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Kelly King
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Kelly King serves as telecommunications giant AT & T ’ s Chief Data Officer , assuming the role in 2018 . Overseeing the company ’ s Chief Data Office , the University of Missouri-Columbia and St . Louis University-educated King ’ s responsibilities include data science , AI and automation . He has previously emphasised the transformational nature of 5G , saying : “ We believe business apps will lead where 5G use cases will go . I think consumers will follow . We want to bring things to consumers that bring actual utility .” www . technologymagazine . com