Best Practices: Choosing Partners for Success

Sunday, June 1, 2025

1:35 PM - 2:25 PM CT

Location: Canal D

Moderator(s)

Andy Spurgeon (he/him/his)

Chief Operating Officer
CTC Technology & Energy
Bethesda, Maryland, United States

Panelist(s)

Pete Hoffswell

Superintendent of Broadband Services
Holland Board of Public Works
Holland, Michigan, United States
Heather Burnett Gold (she/her/hers)

Vice President, External Affairs
TAK Broadband, LLC
Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
Chris Brooks (he/him/his)

Senior Director, Operations
GoNetspeed
Phelps, New York, United States
Tim Buffkin

Director, Growth and Customer Delivery
Circet USA
Hixson, Tennessee, United States

Successful deployment of fiber broadband networks takes careful consideration and planning through multiple stages of design, deployment, installation, and maintenance, often without knowing what best practices are and how to implement them. Navigating each phase of a network deployment requires operators to find and leverage each partner's unique skill sets and hold them accountable to ensure deadlines are met. This panel will share advice, tools, and best practices as to picking the perfect combination of partners to ensure your deployment’s success.