ANNA MARIA BLENGINO
SUNRISE
advanced digital tools to streamline processes, ensuring infrastructure scalability and security, and creating new value streams. The company’ s CIO unit has implemented a dynamic, iterative operational model to enhance flexibility and rapid delivery, exemplified by its adoption of DevSecOps software delivery practices.
This focus on data management and analysis has led Sunrise to implement a comprehensive unified data platform which aggregates information from multiple sources, including customer interactions, network performance metrics and billing systems – creating a foundation for advanced analytics and AI applications.
“ The adoption of AI and ML technologies embedded in applications has become a major business advantage,” says Anna Maria.“ By establishing a unified data platform to aggregate data from various sources and using AI / ML models to generate actionable insights for personalised customer experiences, predictive maintenance and fraud prevention and detection, we drive customer retention and loyalty, enable targeted marketing and upselling opportunities and improve customer support efficiency.”
Cloud migration: Modernising telecom infrastructure A central element of Sunrise’ s CIO strategy involves migrating core systems to cloud platforms. The company has partnered with Oracle to implement
ANNA MARIA BLENGINO
TITLE: CIO
Anna Maria Blengino has been working in the telecom industry for 20 years and has been leading 180 employees as CIO of Sunrise since 2023. She holds a Master’ s degree in Engineering from Turin Polytechnic and an Executive Management Certificate from INSEAD. In Sunrise’ s digital transformation process, she focuses on cloud migration, AI implementation, and operational automation. The right strategic partners play a crucial role in this process.
64 May 2025