Speaker List

Solutions Engineer II
3-GIS

Marketing Manager
3-GIS

Vice President, Product Management
3-GIS

Senior Systems Engineer
A10 Networks

SVP Government Affairs
ACA Connects

President and CEO
ACA Connects

Incoming President & CEO
ACA Connects

Principal Analyst
ACG Research

Senior Vice President, Technology and Strategy
ADTRAN

CTO Americas
Adtran

Strategic Sales Development Manager
Adtran

Head of Product Marketing
ADTRAN

VP, Market Strategy and Innovation
AFL

Product Line Manager
AFL

Senior Product Line Manager, Splicers & Test Equipment
AFL

Head of Business Development - Americas
Airties

Director - Network Planning
altafiber / Cincinnati Bell

Advanced Technology Solutions Specialist- Industrial IoT & Cyber Security
Anixter

VP of Integrated Broadband Build Planning
AT&T

Director of Advanced Solutions Design
Axiros North America, Inc.

Founder/Principal
BevTek

Chief Revenue Officer
Biarri Networks

CEO
Biarri Networks

Director of Government and Public Affairs
Blue Ridge Communications

President & CEO
BrightRidge

Chief Broadband and Technology Officer
BrightRidge

Chief Executive Officer
Bristol Tennessee Essential Services

Editor-in-Chief
Broadband Communities Magazine

Principal
Broadband Success Partners

President
Broadband Universe

Consultant
Brownstone Consultants

VP, Marketing Operations
Buckeye Broadband

Senior Exectrical Engineer
Burns & McDonnel

Vice President, Government Affairs
C Spire

CEO
C Spire

Product Manager, Home and MDU
C Spire

Editorial Director
CableFax

Managing Editor
CableFax

SVBP Technology Services
CableOne

VP Product Engineering
CableOne

Editor in Chief
Cabling Installation and Maintenance

Executive Vice President, Customer Engagement & Services
Calix

Senior Product Marketing Manager
Calix

AVP, Access and Field Marketing
Calix

Senior Director Product Marketing
Calix

Director, Product Marketing
Calix

CEO
Career Thrivers

President
Carina Technology, Inc

Vice President, Solution Architectures
CCI Systems

Director, Government Business and Economic Development
Centranet

Director - Solution Marketing
Ciena

Business Development Manager, Innovation & Transformation for Americas Service Provider
Cisco Systems

Broadband Executive Director
City of Fort Collins

Engineering Manager
City of Loveland/Pulse Broadband

Director of Innovation and Technology
City of Pharr, Texas

Brand Market Manager
Clearfield

Senior Manager, Technical Training and Support
Clearfield

Chief Marketing Officer
Clearfield, Inc.

President and CEO
Common Ground Alliance

System Engineer Manager - Great Lakes and Southeast Region
CommScope

Director of Product management for PON Innovation
CommScope

Director, Market Development
CommScope

Director, Market Development NCC
Commscope

Territory Manager; Tennessee Region
CommScope

Senior Reporter, Editor and Communications Team Lead
Community Broadband Networks Initiative, Institute for Local Self Reliance

Head of Comsof Americas
Comsof

CIO and General Manager
Connect 2 First Internet at First Electric Cooperative Corporation

Executive Director
Connect Maine

Executive Director
ConnectLA

President of Consumer and Small Business
Consolidated Communications

Editor and Publisher
Converge! Digest

Federal Affairs Manager
Corning

Market Development Manager, Carrier Networks
Corning

Solutions Architect
Corning Optical

Staff Systems Engineer
Corning Optical Communications

Product Line Specialist
Corning Optical Communications

Market Development Manager
Corning Optical Communications

Senior Sales Executive
COS Systems

President/CEO
CostQuest Associates, Inc.

CEO
Craighead Electric Cooperative Corporation

VP of Regulatory Affairs
CTA

President
CTC Technology & Energy

VP Grant & Funding Strategies
CTC Technology & Energy

CEO
Cullman Electric Cooperative

Managing Editor, News
Dark Reading

General Manager North America
Deepomatic

Vice President, Broadband Access and Home Networking
Dell'Oro Group

Associate Professor
Department of Media Studies, University of Virginia

Senior Project Manager
Ditesco

CEO
Douglas Fast Net

Strategic Sales Director & Customer Engineering
DZS

Head of Government Relations
DZS

SVP, Access Edge Solutions
DZS

CMO
DZS

CEO
ECSite, Inc.

Director of Government Relations
EPB

Executive Corporate Technical Consultant, Technical Operations
EPB

Senior Vice President of Brand Strategies
EPB

CEO
EPB

Director
Erwin Fiber

Director, Market Development, Utlity Broadband
ETI Software Solutions

Senior Member of Technical Staff
EXFO

Product Line Manager
EXFO

president and CEO
FBA

VP, Research and Workforce Development
Fiber Broadband Association

Director, Funding and Regulatory Affairs
FiberRise

Editor in Chief
Fierce Telecom

Project Engineer
Finley Engineering Company, Inc

Director of Marketing & Communications
Frankfort Plant Board

IoT Technologist / Director IoT Product Line
Friendly Technologies Pty Ltd

Sr. Director Construction & Engineering
Frontier

SVP - National Architecture and Engineering
Frontier Communications

Director of Optical Access Standards
Futurewei Technologies

Senior Analyst
Futuriom

Principal Analyst
Futuriom Research

Principal Analyst and Co-Founder
Futurum Research

Research Director
Futurum Research

CEO
Gateway Fiber

Deputy CIO, Broadband & Special Projects
Georgia Technical Authority

Director of Broadband Initiatives
Georgia Technology Authority

General Manager, West Region
Google Fiber

Director of Corporate Development
Google Fiber

Head of Government & Community Affairs - East Region
Google Fiber

MxU Program Management Lead
Google Fiber

Director, Product Management
Google Fiber

Public Policy and Government Affairs
Google Fiber

Technical Lead, Corporate Development
Google Fiber

Head of Learning & Development
Google Fiber

National Market Manager, Broadband
Graybar Electric Company

President and CEO
GVTC Communications

President & CEO
Harrison Edwards

VP of Technology and Engineering
Hiawatha Broadband Communications

Superintendent of Broadband Services
Holland Board of Public Works

Senior Advisor, Broadband Funding Program
HR Green

Partner
Ice Miller LLP

Partner
Ice Miller, LLP

Principal Analyst
IDATE DigiWorld

Head of Sales
InCoax

Director, Community Broadband Networks Initiative
Institute for Local Self Reliance

Director of Technology & Communications
Irby Utilities

Publisher
ISE Magazine and ISE Expo

Partner
Keller and Heckman LLP

Partner
Kelley Drye & Warren

Managing Director
KeyBanc Capital Markets

Editorial Director
Lightwave & Broadband Technology Report

Chief Client Officer
Lit Communities

Chief Strategy Officer
Lit Communities

Vice President of Client Development
Lit Communities

CEO
Lit Communities

Chief Innovation Officer
LIT Communities

CEO
Lokx

Senior Director of Market Development
Lumos/North State

Chief Customer Officer
Lumos/NorthState

CEO
Maneuver Networks

Project Manager
Massey Electric Company

President
MCTV

Vice President, External Affairs
Mears Group, Broadband Division

Manager, Network Investments
Meta

Director of Government Affairs
MetroNet

Consultant
MetroNet

VP Marketing and Product
Minera Networks

County Commissioner
Monongalia County, WV

Broadband Operations Manager
Murray Electric System

Chair of NACO Telecommunications & Technology Steering Committee; Commissioner, Stearns County, Minn.
National Association of Counties

President
National Tribal Telecommunication Association

Chief Revenue Officer
NCTI

Founder and CEO
Netly Fiber

CEO
New Lisbon Holdings, Inc

CEO/GM
Nex-Tech

CTO
Nextlink

Sr. Director Broadband Policy & Funding Strategy
Nokia

Business Development - North America
Nokia

Technology Lead, Business Development Fiber, Fixed Networks
Nokia

Marketing Director, Fixed Networks
Nokia

Fixed Networks CTO
Nokia

Vice President - Business & Technology Strategies
NRECA

VP Broadband Development
NRTC

President and CEO
NTCA - The Rural Broadband Association

Special Representative for Broadband
NTIA

Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Internet Connectivity & Growth
NTIA

Broadband Advisor
Office of Educational Technology

Director of External Relations
Office of the Mayor, City of Pharr

Technical Manager, Solutions and Applications Engineering
OFS

Senior Director, Solutions and Professional Services
OFS

Principal Analyst
Omdia

Chief Analyst
Omdia - Informa Tech

EVP
On Trac

Fiber Connect Conference Chair & Board Vice Chairman
On Trac, Inc.

Director of Operations
OnTrac Inc.

General Manager
OzarkGo

Project Director, Broadband Access Initiative
Pew Charitable Trusts

Global VP of Telecom & Wireless Associations
Plume

Director of Sales
Plume

President
Positron Access

Project Executive
Quanta

Senior Manager, Sales Engineering
Quantum Fiber

Vice President, Product Management, Broadband Business
Radisys

Vice President, Community Engagement & Strategic Partnerships
Ready.net, Inc.

CEO
Render Networks

President and CEO
ROCK Networks

COO/ASST. GM
RTC Networks

CEO
RVA LLC

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

Director, Fibre to the Premise Operators
SaskTel

Executive Director, Education and L&D Sales
SCTE

CTO/SVP of Engineering
SCTE, a subsidiary of CableLabs

VP, Partnerships and Project Development
Seven States Power Corporation

SVP, Engineering and Market Innovation
Seven States Power Corporation

VP of Q&A, Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance
SiFi Networks America

VP of Technical Operations
Southwest Tennessee Electric Membership Corporation

Foreman
Spligitty Fiber Optic Services

Senior Technical Manager
Sumitomo Electric USA

Senior Operators Manager
Tavistock Development/832 Communications

Editor-in-Chief
Telecompetitor

Executive Editor
Telecompetitor

State Broadband Director
Tennessee Economic & Community Development

Director of Strategy & Research
The Johnson Group

Vice President
The Sasha Group

Executive Director
The Sasha Group

Director, Enterprise and MxU Program
Ting Fiber

Senior Vice President of Public Policy, Government Affairs & Community Engagement
Ting Internet

General Manager Pay TV Business
TiVo

VP, Global Head of Customer Success
TiVo

Chief Technology & Information Officer
Traverse City Light & Power

Consultant
Unicorn Communications

OIT Project Manager
University of Tennessee

Senior Director, Partnerships and Outreach
US Ignite

CEO
USAC

Under Secretary for Rural Development
USDA Rural Development

President
UtiliSource

Chief Marketing Officer / Deputy Director
UTOPIA Fiber

Engineer
Vantage Point Solutions

CEO
Vantage Point Solutions

VP of Engineering
Vantage Point Solutions

CEO and Co-Founder
VETRO, Inc.

Regional Manager, Product Line
VIAVI Solutions

Senior Project Manager - Small Cells & Underground
VIKOR Teleconstruction

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

CEO
Vitruvi

VP of Sales
Vitruvi

Vice President Customer Success
Vitruvi Software

Director of Technology & Support Services
Wesco

Vice President, Technology & Support Services
Wesco

Director of IoT Engineering
Wesco

Vice President, Head of State Government Affairs
Windstream

Senior Director, Product Management
Xperi