Chief Technology Officer
Brightspeed
Fairmont, West Virginia, United States
Brian Bond leads the Architecture, Product, and Technology organization. His team is responsible for enterprise network architecture and integration, technology strategy and innovation, digital transformation, and product management. His top priority is delivering cost-effective solutions that enable Brightspeed to deliver on the promise to bring broadband to underserved communities.
Brian has spent his career in telecom, leading technology transformation. He joined Brightspeed as the chief operations support and innovation leader, spearheading the company’s network architecture design and delivering next-gen technology to scale the network through the launch of
the company.
Brian came to Brightspeed from Lumen Technologies, where he was vice president of Architecture, Engineering, and Technology, leading a vital team of architects and engineers that managed the development and deployment of technology solutions. The team’s portfolio included XGS-PON,
fiber extension technologies like g.hn and g.Fast, and the design of new customer premise equipment.
Before joining Lumen, he spent almost 20 years at Verizon, growing his career with the launch and evolution of Fios, the company’s industry-leading broadband product. He was instrumental in creating the technology, tools, and processes that enabled the operations field teams to execute
the Fios strategy.
Brian earned his Bachelor of Science in Electronics Engineering Technology from Fairmont State University. He is a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt and Lean Applied to Business Processes certified.
Operator Light Talk: Breaking Barriers with Fiber
Tuesday, July 30, 2024
10:50 AM – 11:10 AM CT