigger picture. Amy thinks strategically while delivering operational results. She takes hold of a situation, forges quick personal connections, and speaks with conviction. People listen and follow her as she conveys authenticity and inspires loyalty. Amy believes in the meritocracy of ideas brought forth from a diverse group of people.
Amy was recently named VP of Architecture & Strategic Technology Planning in the Network Engineering & Operations business unit of AT&T. She previously held a similar role for AT&T’s Consumer Business Unit serving after serving as the VP of Broadband & Video Systems, a product CIO equivalent role. In these roles, she drove the technology transformation of AT&T’s Consumer Technology Platform by radically simplifying and modernizing the business support software systems architecture and operating model.
Previously as VP of Network Cloud, Amy led the team that delivered the Network Cloud that hosted the 5G Packet Core and the world’s first standards-based Mobile 5G Millimeter Wave Call. Her team was instrumental in launching the Airship project, a groundbreaking declarative software delivery platform in the Open Infrastructure community. Prior to the Network Cloud initiative, as AVP of Domain 2.0 Technology Realization, she orchestrated the AT&T network transformation that launched the telecommunications industry shift to virtualized network functions and software defined networking. Earlier, Amy rose through the ranks of AT&T Labs and Network Operations with responsibilities including program management, transport planning, and building engineering.
Amy received an MBA from Emory University and a Bachelor of Industrial Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology. She serves on the ISYE Advisory Board at Georgia Institute of Technology and on the Advisory Board of the AT&T Center for Virtualization at Southern Methodist University. She is the Board Chair of Tech Titans, a forum that connects the regional technology community of North Texas. Amy serves on the Advisory Board of Advocates for Women in Technology and is an active STEM mentor. Amy graduated from the KPMG Executive Leadership Institute for Women and is a member of AT&T’s Executive Women’s Leadership Program. In 2021, she was recognized by the Dallas Business Journal as one of the top Women in Technology in North Texas. She was previously recognized in 2019 as a “Rising Star in Telecom” by FierceTelecom, an industry publication.
VP, Architecture & Strategic Planning
Network Engineering & Operations
AT&T, INC
STRATEGIC TECHNOLOGY EXECUTIVE
Aligned Technical & Business Leadership
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFORMATION
Large-Scale Network Business Operations
Evolving Market Dynamics – Customer Needs
Prioritized Solutions – Value Creation – Adoption Speed
In her career at AT&T, Amy has done everything from building buildings to launching new businesses
NEXTGEN TECHNOLOGY
Cloud/Edge Computing – Machine Learning/AI – Software Defined Networking
Wireless & IoT Networking – 5G – Digital Transformation – Agile SDLC – DevOps
AMY WHEELUS is a natural leader who thrives on the challenges of using technology to enable organizations and people to accomplish extraordinary feats. She starts with the “end in mind” and makes timely decisions from a mix of carefully analyzed facts and an intuitive sense of the bigger picture. Amy thinks strategically while delivering operational results. She takes hold of a situation, forges quick personal connections, and speaks with conviction. People listen and follow her as she conveys authenticity and inspires loyalty. Amy believes in the meritocracy of ideas brought forth from a diverse group of people.
Amy was recently named VP of Architecture & Strategic Technology Planning in the Network Engineering & Operations business unit of AT&T. She previously held a similar role for AT&T’s Consumer Business Unit serving after serving as the VP of Broadband & Video Systems, a product CIO equivalent role. In these roles, she drove the technology transformation of AT&T’s Consumer Technology Platform by radically simplifying and modernizing the business support software systems architecture and operating model.
Previously as VP of Network Cloud, Amy led the team that delivered the Network Cloud that hosted the 5G Packet Core and the world’s first standards-based Mobile 5G Millimeter Wave Call. Her team was instrumental in launching the Airship project, a groundbreaking declarative software delivery platform in the Open Infrastructure community. Prior to the Network Cloud initiative, as AVP of Domain 2.0 Technology Realization, she orchestrated the AT&T network transformation that launched the telecommunications industry shift to virtualized network functions and software defined networking. Earlier, Amy rose through the ranks of AT&T Labs and Network Operations with responsibilities including program management, transport planning, and building engineering.
Amy received an MBA from Emory University and a Bachelor of Industrial Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology. She serves on the ISYE Advisory Board at Georgia Institute of Technology and on the Advisory Board of the AT&T Center for Virtualization at Southern Methodist University. She is the Board Chair of Tech Titans, a forum that connects the regional technology community of North Texas. Amy serves on the Advisory Board of Advocates for Women in Technology and is an active STEM mentor. Amy graduated from the KPMG Executive Leadership Institute for Women and is a member of AT&T’s Executive Women’s Leadership Program. In 2021, she was recognized by the Dallas Business Journal as one of the top Women in Technology in North Texas. She was previously recognized in 2019 as a “Rising Star in Telecom” by FierceTelecom, an industry publication.