Breakout Sessions

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Tuesday, July 30, 2024
12:30 PM – 1:20 PM CT
Build 101: So You Want to Build a Network
Location: Bayou AB, Level M
Moderator: Jaimie Lenderman (she/her/hers) – Omdia
Panelist: Michelle Ballinger (she/her/hers) – BHC Engineering
Panelist: Rajaneesh Kini (he/him/his) – Cyient Limitied
Panelist: James Hall – Velox
Panelist: Chris Russ (he/him/his) – USIC
Panelist: Jason Moore – RouteThis
Service Provider Ecosystem: Delivering Excellence at Every Point
12:30 PM – 1:20 PM CT
Inside Out: Managing Internal and External Stakeholders
Location: Bayou CD, Level M
Moderator: John E. Greene, Jr. – Mytra Consulting
Panelist: William Davidson – NextEra Infrastructure Solutions
Panelist: Bradley Farquhar (he/him/his) – Purple Cow Internet
Panelist: Jared Jarrett – JSI
Panelist: Christoph H. Glingener (he/him/his) – Adtran
Panelist: Chris Bailey – Wesco
In The Dirt: Deployment Challenges & Opportunities
12:30 PM – 1:20 PM CT
Optimizing Fiber's Reach: Consider This with MDU Deployments
Location: Bayou E, Level M
Moderator: Ethan Elyasian (he/him/his) – LDA Fiber
Panelist: Jeff Brown (he/him/his) – Calix
Panelist: Paul Spruyt (he/him/his) – Nokia
Panelist: John George – OFS
Panelist: Pierre Trudeau – Positron Access
Panelist: Scott Modha (he/him/his) – Emtelle North America
Network Operations: The What, When, and How of Expanding Fiber Footprints
12:30 PM – 1:20 PM CT
Public Private Partnerships: With a Little Help from My Friends
Location: Canal AB, Level M
Moderator: Sean P. Buckley (he/him/his) – Lightwave/Broadband Tech Report
Panelist: Joe Smith – Grizzly Broadband
Panelist: Vineeta Ram – Cobb, Fendley & Associates, Inc.
Panelist: Casey Bush – KeyBanc Capital Markets
Panelist: John Fletcher (he/him/his) – S&P Global Market Intelligence
Fiber Financials: The Economics of Fiber Broadband
1:30 PM – 2:20 PM CT
Access Backhaul: Ensuring FTTH Networks Can Back it Up, Up, Up
Location: Bayou E, Level M
Moderator: Chenfei Wang (he/him/his) – CRU
Panelist: Greg Wilson – Ripple Fiber
Panelist: Rick Talbot (he/him/his) – ACG Research
Panelist: Robert Conger – Adtran
Panelist: Jose Castro – Panduit
Panelist: Dan Gledhill – Harmonic
Network Operations: The What, When, and How of Expanding Fiber Footprints
1:30 PM – 2:20 PM CT
Build 201: Take a Chance on Me or Creating Demand and Mitigating Risk in New Markets
Location: Bayou AB, Level M
Moderator: Alzbeta Fellenbaum (she/her/hers) – Omdia
Panelist: Scott Sampson – Fiber Fast Homes
Panelist: Abel Ramirez – Cisco
Panelist: Bob Knight – Harry
Panelist: John O'Hare – Azotel Technologies Ltd.
Panelist: Glenn Paul – Innovative Systems
Service Provider Ecosystem: Delivering Excellence at Every Point
1:30 PM – 2:20 PM CT
Federal/State Grants: From Writing to Compliance
Location: Canal AB, Level M
Moderator: Heather Burnett Gold – TAK Communications
Panelist: Bobbie J. Gilbert – Ripple Fiber
Panelist: Bradley Hine (he/him/his) – ETI Software Solutions
Panelist: Carol Mattey (she/her/hers) – Mattey Consulting
Panelist: Joanne Hovis (she/her/hers) – CTC Technology & Energy
Fiber Financials: The Economics of Fiber Broadband
1:30 PM – 2:20 PM CT
Fiber and Fixed Wireless Access: So Perfect Together
Location: Bayou CD, Level M
Moderator: Dan Grossman – NetAccess Futures
Panelist: Benny Fallica – Nokia
Panelist: Georgette Lopez-Aguado (she/her/hers) – Sonar Software
Panelist: Candice Mayberry Storsveen – Calix
Panelist: Jimmy Lewis – Cajun Broadband
Panelist: Dave Gibbons – Black Bear Fiber
In The Dirt: Deployment Challenges & Opportunities
2:30 PM – 3:20 PM CT
Build 301: Taking Care of Business, Navigating the Customer Journey
Location: Bayou AB, Level M
Moderator: Alzbeta Fellenbaum (she/her/hers) – Omdia
Panelist: Sanjay Chatterjee – GFiber
Panelist: Katie Curtis (she/her/hers) – Great Plains Communications
Panelist: Rick Burley (he/him/his) – ASK Telemarketing
Panelist: Dennis Kelly – Postalytics, Inc.
Panelist: Erick Alvarez (he/him/his) – Paymentus
Service Provider Ecosystem: Delivering Excellence at Every Point
2:30 PM – 3:20 PM CT
Cable to Fiber Migration: See a Little Light
Location: Bayou E, Level M
Moderator: Sara Winegardner (she/her/hers) – Cablefax
Panelist: Paul J. Connolly – Entropy, Inc.
Panelist: Kevin A. Noll – CableLabs
Panelist: MIke C. Render – RVA
Panelist: Jason Patterson – RocNet Supply
Network Operations: The What, When, and How of Expanding Fiber Footprints
2:30 PM – 3:20 PM CT
Just a Cloud Away: Moving Telecom Functions and Services to the Cloud
Location: Canal E, Level M
Moderator: Ron Westfall – The Futurum Group
Panelist: Jeff Wabik – DC BLOX
Panelist: Andrew Eubank (he/him/his) – VETRO
Panelist: Sireesha Kora – Nokia
Panelist: Josh Moormann – Alianza
Panelist: Ned Brody – Actifai
Network Operations: Taking Telecom to the Cloud
2:30 PM – 3:20 PM CT
Mapping Deployments: Data Driven Decision Making
Location: Bayou CD, Level M
Moderator: Patrick Mulhearn (he/him/his) – Ting Internet
Panelist: Leslie Stegman – CostQuest Associates
Panelist: Tom Brooks – Render Networks
Panelist: Josh Collver – Irby Utilities
Panelist: Adam Kersnowski – AirWorks Solutions Inc
Panelist: George Hughes, Jr. (he/him/his) – 3-GIS
In The Dirt: Deployment Challenges & Opportunities
2:30 PM – 3:20 PM CT
State Broadband Office Funding: What Comes Next
Location: Canal AB, Level M
Moderator: John C. Hodulik (he/him/his) – UBS
Panelist: Rachelle Frets – CostQuest
Panelist: Greg Bathrick – Calix
Panelist: Meghan Sandfoss (she/her/hers) – Kentucky Office Of Broadband Development
Panelist: Claude Aiken (he/him/his) – NextLink Internet
Fiber Financials: The Economics of Fiber Broadband