https://josephgoode.journoportfolio.comRSS Feed for Joe GoodeenWed, 25 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6389914314112Lumen Technologies CEO Kate Johnson sits down with The Claman Countdown to discuss the company’s completed turnaround phase and role in the AI economy.Wed, 25 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6389914314112https://www.fierce-network.com/broadband/lumen-takes-victory-lap-after-att-sale-reduces-debt-and-provides-room-focusLumen Technologies yesterday reported its Q4 and year-end 2025 earnings, just after closing the sale of its mass markets business to AT&T. CEO Kate Johnson says the transaction marks a defining moment for Lumen, which emerges as a simpler, more focused company serving enterprise customers and helping them in the AI era.Wed, 04 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.fierce-network.com/broadband/lumen-takes-victory-lap-after-att-sale-reduces-debt-and-provides-room-focushttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2026-01-20/lumen-technologies-ceo-on-partnership-with-palantir-ai-videoLumen CEO discusses the partnership with Palantir, importing AI and the outlook for the company. She speaks on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos.Tue, 20 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2026-01-20/lumen-technologies-ceo-on-partnership-with-palantir-ai-videohttps://www.fastcompany.com/91369497/revolutionizing-telecom-for-the-ai-eraBut traditional legacy systems are not equipped for the demands of AI or the promise of enterprise workloads AI will help to build. Telecom needs a transformation, and it’s one that will redefine the future of technology innovation.“The networks of yesterday simply do not serve the AI needs of tomorrow,” said Kate Johnson, CEO of Lumen Technologies, during a “fireside chat” presented by Lumen at Fast Company’s annual Most Innovative Companies Summit. Johnson discussed what business leaders need...Mon, 21 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0100https://www.fastcompany.com/91369497/revolutionizing-telecom-for-the-ai-erahttps://fortune.com/videos/watch/the-ceo-turning-a-%22sleepy-telecom%22-into-ai%E2%80%99s-fiber-backbone/3f378acd-00b3-4058-8a77-cfcc8806a349In this episode of Leadership Next, cohosts Diane Brady and Kristin Stoller speak with Kate Johnson, CEO of Lumen, about her bold effort to reinvent a legacy telecom as the digital backbone of the AI era. Johnson shares how Lumen is capitalizing on its vast fiber network to support the explosive data demands of artificial intelligence—and how partnerships with innovators like Corning are helping supercharge that capacity. Johnson opens up about the cultural overhaul she led inside the company,...Tue, 27 May 2025 00:00:00 +0100https://fortune.com/videos/watch/the-ceo-turning-a-%22sleepy-telecom%22-into-ai%E2%80%99s-fiber-backbone/3f378acd-00b3-4058-8a77-cfcc8806a349https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucejapsen/2024/08/01/cvs-rolls-out-new-format-with-senior-clinics-alongside-pharmacies/CVS Health is rolling out a new store format in several U.S. markets that includes Oak Street Health’s senior-focused health centers “side-by-side” a pharmacy, the healthcare company said.What began as a pilot project in Houston last year is now beginning a national expansion, starting with three Chicago locations that are among about 25 Oak Street Health centers that will be alongside a CVS pharmacy in reformatted former drugstores by the end of 2024. The new format is being deployed this year...Thu, 01 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0100https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucejapsen/2024/08/01/cvs-rolls-out-new-format-with-senior-clinics-alongside-pharmacies/https://www.wsj.com/business/retail/cvs-pharmacy-experience-tilak-mandadi-e06207b7When it comes to customer experience at the nation’s largest retail pharmacy chains, there is plenty of room for improvement, according to Tilak Mandadi, the chief digital, data, analytics and technology officer at .css-qxhvg8-OverridedLink.css-qxhvg8-OverridedLink:any-link{-webkit-text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;color:var(--color-interactiveLink010, interactiveLink010);border-bottom:1px solid;border-bottom-color:var(--color-interactiveLink010, interactiveLink010);}@media (prefers-colo...Thu, 20 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0100https://www.wsj.com/business/retail/cvs-pharmacy-experience-tilak-mandadi-e06207b7https://fortune.com/2021/10/04/cvs-ceo-karen-lynch-stores-health-care-super-clinics/The CEO who’s pledging to reshape the way health care is delivered in America is unveiling her biggest Big Idea yet.On Feb. 1, Karen Lynch became the chief at CVS Health, the fourth-biggest company in the country—and the largest in health care, America’s biggest and in many ways most backward industry. She started fast with a daring gambit: putting CVS at the heart of the pandemic response, as a hub for COVID tests and vaccines. Tens of millions of people who visited their nearby CVS saw for the...Mon, 04 Oct 2021 00:00:00 +0100https://fortune.com/2021/10/04/cvs-ceo-karen-lynch-stores-health-care-super-clinics/https://fortune.com/2021/03/15/cvs-health-ceo-karen-lynch-covid-19-vaccine-profile/In the winter of 1991, Karen Lynch sat by her Aunt Millie’s hospital bed. Lynch wasn’t the eldest of her family’s four siblings, but in the 16 years since their mother’s death, the 28-year-old had become Millie’s primary caretaker. When a priest arrived to deliver Millie’s last rites, Lynch was the only family member present. Hospital staff escorted her out of the room for the ceremony but brought her back in when Millie, fiery to her last days, protested. For more than two years, Lynch had live...Mon, 15 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000https://fortune.com/2021/03/15/cvs-health-ceo-karen-lynch-covid-19-vaccine-profile/https://www.today.com/health/covid-19-vaccine-distribution-can-i-get-vaccine-cvs-t202647As the U.S. Food and Drug Administration reviews the safety and efficacy of a COVID-19 vaccine, many Americans are wondering what happens next: When will vaccines be available? And how will they be distributed? On TODAY, the CEO of CVS Health outlined the ways the general public will be able to get the COVID-19 vaccine at the company's pharmacies across the country, once it's approved and ready for distribution.People will have to make an appointment to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, unlike being a...Fri, 04 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://www.today.com/health/covid-19-vaccine-distribution-can-i-get-vaccine-cvs-t202647https://www.cnbc.com/video/2019/12/05/cvs-ceo-larry-merlo-we-are-a-health-care-company-today.htmlCVS Health CEO Larry Merlo discusses the completed acquisition of Aetna, and what that means for American healthcare.Thu, 05 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +0000https://www.cnbc.com/video/2019/12/05/cvs-ceo-larry-merlo-we-are-a-health-care-company-today.htmlhttps://www.reuters.com/article/business/cvs-to-expand-health-hubs-to-1500-stores-by-end-of-2021-idUSKCN1T51AQ/CVS looks to make the corner drugstore a more convenient, accessible destination for healthcare, all across America.Tue, 04 Jun 2019 00:00:00 +0100https://www.reuters.com/article/business/cvs-to-expand-health-hubs-to-1500-stores-by-end-of-2021-idUSKCN1T51AQ/https://www.fastcompany.com/90343800/yoga-class-while-waiting-for-refills-cvs-tests-new-health-hubsChronic diseases are the leading cause of death and disability in the United States, affecting 45% of the population. That’s 133 million Americans. And $3.5 trillion in annual healthcare costs.Plenty of programs, products, and health startups are aimed at lowering the rates of chronic disease—and now CVS Health is hoping to tackle the issue where Americans least expect it: while shopping for toothpaste and toilet paper. The company is currently testing a retail concept dubbed HealthHub. It’s a n...Sat, 04 May 2019 00:00:00 +0100https://www.fastcompany.com/90343800/yoga-class-while-waiting-for-refills-cvs-tests-new-health-hubshttps://www.barrons.com/articles/cvs-stock-health-care-51555105435SPRING, Texas—Six elderly women have just finished their morning chair yoga inside a CVS in this Houston suburb.“It’s peaceful, and you get a nice stretch,” says one. Another says she has been coming to this CVS store’s MinuteClinic for checkups and treatment for high blood pressure, as well as a nutrition plan that she tracks on her phone through a partnership with Noom, a diet app. “I log everything,” she says.Why a CVS and not a doctor’s office? She cites the low cost, short waits, and follow...Sat, 13 Apr 2019 00:00:00 +0100https://www.barrons.com/articles/cvs-stock-health-care-51555105435https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omxjGO8YnrELarry Merlo, President and CEO, CVS Health, speaks with Economic Club president David M. Rubenstein on the company’s plans to reinvent healthcare.Mon, 15 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +0100https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omxjGO8YnrEhttps://www.wsj.com/articles/cvs-to-spend-50-million-on-antismoking-program-aimed-at-youths-1457586001CVS Health Corp. announces plans to spend $50 million over the next five years on a youth antismoking campaign as it aims to position itself as a serious competitor in the health-care industry.Thu, 10 Mar 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://www.wsj.com/articles/cvs-to-spend-50-million-on-antismoking-program-aimed-at-youths-1457586001https://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/12/sports/golf/us-open-usga-looks-to-caddyshack-zinger-to-speed-up-play.htmlARDMORE, Pa. — For years, golf has struggled with its image as a fuddy-duddy sport for the elite that is, above all things, very, very slow.But now, the United States Golf Association, the most serious-minded group in an often humorless golf community, has decided to embrace the game’s most comic and caustic critic, the very one whose satire helped create the stereotypes that once made the golf establishment bristle.In an attempt to shake golf out of its slow-playing doldrums, those who help run...Wed, 12 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0100https://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/12/sports/golf/us-open-usga-looks-to-caddyshack-zinger-to-speed-up-play.htmlhttps://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/15/business/at-bank-of-america-the-image-officer-has-a-lot-to-fix.htmlBank of America’s Chief Global Marketing & Corporate Affairs Officer Anne M. Finucane on her effort to rehabilitate the company’s reputation in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis.Sun, 13 Feb 2011 00:00:00 +0000https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/15/business/at-bank-of-america-the-image-officer-has-a-lot-to-fix.html