Lumen hires Finke to lead public sector unit
Josh Finke, Lumen Technologies' newly-hired senior vice president for public sector. Courtesy of Lumen.
By
Ross Wilkers
Josh Finke now oversees all aspects of the telecom company's work with government agencies and educational institutions, plus health care and public safety entities.
Lumen has hired a new leader for its public sector business unit in Josh Finke, a 25-year technology industry veteran and most recently a C-level executive at IT managed services provider Compucom.
He will join Lumen's group of senior vice presidents and oversee all aspects of the telecommunications company's work with government agencies at all levels and educational institutions, the company said Monday. Lumen's public sector unit also includes the health care and public safety verticals.
Finke's direct reports at Lumen are Jason Schulman, national vice president of federal; Michelle Watson, national VP of state, local and education; and Dan Klein, VP of program management. Finke will report to Ashley Haynes-Gaspar, Lumen's chief revenue officer and an executive VP.
Schulman spoke to us for our WT 360 podcast series on the 2024 Top 100 rankings, for which Lumen is Company No. 38. Click here to listen to that episode, where Schulman overviews Lumen's strategy for the federal landscape and connects it to the company's overall vision.
At Compucom, Finke worked as chief solutions officer with responsibility over its go-to-market strategy and work to develop new offerings. He also led efforts to grow and apply partnerships across Compucom's sales and delivery channel.
He also held the same title at Zones and is a former vice president from Iron Bow Technologies.