Chief Operating Officer
GFiber
Rocco Laurenzano currently serves as Chief Operations Officer at GFiber and has over 25
years of experience as a leader in the telecommunications industry, bringing operational rigor
and accountability to enterprise-level corporate initiatives.
Before joining the GFiber team, Rocco was Senior Vice President and General Manager of
SuddenLink at Altice USA, where he was responsible for all aspects of the SuddenLink (Altice
USA WEST) properties covering 17 states and 1.5M customers.
Prior to Altice, Rocco was the Senior Vice President of Change Management at Time Warner
Cable where he was recruited to launch the company's first change management group and
bring operational excellence to the project management function. He also oversaw $500M in
capital projects annually, led 60-person corporate PMO, and played an instrumental role in
turnaround of TWC operational and financial performance by introducing the first systematized
process for vetting, categorizing, prioritizing, tracking, and delivering enterprise-wide customer
solutions.
Rocco also served as the South Regional Vice President of Field Operations at Charter
Communications and Senior Vice President of Central Operations at Insight.
He holds a B.S. in Management of Technology from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Rocco
currently lives in Pennsylvania with his wife, daughter and son.
Panel: Light It Up: Taking it to the Streets: Where the Fiber Meets the Road
Wednesday, June 4, 2025
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM CT