Speaker List

Executive Director
(Oneida) Bigfoot Communications of the Colville Tribes

Nespelem, Washington, United States

Vice President of Product Management, Telecom
3-GIS

Wesley Chapel, Florida, United States

Co-Founder, Board Chairman
Accord Telecommunications Collaborative

Martinsville, Indiana, United States

Manager, Broadband Services
ACE Fiber

Corinth, Mississippi, United States

Principal Analyst
ACG Research

Plano, Texas, United States

Chief Executive Officer
Actifai

District of Columbia, United States

VP, Americas Partners and Business Development
Adtran

Arlington, Virginia, United States

Senior Director, Field Marketing
Adtran

General Manager, Software Platforms and Strategy
Adtran

Huntsville, Alabama, United States

CTO
Adtran

Martinsried, Bayern, Germany

VP Technical Sales
Adtran

Strategic Sales Development Manager
Adtran

Huntsville, Alabama, United States

Director, Solutions Marketing
Adtran

Program Manager, Rural Broadband
AFL

Duncan, South Carolina, United States

Market Manager
AFL

Cofounder and SVP
AirWorks Solutions Inc

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Grid Investment Construction Supervisor
Alabama Power

Calera, Alabama, United States

Director, Solutions Architecture
Alianza

Senior Vice President, Business Development
All Points Broadband

Kentucky, United States

Director of Marketing and Social Media
ALLO Fiber

Vice President Market Expansion
altafiber

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Director of Government Affairs and Business Development
altafiber

Lima, Ohio, United States

Vice President, Federal Affairs
Altice USA

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

VP Technology & Planning
Archtop Fiber

State Broadband Director
Arkansas Department of Commerce Broadband Office

President
ASK Telemarketing

Montgomery, Alabama, United States

Executive Vice President of Federal Regulatory Relations
AT&T

Washington , District of Columbia, United States

CEO, Founder
AtlasPro AI

CEO
Azotel Technologies Ltd.

Cork, Ireland

Chief Broadband Officer
Bartlett Electric

CEO
Baylink Networks

Project Manager 2
BHC

Project Manager
BHC Engineering

Overland Park, Kansas, United States

Executive Vice President, Utilities Group Director
BHC Engineering

Founder
Black Bear Fiber

Director of Broadband
Blue Ridge Mountain EMC

Young Harris, Georgia, United States

Vice President, Carrier and Strategic Sales
Bluebird Network

Lee's Summit, Missouri, United States

Chief Technology Officer
Brightspeed

Fairmont, West Virginia, United States

Chief Operating Officer
Brightspeed

Vice President, Regulatory Compliance and Broadband Office
Brightspeed

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

VP Network Planning, Engineering, and Construction
Brightspeed

Project Manager
Burns & McDonnell

Missouri, United States

Vice President, Government Affairs
C Spire

Ridgeland, Mississippi, United States

Managing Editor
Cablefax

Rockville, Maryland, United States

Principal Architect
CableLabs

Louisville, Colorado, United States

CEO
Cajun Broadband

Saint Martinville, Louisiana, United States

Area Vice President Commercial Development
Calix

Columbia, Maryland, United States

Senior Director, Growth Segment Marketing
Calix

Naperville, Illinois, United States

Chief Commercial Operations Officer
Calix

San Jose, California, United States

Senior Manager Industry Associations and External Affairs
Calix

Severance, Colorado, United States

Director, Residential and Community Wi-Fi Solutions Marketing
Calix

Milton, Florida, United States

Director of Outreach and Senior Broadband Policy Advisor
Capital Projects Fund, U.S. Department of Treasury

Founder and Executive Director
Center on Rural Innovation

Hartland, Vermont, United States

Manager, Damage Prevention and Line Locating
Centerpoint Energy

Texas, United States

Director of Government Business & Economic Development
Centranet

Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States

Broadband Director
Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma

Durant, Oklahoma, United States

Senior Consultant, Business Development
Ciena

Vice President and General Manager - Americas
Ciena

Solutions Marketing Senior Advisor
Ciena

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

CTO of the Americas, VP of Sales Engineering and Strategic Solution Sales
Ciena

Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

Broadband Lead, Public Sector
Cisco

New York, New York, United States

Senior Manager, Global Public Policy
Cisco

Business Solutions Architect
Cisco

Perth Amboy, New Jersey, United States

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

South Carolina, United States

Technical Solutions Architect
Cisco Systems

CEO
Cityside Fiber

Irvine, California, United States

Artist
Clare Cunningham Music

Vice President of Application and Field Engineering
Clearfield

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Chief Marketing Officer
Clearfield, Inc.

Huntsville, Alabama, United States

Broadband Lead; Executive Vice President
Cobb, Fendley & Associates, Inc.

President & CEO
Common Ground Alliance

Alexandria, Virginia, United States

Executive Director
Community Broadband Action Network

West Des Moines, Iowa, United States

General Manager
Connect2First Internet, LLC, CIO, First Electric Cooperative Corp. Inc.

Jacksonville, Arkansas, United States

Executive Vice President
Connected Nation

Lexington, Kentucky, United States

Chief Operating Officer
Consolidated Communications

Conroe, Texas, United States

Director, Market Development CN, NA
Corning

Carrier Solutions Innovation Manager
Corning

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

Director Market Development
Corning

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

SR Broadband Solutions Architect
Corning

Kingston, New Brunswick, Canada

Manager of Government Affairs
CostQuest

Lead Analyst, GIS/Data Science Systems
CostQuest Associates

Principal Analyst, Head of Wire and Cable
CRU

President
CTC Technology & Energy

Kensington, Maryland, United States

Broadband Manager
Cumberland Connect

Clarksville, Tennessee, United States

President and CTO
Cyient Limitied

Karnataka, India

Chief Technology Officer
DC BLOX

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

CEO
Diamond State Networks

Arkansas, United States

Docomo Pacific

CEO
Douglas Fast Net

Roseburg, Oregon, United States

Application Technology Leader
Dow

Collegeville, Pennsylvania, United States

Sr. Marketing Manager
Dow

Global Program Manager, Duraline Academy
Dura-Line

Knoxville, Tennessee, United States

Vice President Strategic Partnerships
DYCOM

Senior Vice President, Marketing
DZS

Santa Rosa, California, United States

Dir. Optical Edge Solutions
DZS

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

SVP, Access Edge Solutions
DZS

Plano, Texas, United States

President & CEO
DZS

Plano, Texas, United States

Executive Director
Eastern Shore of Virginia Broadband Authority

Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States

Network Operations Director
Eastern Shore of Virginia Broadband Authority

Exmore, Virginia, United States

Vice President
Emtelle North America

Fletcher, North Carolina, United States

Practice Lead, Telecom and Networks
Entropy, Inc.

Greenville, South Carolina, United States

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

Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States

VP, New Products
EPB

CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee, United States

Vice President, Government and Community Affairs
EPB

chattanooga, Tennessee, United States

Executive Corporate Technical Consultant, Technical Operations
EPB

Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States

Director, Industry Solutions - Telecommunications
Esri

California, United States

Director of Partner Development
ETI Software Solutions

Alpharetta, Georgia, United States

President and CEO
FBA

Gurley, Alabama, United States

Vice President of Public Policy
FBA

Legal Advisor, Wireline and Enforcement, Office of Chairwoman Rosenworcel
Federal Communications Commission

Chief of the Wireline Competition Bureau
Federal Communications Commission

Vice President of Operations
Fiber Broadband Association

Palatine, Illinois, United States

Director of Marketing
Fiber Broadband Association

VP, Research and Workforce Development
Fiber Broadband Association

Franklinton, North Carolina, United States

Director of Membership
Fiber Broadband Association

CEO
Fiber Fast Homes

Editor-in-Chief
Fiber Forward magazine

Alexandria, Virginia, United States

Chairman of the Board & Director of Business Development
Fiber Optic Sensing Association & Dura-Line

Johns Creek, Georgia, United States

Senior Consultant
Finley Engineering

Baggs, Wyoming, United States

Broadband Engineering Practice Area Leader
Foresite Group

Fellow
Futurewei

Addison, Texas, United States

Chief Operating Officer
Fybe

Aulander, United States

CMO
Gateway Fiber

CMO
Genexis

Stockholm, Sodermanlands Lan, Sweden

Fiber Strategy Development Manager
Georgia Power

Calera, Alabama, United States

Deputy CIO & Executive Director, Georgia Broadband Program
Georgia Technology Authority

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Director, Head of Digital Sales and Marketing
GFiber

San Francisco, California, United States

General Manager, West Region
GFiber

Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

Senior Director, Product & Billing
GFiber

East Region Engineering Lead
GFiber

Durham, North Carolina, United States

Senior Director of OSP Operations
GoNetspeed

Phelps, New York, United States

Senior Vice President of Marketing and General Manager of New York
GoNetspeed

Phelps, New York, United States

Head of OSP Strategy & Standards
Google Fiber

California, United States

Public Policy and Government Affairs
Google Fiber

Senior Workforce Project Manager
Governor's Office of Workforce Transformation

Columbus, Ohio, United States

National Market Manger, FBA Board of Directors
Graybar

St. Louis, Missouri, United States

Chief Information Officer
Great Plains Communications

President and Chief Operating Officer
Great Plains Communications

Blair, Nebraska, United States

General Manager
Grizzly Broadband

Hamilton, Montana, United States

President
Hancock Telephone Company

Hancock, New York, United States

Senior Vice President of Business Operations
Harmonic

United States

RVP, Fiber Broadband Sales
Harmonic, Inc.

President and CEO
Harry

Armonk, New York, United States

Vice President, Fiber Strategy and Deployment
Hawaiian Telcom

Honolulu, Hawaii, United States

Sr. Product Development Engineer
HFCL

President and GM Midwest
Highline Internet

Essexville, Michigan, United States

President and CEO
HNM Systems

Superintendent of Broadband Services
Holland Board of Public Works

Holland, Michigan, United States

Chief Operations Officer
i2i Networks, LLC

Product and Innovation Manager
Incognito Software Systems

Director of Sales Engineering
Incognito Software Systems Inc.

Senior Sales Engineer
Innovative Systems

Mitchell, South Dakota, United States

Regional Director, North America
Inveniam

Chief Revenue Officer
IonQ

Director of OSP Operations
Irby Utilities

Arkansas, United States

Director , Fiber Network Design and Implementation
JSI

Utah, United States

Vice President, Business Advisory and Grants
JSI

Florida, United States

Interim Director of Broadband Development
Kansas Department of Commerce

Topeka, Kansas, United States

Senior Counsel
Keller & Heckman, LLP

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Partner
Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Executive Director
Kentucky Office Of Broadband Development

Frankfort, Kentucky, United States

Director - Infrastructure and P3 Finance
KeyBanc Capital Markets

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Chair of Women in Fiber Committee
KGPCo

Vice President, Strategic Partnerships
KGPco

Bernardsville, New Jersey, United States

Vice President, Sustainabilty & Government Relations
Knoxville Utilities Board

Manager of Marketing
Knoxville Utilities Board

Knoxville, Tennessee, United States

Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer
Land O' Lakes

Vice President of Operations
LDA Fiber

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

Director of Infrastructure Programs
Learn Design Apply

Editor-in-Chief
Lightwave/Broadband Tech Report

Massachusetts, United States

COO
Lumbee River Electric

Director of State Government Affairs
Lumen

Senior Vice President, Public Policy & Government Affairs
Lumen

Louisiana, United States

Vice President, Market Development
Lumos

Waynesboro, Virginia, United States

Business Development Consultant
Luna Innovations Inc

Fairfax, Virginia, United States

Principal
Mattey Consulting

Bethesda, Maryland, United States

Chief Connectivity Officer
Michigan High-Speed Internet Office

Lansing, Michigan, United States

President and CEO
Mid-Atlantic Broadband Communities Corporation

South Boston, Virginia, United States

Tribal Broadband Projects Manager
Mohawk Networks

Bombay, New York, United States

CEO
Mytra Consulting

Parker City, Indiana, United States

CEO
Nashville Predators

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Singer Songwriter
National Recording Artist

Managing Director, Senior Research Analyst
Needham & Company

San Rafael, California, United States

Principal
NetAccess Futures

Wellesley, Massachusetts, United States

CRO
Network Connex

Illinois, United States

CEO/General Manager
Nex-Tech

Lenora, Kansas, United States

Director, Strategic Initiatives
NextEra Infrastructure Solutions

Juno Beach, Florida, United States

Chief Strategy Officer/Chief Legal Officer
NextLink Internet

Hudson Oaks, Texas, United States

Product Marketing Director, Fixed Networks
Nokia

Head of North American FWA Business Development
Nokia

Canada

Technology Lead, Business Development Fiber, Fixed Networks
Nokia

Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

Head of SDN Controller Applications & AI/ML
Nokia

North Carolina, United States

President Fixed Networks and US Country Manager, Nokia
Nokia

Broadband Technology Strategist
Nokia

Antwerp, Antwerpen, Belgium

Executive Director
North Carolina 811

Vice President of Policy and Industry Innovations
NTCA

Arlington, Virginia, United States

Division Chief, Tribal Broadband Connectivity and Nation-to-Nation Coordination Division
NTIA, OICG, U.S. Department of Commerce

Senior Advisor
NTIA/US Department of Commerce

Director
Office of Broadband Expansion and Accessibility of Mississippi (BEAM)

Jackson, Mississippi, United States

Senior Policy Advisor for Permitting, Chief Environmental Review and Permitting Officer
Office of Internet Connectivity and Growth, NTIA

Technical Manager
OFS

Pinetown, North Carolina, United States

Director
OFS

Senior Director, Solutions Engineering
OFS

Georgia, United States

Principal Analyst
Omdia

Research Manager & Principal Analyst
Omdia

Livingston, Montana, United States

President
On Trac Communications

Knoxville, Tennessee, United States

Center Director
Oneonta Job Corps Academy

Oneonta, New York, United States

Director
OzarkGo

Arkansas, United States

Head of Business
Ozmo

Fair Oaks Ranch, Texas, United States

Fiber R&D Manager
Panduit

Illinois, United States

Director of Telecom Partnerships
Paymentus

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

Project Director, Broadband Access Initiative
Pew Charitable Trusts

Special Counsel
Phillips Lytle

Planters Broadband

Senior Market Manager, North America Communications
PLP

Mayfield Village, Ohio, United States

National Sales Manager, Communications Markets
PLP.com

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

President
PomeGran Inc.

Ontario, Canada

President
Positron Access

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Founder & CEO
Postalytics, Inc.

Rockland, Massachusetts, United States

President & CEO
Power & Communications Contractors Association

Churchton, Maryland, United States

Director of Advanced Business Solutions
Prysmian

CEO
Purple Cow Internet

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Chief Technology Officer
Qubitekk

Vista, California, United States

Vice President, Product Management, Broadband Business
Radisys

Frisco, Texas, United States

Director - Public Sector Partnerships
Ready.net

Director, GIS and Solutions Engineering
Render Networks

Virginia, United States

Network Delivery Manager
Render Networks

CEO
Render Networks

Highlands Ranch, Colorado, United States

Director, IPO US Rural and Tribal Nations
Ribbon Communications

Plano, Texas, United States

Senior Vice President of Public Affairs
Ripple Fiber

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

Founder and CEO
Ripple Fiber

Vice President, Public Affairs & Community Relations
Ritter Communications

Arkansas, United States

Director of Network Architecture
RocNet Supply

Marshall, Texas, United States

CEO and Co-Founder
RouteThis

Kitchener, Ontario, Canada

Partner
RSM US LLP

Director
RSM US LLP

Georgia, United States

President
RVA

Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States

Senior Analyst
S&P Global Market Intelligence

Sonora, California, United States

Senior Research Analyst, Broadband Infrastructure
S&P Global Market Intelligence

Leesburg, Virginia, United States

IT Director
Sac and Fox Nation

STROUD, Oklahoma, United States

County Supervisor
Santa Cruz County, CA

Director FTTP Operations
SaskTel

Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

Manager of Ancillary Services
Sequachee Valley Electric Cooperative

Vice President, Network Strategy
Shentel (Glo Fiber)

Edinburg, Virginia, United States

Vice President of Operations
Silver Star Communications

Thayne, Wyoming, United States

Co-CEO
Siro

NY, New York, United States

Head of Product Strategy
Sitetracker

Senior Director of Client Relations
Sonar Software

Fort Worth, Texas, United States

Director, SC Broadband Office
South Carolina Office of Regulatory Staff

Columbia, South Carolina, United States

IS/SFCN Director
Spanish Fork City

Spanish Fork, Utah, United States

Vice President, External Affairs
TAK Communications

President, Broadband Solutions
TAK Communications

Texas, United States

Chief Operating Officer and Senior Vice President
TDS Telecom

Verona, Wisconsin, United States

Executive VP, Operations
TEC

State Broadband Director
Tennessee Economic & Community Development

Speaker of the House
Tennessee General Assembly

CEO
Tennessee Municipal Electric Power Association

Brentwood, Tennessee, United States

Vice President & DEI Officer
Tennessee Titans

Director of Business Development
Texas811

Richardson, Texas, United States

Chief Marketing Officer
The Broadband Forum

Redwood City, California, United States

Director of Marketing
The Broadband Forum

CEO
The Broadband Forum

Wokingham, England, United Kingdom

Research Director
The Futurum Group

Katy, Texas, United States

Senior Infrastructure Project Advisor
The Permitting Council

Alabama, United States

Director, Infrastructure Portfolio/Project Management
The Permitting Council

Director, Public Policy and Community Engagement
Ting Internet

Charlottesville, Virginia, United States

Vice President of Construction and Customer Operations (CCO)
Ting Internet

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

Director of Public Policy and New Markets
Ting Internet

Senior Vice President of Sales and Business Operations
Ting Internet

Chief Executive Officer
Tombigbee Fiber

Tupelo, Mississippi, United States

Editor
Total Telecom/Broadband Communities

Kingston, Massachusetts, United States

Sr. Director, Systems Engineering, ISP
TP-Link USA

Texas, United States

President
Trace Fiber Networks/ Chickasaw Nation

Ada, Oklahoma, United States

VP Engineering & Business Development
Trident Solutions

West Chicago, Illinois, United States

Director of Sales - ETC
Trident Solutions

Texas, United States

Executive Vice President, Chief Strategy and External Affairs Officer
TWN Communications

Arlington, Virginia, United States

Administrator, Rural Utilities Service
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Director, Middle Mile Program, NTIA
U.S. Department of Commerce

Denver, Colorado, United States

Vice President, Smart Buildings, Network, Engineering and Technology
Ubiquity

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

Managing Director
UBS

New York, New York, United States

Founder & CEO
Underline

Vice President, Business Development
Underline Inc.

Carrollton, Texas, United States

State Director
United States Department of Agriculture, Rural Development

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Executive Vice President of A&R
Universal Music Group Nashville

Broadband, Digital Equity & Inclusion
University of Pittsburgh | Department of Information Technology

Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States

Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information
US Department of Commerce - NTIA

Director, Government Affairs
USIC

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

Marketing Director
UTOPIA Fiber

Murray, Utah, United States

VP of Government Affairs
Utopia Fiber

CMO / Board Secretary
UTOPIA Fiber / FBA

Assistant Director of Engineering
Vantage Point Solutions

Mitchell, South Dakota, United States

Principal Architect Office of CTO
Vecima

President
Velox

Senior Vice President, Engineering
Verizon

Temple Terrace, Florida, United States

Global Product Director, Telecommunications
VertiGIS

Minnesota, United States

Senior Director, Solutions
VETRO

Canon City, Colorado, United States

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

Richmond, Virginia, United States

Fiber Solutions Engineer
WAV

Aurora, Illinois, United States

Director of Sales
Wesco

Canton, Georgia, United States

Director, West Virginia Office of Broadband
West Virginia Department of Economic Development

Charleston, West Virginia, United States

Weekend Anchor and Weekday Reporter for Good Morning Nashville
WKRN News 2

Head of Network Services
Zayo

Vancouver, Washington, United States