"Ames Construction chose to move forward with a Lumen SASE solution to bring growth, security, and flexibility to our business in a single managed solution. For almost 20 years, Lumen has been offering and improving services to keep our offices and remote workforce connected. Lumen continues to be the Ames go-to provider for communications and technology."

‑ Bob Bruckner, Chief Information Officer, Ames Construction

 "Lumen has allowed us to become more intentional in our network design and the ability to do business in a more secure way.  We value our partnership with Lumen because they listened to our needs and gave us solutions that work in the real world."

‑ Todd Thielbar, IT Manager, KCG Inc.

“I have been our organization’s contact with Lumen for nearly 10 years.  The value of working with Lumen has not only been their nationwide reach for our locations across the country, but their commitment to providing us with the service we need.  Lumen has been a partner in right-sizing our tech services as areas of our business grow or shift and offering solutions that fit our needs – not pressuring us into services that don’t.  In a business where minutes of downtime can be catastrophic, we rely heavily on Lumen’s class of service to make sure that our networks are up and steady – a class of service that we simply do not see from other vendors. Our Lumen team looks out for our bottom line – suggesting cost-saving enhancements as their infrastructure changes – and has always approached even the smallest issues as if we were their only customer. "

 ‑  Stan Weisser ‑ General Manager, Customer Elation

"We have been working with Lumen for a very long time.  This has been a great partnership and has become even more evident in the past year.  I was given a very complex server migration project.  Without Lumen, I am not sure I would have been able to accomplish this task in the timeframe I was given and with the least amount of down time that was required.   We utilized one of their new products and it fit our needs perfectly."

– Craig Terrell, CIO, ProStratus

“Alphabroder has maintained a longstanding partnership with Lumen, benefiting from their consistent and reliable service.  Lumen has proven a solid understanding of our business needs and has helped facilitate the expansion of our WAN infrastructure.  Their extensive cost‑effective service offerings have greatly enhanced our SD‑WAN connectivity and operation expense.  We commend our dedicated Lumen Team for delivering superior customer service and exceptional value, contributing to our operational success.”

– Ted Dayno, Sr. Manager of Network Engineering, Alphabroder

"Lumen supported our future vision in technology by being able to grow with us. As the demand for data exchange and connections to diverse data sources increases, we are confident they will continue to provide the services and support we need to always stay available and online for clients."

– Connie Burns, Chief Information Officer, United Direct Solutions

“The SASE team has been very quick and responsive. I am excited to see SASE and EWAS working together once implementation is complete.” 

‑ Jeff Pinkerton, Vice President Information Technology, Berridge Manufacturing Co.

“Savista is proud to partner with Lumen to deliver voice, network, and security applications quickly and effectively to our colleagues and client partners. Being a healthcare company, quality, data security, and privacy are of utmost importance—and that’s why Savista trusts Lumen.” 

‑ John Johnson, CIO, Savista

“We chose Lumen to replace our aging MPLS and SD‑WAN environment with modern DIA and SASE solutions. The new services significantly improved our network performance, redundancy, security and telehealth capabilities‑‑all while remaining cost effective.” 

‑ Ivo Ivanov, Director of IT
Valley Cities Behavioral Health Care

“We needed to resolve operational issues, particularly with authentication and SQL servers, by migrating our web servers from on‑premises to the cloud. Microsoft Azure emerged as our preferred choice for its comprehensive cloud services. To facilitate this transition, we selected Lumen, leveraging their Tier 1 Microsoft partnership certification and consistent track record of successful migrations.”

– Scott Farmer, Chief Information Officer, Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonography

“We now have greater redundancy and security, and our total cost of ownership has been reduced. Our partnership with Lumen has been fantastic.”

‑ Keith Barnett, Network Administrator/IT Support,
Campbell Supply Company

“Partnering with Lumen provided us with stabilization and oversight of our environment, 24/7 support, and helped us to remain customer-centric by building a scalable support desk model that catered to our expansion from 27 locations to over 70."

‑ Nan Opheim, Vice President, IT
Sweeping Corporation of America

“With Lumen keeping our foundation stable, the experts at Crowley can invest their time on projects and innovations. Lumen has helped us by being a true partner, not just a transactional relationship."

‑ Erika Graziuso, CIO, Digital & Technology
Crowley

“All our frontline managers have a direct relationship with the Lumen team so we can brainstorm, foster creativity and exceed industry best practices. This is not a one-and-done conversation—the relationship between our two companies is paramount to this effort."

‑ Chad Kammeraad, VP, GM, Global Strategies
Microsoft

“The core of PhoneBurner's mission is to provide the best call quality and highest answer rate in the industry. Lumen’s world‑class team, robust network, industry expertise and dedication to excellence is the perfect fit.”

‑ Kevin Reeves, CTO
PhoneBurner

"BlackStar Group works closely with Lumen to provide unmatched network reliability when it matters most. The unexpected does happen, and the service at many ‘smart-venues’ can take upwards of 60 seconds to resume connectivity. BlackStar Group routing and Lumen DIA enable us to pivot around trouble within a barely noticeable 300 milliseconds."

‑ Chris Hendrie, Founder & CEO
BlackStar Group

“We needed a solution as unique as our needs, and we’ve found that in Lumen. Through their scalable technologies and remote access capabilities, Lumen is helping us make sure visitors have access to what they need. More people are big on Little Rock because of this partnership."

‑ Chris Phillips, Senior Vice President F&A/CFO
Little Rock Convention & Visitors Bureau

“Versa is dedicated to delivering top‑tier Unified SASE and cybersecurity services around the clock. This NaaS solution from Lumen is a perfect fit, enabling us to achieve carrier redundancy without overpaying for circuits.”

‑ Kumar Mehta, Co‑Founder and Chief Development Officer
Versa Networks

“I had the perfect dream team. I was able to accomplish what I needed to do if I needed something, and I was able to get a response back in a very reasonable time. I am thankful for the team.”

‑ Mahendra Verma, VP, Sr. Network Engineering Manager
Horizon Bank

“Una buena experiencia para los aficionados comienza con la conectividad. Lumen assisted in helping us deliver a best‑in‑class Wi‑Fi solution at our stadium.”

‑ Chip Suttles, VP of Technology
Seattle Seahawks

“Our partnership with Lumen helped us create what we believe is the most amazing sports venue in the world.”

‑ John Penhollow, EVP, Chief Revenue Officer
Minnesota Vikings

“Within six weeks, the system was up and running, which is something I’m very thankful for. Lumen® Solutions for Contact Center – Genesys Cloud is easily customizable and we can turn around updates very quickly. That really impressed me.”

‑ Doug Benalan, CIO
CURE Auto Insurance

“Lumen plays an important role in helping content providers move video content to AWS. For example, Fox Sports was able to bring its live sports content to AWS by using an on-demand connection aligned with Lumen’s Network-as-a-Service platform."

‑ Evan Statton, Sr. Principal Architect in M&E
AWS