John Donovan

John Donovan, Chief Strategy Officer and Group President —AT&T Technology and Operations, is responsible for the corporate strategy function, technology development, network deployment and operations, and AT&T’s transition to a software-defined network.

Mr. Donovan is driving AT&T’s global leadership position in the technological transition to separate hardware and software and virtualizing network elements to the cloud. His responsibilities also include oversight of the company’s global information, software development, network technology, and big data strategy; AT&T Intellectual Property, Labs and Foundry innovation; IT and digital planning, engineering, implementation and operations; network planning, construction and operations including security; field operations, installation and maintenance; global supply chain; and corporate fleet operations.