Fiber Deployment: Building Effective Efficient Networks

Tuesday, June 3, 2025

1:50 PM - 2:30 PM CT

Location: Bayou CD

Moderator(s)

John George

Senior Director, Solutions Engineering
Lightera, Georgia, United States

Panelist(s)

Roger Vaughn

VP of Engineering
Hexatronic
Clinton, South Carolina, United States
Tom Brooks

Director, GIS and Solutions Engineering
Render Networks, Virginia, United States
Joe Kunz

Head of OSP Strategy & Standards
GFiber, California, United States
Anis Khemakhem

Chief Marketing Officer
Clearfield

Optimizing construction is a balancing act between time to deployment (Never fast enough for waiting businesses and households) and available resources such as workforce, equipment, and money (Rarely plentiful as you want). This is a discussion on the processes, tools, technologies, and human networking elements needed to bring up fiber networks at or ahead of schedule and on budget.