Alek Liskov

Alek Liskov is a seasoned leader in data science and product management, with a track record of driving impact across nonprofits, startups, and Fortune 50 companies. He is passionate about building high-performing teams and helping organizations deliver meaningful outcomes by integrating product thinking with data, AI, and platform capabilities.

Alek is currently the Senior Director of AI Product at Verizon, where he leads teams of product managers, engineers, data scientists, and AI researchers. His team develops and scales AI-powered products and services across areas such as Generative AI, Personalization, Forecasting, Computer Vision, and Digital Twin, helping Verizon maintain a competitive edge through innovation.

Since joining Verizon in 2016 as a data scientist, Alek has held a range of technical leadership roles. He was the first Director in Verizon's AI & Data organization, where he partnered with the company’s inaugural CDAO to shape the strategy and roadmap that led to the growth of a 1,000+ person organization and over $2B in annual value delivered. He later led AI and data enablement for Marketing and Customer Experience, where he built capabilities such as Verizon’s in-house Customer Data Platform (CDP) and partnered with business leaders to develop data-driven solutions.

Earlier, Alek managed technical program teams responsible for launching Verizon’s enterprise data platform—Corporate Grid—and enabling large-scale machine learning use cases across the business. He also worked closely with Yahoo’s data and platform teams during Verizon’s integration of Yahoo’s assets.

Outside of Verizon, Alek is an active angel investor and advisor to early-stage and scaling technology startups.

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