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General Session - Tuesday

Panel: Light It Up: Innovation: Architecting for Growth

Tuesday, June 3, 2025
10:55 AM - 11:25 AM CT
Location: Presidential Ballroom
Executive Innovation

    Moderator(s)

  • Scott Jackson

    National Market Manger, FBA Board of Directors
    Graybar
    St. Louis, Missouri, United States

    • Panelist(s)

  • Jimmy Todd

    CEO/General Manager
    Nex-Tech
    Lenora, Kansas, United States

  • Bob Whitman

    Vice President, Market Development
    Corning Optical Communications

  • Tom Maguire

    Chief Executive Officer
    Brightspeed, North Carolina, United States

  • David Eckard

    Vice President of North American Market Development
    Nokia

The fiber broadband industry will connect millions of rural, suburban, and urban homes over the next five years as states begin to allocate BEAD funding, with strict timelines and metrics for success. How can our industry build the teams, processes, and programs needed to ensure that when history judges how we performed during this historic moment, it sees us as having risen to the challenge and exceeded all expectations. An assembly of industry leaders will discuss what needs to happen today, next year, and over the next five years as we look to light up more homes with fiber broadband that have ever been lit before.