Strategic Sales Development Manager
Adtran
Adtran’s Doug Payauys [pay-I-us] serves as a Strategic Sales Development Manager where he fosters business development opportunities with other industry leading companies.
Doug spent over 20 years in the electric cooperative industry, where he was most recently Chief Technology Officer. He was the driving force behind an electric utility’s investment in middle-mile fiber. Doug led efforts to modernize the electric cooperative’s Information Technology and Operations Technology that vastly improved real-time data for field operations, unlocked the power of AMI and SCADA operations, and reduced operational costs using technology. In 2017, he developed a residential broadband business plan and began deploying fiber-to-the-home for electric members and others in the community.
Since joining Adtran in 2021, Doug continues to share his expertise with individuals and companies working to expand broadband networks throughout North America. He is part of a team that is focused on serving and supporting electric utilities and other emerging broadband providers that are considering or pursuing broadband deployments. In this role, he continues to execute on his passion for permanently solving the lack broadband in rural America.
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Monday, June 13, 2022
2:30pm – 3:20pm