Speaker List

VP of Broadband Policy & Funding Strategy
Nokia

Colorado, United States

Manager, FMPS Strategy
Panduit

Founder & CEO
A2D, Inc. dba eCommunity Fiber

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Executive Vice President and Chief Economic Advisor
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Director of Telecom Partnerships
Paymentus

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

Mayor
Danbury, CT

Executive Director
Learning Alliance Corporation

CMO
Genexis

Stockholm, Sodermanlands Lan, Sweden

President
Ocius-X

Vice President, Partner Strategy
KGPCo

Chesapeake, Virginia, United States

Director of the NCDIT Broadband Infrastructure Office
North Carolina Department of Information Technology

Senior Director of Sales
Wesco

Canton, Georgia, United States

Vice President of Agriculture, Dean of the College of Agriculture and Director of the Montana Agricultural Experiment Station
Montana State University

Bozeman, Montana, United States

Vice President, Business Development
Underline Inc.

Carrollton, Texas, United States

Chief Technology Officer, Infrastructure
Maryland Department of Information Technology

Severna Park, Maryland, United States

Marketing & Services Manager
Sprout Fiber Internet (Cullman Electric Cooperative)

Cullman, Alabama, United States

Senior Editor
Light Reading

Highlands Ranch, Colorado, United States

State Broadband Director
Tennessee Economic & Community Development

Chief Network Officer
altafiber

West Chester, Ohio, United States

Editor
ISE Magazine

State Representative
District 51, State of Tennessee

Vice President, Customer Experience
Harmonic

Corporate Counsel
Lumos Fiber

High Point, North Carolina, United States

Managing Partner
Digital Infrastructure Group

Senior Manager of Marketing and Communications
ideatek

Manager of Social, Digital, and Traditional Media Brand Strategies
EPB

Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States

PR & Communications Manager
BTES

Bristol, Tennessee, United States

Director, Broadband & Tribal Business Development
Ciena

Center Director
Oneonta Job Corps Academy

Oneonta, New York, United States

President and CEO
FBA

Tybee Island, Georgia, United States

Talent Development & Sr.HR Manager
BHC

Overland Park, Kansas, United States

VP, Business Development
eX2 Technology, a Vivacity Company

Technical Manager
Lightera

Pinetown, North Carolina, United States

Director
Illinois Office of Broadband

Executive Director
Eastern Shore of Virginia Broadband Authority

Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States

Senior Director, Operations
GoNetspeed

Phelps, New York, United States

Director, GIS and Solutions Engineering
Render Networks

Virginia, United States

Senior Director, Field and Partner Marketing
Adtran

Timnath, Colorado, United States

Telecommunications Vice President
BHC Engineering

Overland Park, Kansas, United States

Director, Public Sector Program and Community Partnerships
Lumen

Bartlesville, Oklahoma, United States

Editor-in-Chief
Lightwave/Broadband Tech Report

Massachusetts, United States

Director, Government Affairs
American Farm Bureau Federation

Director, Growth and Customer Delivery
Circet USA

Hixson, Tennessee, United States

Executive Director/CFO
NTTA/Ponderosa

President
ASK Telemarketing

Montgomery, Alabama, United States

Director
Lightera

Norcross, Georgia, United States

President
Maine Connectivity Authority

Portland, United States

Senior Vice President
IQGeo

Colorado, United States

Network Automation Engineer
Metronet

Evansville, Indiana, United States

Co-Founder & CEO
gaiia

President and CEO
Mitchell J Architecture

SAN DIEGO, California, United States

Editor and Publisher
Converge! Digest

Sunnyvale, California, United States

VP, Telecom
Spatial Business Systems

Littleton, Colorado, United States

Head of Fiber Engineering and Construction
Brightspeed

Carlisle, Pennsylvania, United States

Vice President, Government Relations
C Spire

Ridgeland, Mississippi, United States

Expansion & Operational Alignment Program Management Lead
GFiber

North Carolina, United States

Vice President, Federal Affairs
Altice USA

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Marketing Director
UTOPIA Fiber

Murray, Utah, United States

General Manager, West Region
GFiber

Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

Business Operations Manager
Southern Ute Indian Tribe - Shared Services

Ignacio, Colorado, United States

Editor
Broadband Nation

General Manager, Software Platforms and Strategy
Adtran

Huntsville, Alabama, United States

Head of Practice, Networks and Media
Entropy, Inc.

Greenville, South Carolina, United States

Director, Public Sector Partnerships
Ready.net

Cumming, Georgia, United States

VP of Government Affairs
UTOPIA FIber

Murray, Utah, United States

President
Entropy, Inc.

Bonita Springs, Florida, United States

Network Engineer
ACE Fiber

Corinth, Mississippi, United States

Vice President of Broadband Solutions
Millennium

Delavan, Wisconsin, United States

Client Director
Biarri Networks

DENVER, Colorado, United States

Project Director, Broadband Access Initiative
Pew Charitable Trusts

Executive Director
Community Broadband Action Network

West Des Moines, Iowa, United States

Vice President of Marketing and Revenue Management
Brightspeed

Forest Park, Illinois, United States

Sr. Technical Manager
Sumitomo Electric Lightwave

Dacula, Georgia, United States

EVP Sales & Marketing
Cityside Fiber

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Vice President of Marketing
RouteThis

Huntsville, Alabama, United States

SVP, Rights & Asset Procurement
Light Source Communications

CHICAGO, Illinois, United States

Engagement & Analytics Leader
Fujitsu Network Communications

Utah Broadband Center Director
State of Utah

Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

Head of Innovation Solutions, Bell Labs Fellow
Nokia

EVP, Strategy & Wholesale
Frontier Internet

Dallas, Texas, United States

President and CEO
MCNC

Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States

Managing Editor
Telecompetitor

Lead Engineer for Research
Center for Connected and Automated Transportation, University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

Director
Broadband Expansion and Accessibility of Mississippi - BEAM

Jackson, Mississippi, United States

Chief Executive Officer
Bristol Tennessee Essential Services

Bristol, Tennessee, United States

VP of Global Supply Chain Solutions
Wesco

Executive Vice President and Partner
IOA Telecom

Vice President of North American Market Development
Nokia

CEO
DigitalC

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

CEO, TAK Broadband
TAK Broadband

Texas, United States

Fellow
Futurewei

Addison, Texas, United States

Vice President of Operations
Fiber Broadband Association

Palatine, Illinois, United States

SVP - Networks, Construction, Engineering
Ting Internet

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

CEO
FiberWise

Kingsport, Tennessee, United States

Vice President of Operations
LDA Fiber

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

VP, Technology Solutions
Calix

Business Development
Nokia

Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

Deputy General Counsel
North Carolina Office of the Governor

VP, New Products
EPB

CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee, United States

Senior Vice President of Product
Lumen

Denver, Colorado, United States

Senior PMO Manager
Chumash Enterprises

Santa Ynez, California, United States

Practice Leader, Service Provider - Consumer
Omdia

Director Broadband Access Solutions
Ciena

Sacramento, California, United States

CRO
COS Systems

Gothenburg, Vastra Gotaland, Sweden

Director of Advanced Business Solutions
Prysmian

South Carolina, United States

Business Development Fiber
Nokia

Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

Senior Analyst
S&P Global

Sonora, California, United States

CEO
INDATEL Services

Overland Park, Kansas, United States

Chief Connectivity Officer
Michigan High-Speed Internet Office

Lansing, Michigan, United States

Digital Connectivity Manager
Georgia Technology Authority

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Vice President, Government and Community Affairs
EPB

chattanooga, Tennessee, United States

SAP

Senior Manager of Connecting the Heartland
Heartland Forward

Executive Vice President Corporate Social Responsibility
Calix

San Jose, California, United States

Chief Executive Officer
Sasktel

Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

Head of Government & Community Affairs- East
GFiber

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

Senior Director, Solutions Engineering
Lightera

Georgia, United States

President of Zyxel Communications
Zyxel Communications

Chief Government Affairs Officer
Ripple Fiber

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

Vice President, External Affairs
TAK Broadband, LLC

Charlottesville, Virginia, United States

Senior Field Marketing Manager - Municipalities
Calix

VP of Sales
Logic Networks

TAMPA, Florida, United States

CEO
Mytra Consulting

Parker City, Indiana, United States

Vice President, Strategy
DYCOM

West Palm Beach, Florida, United States

Broadband Director
Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma

Durant, Oklahoma, United States

Manager, Construction and Operations
Ting

Director of State Government Affairs
Lumen

Director of Government Business & Economic Development
Centranet

Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States

Director of Marketing
GoNetSpeed

oneonta, Alabama, United States

Director of Marketing
Fiber Broadband Association

Broadband Grants and Program Manager
Tennessee Economic & Community Development

Tribal Broadband Projects Manager
Mohawk Networks

Bombay, New York, United States

President
Velox

Senior Consultant, Business Development at Ciena
Ciena

McKinney, Texas, United States

Chief Brand Officer
ALLO Fiber

Imperial, Nebraska, United States

Business Development Manager
Southern Ute Growth Fund

Ignacio, Colorado, United States

Vice President, ESG
Meridiam Fiber

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Executive Editor
Fierce Network

Denver, Colorado, United States

North American Sales
Transcelestial

Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States

Vice President, Sales North America
Adtran

CEO
C Spire

Ridgeland, Mississippi, United States

Director of Engineering
CHR Solutions

Houston, Texas, United States

Broadband Architect with Wesco’s Technology & Support Services Team
Wesco

Policy Director
Office of Gov. Bill Lee

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Chief Executive Officer
Tombigbee Fiber

Tupelo, Mississippi, United States

Director of Marketing Operations
Metronet

CEO/General Manager
Bandera Electric Cooperative

Bandera, United States

Vice President, Broadband Access and Home Networking
Dell'Oro

Wake Forest, North Carolina, United States

Chief Operating Officer
Peñasco Valley Telephone Cooperative, Inc.

Artesia, New Mexico, United States

President
PomeGran Inc.

Ontario, Canada

Founding Member
Intellipop

Chief Operating Officer
Clearfield

Minneapolis , Minnesota, United States

Chief Operating Officer
Whidbey Telecom

Langley, Washington, United States

Chief Operating Officer
Lumiere Fiber

Superintendent of Broadband Services
Holland Board of Public Works

Holland, Michigan, United States

Senior Vice President, Business Development
All Points Broadband

Kentucky, United States

CEO
Bonfire

Denver, Colorado, United States

Director, Office of Broadband
Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development

Richmond, Virginia, United States

Carrier Solutions Innovation Manager
Corning

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

State Broadband Director
Arkansas Department of Commerce

Senior Director of Telehealth
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Research Officer, Broadband Access Initiative
The Pew Charitable Trusts

Waco, Texas, United States

Owner
Broadband Insights

Birmingham, Alabama, United States

Telecommunications and Broadband Project Manager
Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD)

Virginia, United States

Manager, Government Relations
Knoxville Utilities Board

Tennessee, United States

Lead Funding Analyst
Calix

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

National Market Manger, FBA Board of Directors
Graybar

St. Louis, Missouri, United States

Field Strategy Lead, North America
Calix

VP Open Access
Silverlight Fiber Networks

Wyoming, United States

Director Market Development
Corning

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

Senior VP and Executive Director
Older Adults Technology Services at AARP

New York, New York, United States

Partner, Deals
PwC

Quebec, Canada

Senior Research Analyst, Broadband Infrastructure
SPG Global

Leesburg, Virginia, United States

Vice President, Market Development
Lumos

Waynesboro, Virginia, United States

Chief Technology Officer
Peak Internet

Corvallis, Oregon, United States

Co-Founder and SVP
AirWorks Solutions Inc

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Luck Grove

Chief Marketing Officer
Clearfield

Product Sales Consultant
Cisco

Dallas, Texas, United States

Solutions Engineer
Millennium

Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, United States

President and CEO
Harry Marketing

Armonk, New York, United States

Senior Manager Industry Associations and External Affairs
Calix

Severance, Colorado, United States

Managing Director, Senior Equity Research Analyst
Needham & Company

San Rafael, California, United States

Head of Controller Apps and AI, Fixed Broadband Networks
Nokia

North Carolina, United States

Community & Public Relations Manager
Ideatek

Wichita, Kansas, United States

Chief Marketing Officer
GoNetSpeed

Manager, Client Services
Finley USA

Baggs, Wyoming, United States

Head of OSP Strategy & Standards
GFiber

California, United States

Watch Hill Wireless Solutions

Global VP, Sales & SVP Partnerships & Strategy
Aprecom

Chief Subscriber Officer
PomeGran, Inc.

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

CEO, Managing Partner
Talman Consultants, LLC

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Vice President, Product & Partnerships
Render Networks

Denver, Colorado, United States

Chief Operating Officer
GFiber

Manager – Optical Solutions
EXFO

Quebec City, Quebec, Canada

Acting Principal Chief
Sac and Fox Nation

Executive Vice President
Common Ground Alliance

Alexandria, Virginia, United States

OSP Operations Supervisor
Greenlight

Wilson, North Carolina, United States

Executive Vice President
Connected Nation

Lexington, Kentucky, United States

Field Staff Branch Chief, Telecom/Loan Origination & Approval Division
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rural Utilities Service

Deputy Director of Broadband Development
Kansas Department of Commerce

Topeka, Kansas, United States

Research Manager & Principal Analyst
Omdia

Livingston, Montana, United States

Acting Director of Infrastructure Portfolio/Project Management
The Permitting Council

Director FTTP Operations
SaskTel

Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

Vice President of Sales, CX
CSG

Buffalo, New York, United States

Manager of Fiber Customer Service
KUB Fiber

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee, United States

Chief Executive Officer
Brightspeed

North Carolina, United States

Executive Director, Office of Broadband Development
Minnesota Dept. of Employment and Economic Development

St. Paul , Minnesota, United States

Vice President, Network Strategy
Shentel (Glo Fiber)

Edinburg, Virginia, United States

CEO and Co-Founder
Inorsa

Sr. Program Manager of Innovation & Technology
Grand Farm

Project Manager
BHC

Kansas, United States

President and CEO
Digicom

Senior Director, Residential and Community Wi-Fi Solutions Marketing
Calix

Milton, Florida, United States

Program Director for North America, Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library
The Dollywood Foundation

Sevierville, Tennessee, United States

Lead Provisioning Engineer
Breezeline

Parker, Colorado, United States

VP Global Field and Partner Marketing
Calix

Port Charlotte, Florida, United States

Chief of Staff
TAK Communications

Salt Lake City , Utah, United States

Director of Sales
Capcom Networks

Marketing Specialist
connectSCP

Ohio, United States

President and CEO
Native Network, Inc

Wenatchee, Washington, United States

Watch Hill Wireless Solutions

Director, Office of Science, Innovation and Technology and State Broadband Office
Nevada Office of Science, Innovation and Technology

VP, Marketing & Partners
GoCare

Newton, Massachusetts, United States

Vice President of Public Policy
FBA

Government Affairs and Public Policy Director
Brightspeed

Head of Solutions Architecture
eero, An Amazon Company

Vice President of Solutions Engineering for Cisco Americas
Cisco Systems, Inc

Tennessee, United States

Editor-in-Chief
Fiber Forward magazine

Alexandria, Virginia, United States

Senior Director, System Integration, Service Provider
TP-Link Systems

Texas, United States

CEO and Co-Founder
RouteThis

Kitchener, Ontario, Canada

Executive Advisor
Clearfield, Inc.

Huntsville, Alabama, United States

Director, Public Policy, Government Affairs
Brightspeed

President and CEO
HNM Systems

Rancho Santa Fe, California, United States

Policy Advisor and External Affairs Liaison
Office of Commissioner Gomez, Federal Communications Commission

Director, Equity Analyst
Rothchild & Co

London, United Kingdom

Corporate Vice President of Marketing
Calix

Norwich, Vermont, United States

Singer Songwriter
National Recording Artist

President and CEO
Tennessee Titans

Principal Architect
CableLabs

Louisville, Colorado, United States

Government and Community Affairs Manager
GFiber

President
Alpha Innovations

Hurricane, West Virginia, United States

Senior Business Development Manager, Broadband Program Office, Americas Service Provider
Cisco Systems

South Carolina, United States

Director of Strategy and Planning
Bonfire Fiber

Executive Director
NC811.org

Director of Business Development
Bonfire

President and Chief Marketing Officer
Parks Associates

plano, Texas, United States

Senior Sales Engineer
Innovative Systems

Mitchell, South Dakota, United States

Head of Marketing
Actifai

Global Channel Manager
3-GIS

Huntsville, Alabama, United States

Sr. Market Development Manager
Lightera

Georgia, United States

Fiber Expansion Lead for Socket Fiber
Ideatek

Lawrence, Kansas, United States

Chief Construction Officer
United Fiber

Sales Director
gaiia

Birmingham, Michigan, United States

Telecoms & Media Cabinet Leader
Arcadis

Alberta, Canada

Executive Director
Benton Institute for Broadband & Society

CEO & Founder
Rizz Fiber Inc

Lewes, Delaware, United States

VP of Sales
North America – COS Systems

Director of Marketing
The Broadband Forum

Business Development Manager
Nokia

North Carolina, United States

Editor
Total Telecom

Kingston, Massachusetts, United States

Senior Manager, Field Operations
Shentel/GloFiber

Edinburg, Virginia, United States

President
The Broadband Group

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Executive Director
Colorado Broadband Office

Director, Industry Solutions - Telecommunications
Esri

California, United States

Chief Development Officer
Cityside Fiber

Irvine, California, United States

WIF Chair
FBA

CEO
Hexatronic

Dublin, Ohio, United States

Senior Vice President and Partner
IOA Telecom

CEO
GOCare

Alpharetta, Georgia, United States

Senior Director of Growth Marketing
Surf Internet

Brighton, Colorado, United States

MDU Account Executive
Mainstream Fiber

Bloomington, Indiana, United States

SVP, Operations
Gateway Fiber

Wright City, Missouri, United States

Network Operations Manager
connectSCP by South Central Power

Head of Public Policy
GFiber

Director of Government Affairs and Business Development
altafiber

Lima, Ohio, United States

Vice President, Regulatory Compliance and Broadband Office
Brightspeed

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

Undersecretary of Technology and Innovation
Chickasaw Nation

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States

VP, Global Marketing &Policy
Valley Irrigation – A Valmont Company

Omaha, Nebraska, United States

Chief Technology Officer
Cityside Fiber

Irvine, California, United States

Chief Executive Officer
Ritter Communications

Jonesboro, Arkansas, United States

Co-Founder and Chief Marketing Officer
IQFiber

Jacksonville, Florida, United States

President/CEO
Trace Fiber Networks/ Chickasaw Nation

Ada, Oklahoma, United States

Head of Business Intelligence and Analytics
GFiber

Parker, Colorado, United States

Chief Operating Officer
CTC Technology & Energy

Bethesda, Maryland, United States

Vice President
Kinetic Ventures

CEO
CostQuest

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Partner -- Attorney
Keller and Heckman, LLP

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Director
South Carolina Broadband Office

Columbia, South Carolina, United States

Senior Director, Construction & Engineering
Great Plains Communications

Blair, Nebraska, United States

Director, OSP Engineering
GloFiber

Lincolnton, North Carolina, United States

Partnership Coordinator
Sno-Isle TECH Skills Center

Everett, Washington, United States

Product and Innovation Manager
Incognito Software Systems

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Principal Analyst
ACG Research

Plano, Texas, United States

Senior Engagement Manager for Tribal and Indigenous Communities
Calix

New York, United States

Director of Brand Strategy & Content Marketing
Brightspeed

Senior Solutions Marketing Manager
Calix

Prosper, Texas, United States

Luck Grove

CEO
The Broadband Forum

Wokingham, England, United Kingdom

VP CTO, Head of Solution Architecture at Amdocs | Global Strategy & Technology Executive
Amdocs

Digital Equity Administrator
Clayton County Office of Digital Equity

Jonesboro, Georgia, United States

Director of Broadband Strategy
Rhode Island Commerce Corporation

Vice President, Fiber Strategy and Deployment
Hawaiian Telcom

Honolulu, Hawaii, United States

CEO / Executive Director
UTOPIA Fiber

Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

CEO/General Manager
Nex-Tech

Lenora, Kansas, United States

Head of Sales, South Region
GFiber

Vice President, Strategic Partnerships
KGPco

Bernardsville, New Jersey, United States

Mayor
West Des Moines, IA

Consulting Solutions Engineer
Motive Software Solutions

Pittsboro, North Carolina, United States

Corporate Account Sales Manager
Vermeer Corporation

Director of Customer Experience
Vitruvi Software

Alberta, Canada

Director of Marketing
INDATEL Services

VP of Engineering
Hexatronic

Clinton, South Carolina, United States

Chief
BroadbandOhio

Columbus, Ohio, United States

Broadband Grant Program Leader
RSM US LLP

Georgia, United States

Mayor
Charlottesville, VA

Charlottesville, Virginia, United States

Senior Broadband Solutions Advisor
Corning

Kingston, New Brunswick, Canada

CEO
Douglas Fast Net

Roseburg, Oregon, United States

Director of Teaching and Learning
Roseburg Public Schools

Roseburg, Oregon, United States

Vice President of Fiber Deployment
Watch Hill Wireless Solutions

Orlando, Florida, United States

Executive Director
Schools Health & Libraries Broadband Coalition

Vice President, Market Development
Corning Optical Communications

COO & CTO
Gila River Telecommunications

Chandler, Arizona, United States

Founder and CEO
Connect2 Communications, Inc.

Wake Forest, North Carolina, United States

Founder and CEO
Ripple Fiber

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

Chief Executive Officer
Visionary Broadband

Gillette, Wyoming, United States

President
Hancock Fiber / Archtop

Hancock, New York, United States

Sr. Director, Product Management
Radisys

Hopkins, Minnesota, United States