Chris Sambar

AT&T
Head of Network

Christopher Sambar is a corporate executive with extensive leadership experience spanning Network & Technology Operations, Capital Planning, Sales and Distribution, Investor Relations, Human Resources, Communications, and Corporate Strategy.

Chris currently serves as the Executive Vice President-Network. In this role he leads AT&T's Global Network organization and teams responsible for technology architecture design, engineering, building, and operating AT& T's next generation mobile and fiber networks. His responsibilities include overseeing one of the world's largest network infrastructure capital deployments (~$15B) as well as for the 24/7 global operations team ensuring service continuity for more than 100 million AT&T mobile and broadband customers, and millions of business customers.

Previously, Chris was Executive Vice President - Technology Operations, responsible for long-term technology initiatives and global planning, construction and engineering of AT& T's mobile, fiber and core network infrastructure build programs. Chris has also held senior executive positions in AT& T's FirstNet, Business Solutions, Consumer Broadband, Retail, Human Resources, and Corporate Strategy teams.

Chris serves on the Board for the National Medal of Honor Museum Foundation which is dedicated to honoring Medal of Honor recipients through the design, build, and maintaining of the museum, monument, and institute.

Chris holds an MBA from the University of Southern California and a Bachelor of Science degree from The United States Naval Academy. Following graduation from the Naval Academy, he served 7 years on active duty and 16 years in the reserves (Navy SEAL) with multiple deployments throughout Europe, the Middle East and one tour of duty during the Iraq war in 2005 and 2006. Chris and Audra have been married over 20 years, have 4 biological children and are licensed foster parents having hosted 6 foster children over the years. Chris' hobbies are personal fitness and spending as much free time as possible with family.