Day 1 Sessions
Conference Welcome Message
Jeff Gavlinski
CEO
Mountain Connect
Carl Meyerhoefer
Senior Director Strategic & Solutions Marketing
Calix
Keynote: Prioritizing Home Access for K-12 Learning: The Chattanooga Story
Deb Socia
President & CEO
The Enterprise Center
David Wade
EVP & COO
EPB Chattanooga, TN
Andy Berke
Mayor
City of Chattanooga, TN
Dr. Bryan Johnson
Superintendent
Hamilton County Schools, TN
Colorado Broadband Deployment Fund: History, Accomplishments and Future
Brian Martin
Acting Broadband Fund & Deployment Director
Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies
Stephen Gould
Grants Specialist Broadband Fund
CO Department of Regulatory Agencies
Fiber Deployment - Some Starting Questions for Munis and Co-Ops
Tony Ostrander
Business Development Manager – Professional Services
OFS
Digital Government Strategy in the Age of COVID
Lori Sherwod
Render Networks: Director, Commercial and Market Development
Render Networks
Ernie Staten
Director of Public Service
City of Fairlawn, OH
Mike Lynch
Boston Dept. of Innovation and Technology (DoIT) Broadband & Cable
City of Boston
5G Fact and Fiction for Local Officials
Bob Knight
Executive VP & COO
Harrison Edwards
Roger Timmerman
Executive Director
Utopia
Francella Ochillo
Executive Director
Next Century Cities
What Is Our National Broadband Infrastructure Policy?
Mike Romano
SVP
NTCA: The Rural Broadband Association
Thomas Cohen
Partner
Kelley Drye & Warren LLP.
San Mateo County's Approach to Digital Equity and E-Learning
William Pugh
Co-Founder & Managing Partner
Smart Connections
Benny Lee
Director SMC Public Wi-Fi Program
County of San Mateo, CA
Future Applications Network Impacts
John George
Senior Director, Solutions and Professional Services
OFS
Barry Walton
Solutions Architect
Corning
Michael Render
CEO
RVA LLC.
The Ultimate Customer Experience - Is Wi-Fi 6 and Managed Wi-Fi Enough?
Carl Meyerhoefer
Senior Director Strategic & Solutions Marketing
Calix
Scott Stinson
Smart Home & Business Solutions Global Sales
Calix
How a Municipal FTTH Network Helps Its Community Thrive
Kip Tibbitts
National Sales Manager
Momentum Telecom
Zachary Magid
Engineering Manager
Matrix Design Group Inc.
Lessons Learned From Government Owned Broadband Networks (GONS) and Implications For Solving 'Digital Divid' Problems
Ron Rizzuto
Endowed Professor of International Executive Education & Professor of Finance
University of Denver
5 Year Review - A Reflection On What Fast Company Magazine Calls "The Best Fiber Optic Network In America."
Jeff Christensen
President
EntryPoint Networks
Bruce Patterson
Technology Director
CIty of Ammon, ID
Best Practices of Small Cell Deployment in the Rights of Way
Irena Stevens
Management Analyst for the Fiber and Broadband Services
HR Green
Ken Price
Municipal Services Manager
HR Green
Access, Equity, and inclusion - Missing Bidges Across the Digital Divide
Doug McCollough
CIO
City of Dublin, OH
Angela Siefer
Executive Director
National Digital Inclusion Alliance
Kaleem Musa
Head of Data
PopCom
Rio Blanco County - A Success Story For Rural Municipal Broadband
Brett Bonomo
CEO
Castle Rock Microwave
5 Steps to Get Your Subscribers to Fall In Love With You
Josh Wehe
Director of Operations
Jade Communications
Jordan Wehe
Marketing Director
Jade Communications
Digital Equity Data
Angela Siefer
Executive Director
National Digital Inclusion Alliance
Brian Whitacre
Sarkeys Distinguished Professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics
Oklahoma State University
Roberto Gallardo
Director of the Purdue Center for Regional Development
Purdue University
Canada's Intertwined Regulatory and Funding Regimes for Rural Broadband
Amedeo Bernardi
CEO
Amedeo Bernardi Consulting
Amber Crawford
Policy Advisor
Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO)
Dr. Rob McMahon
Assoc. Professor
University of Alberta, First Mile Consortium
Alyssa Moore
Sr. Policy & Advocacy Advisor
Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA)
Greg O'Brien
Editor and Publisher
Cartt.ca
The Benefits of Multi-Band Backhaul
Zach Hubeck
VP Sales & Marketing
WAV, Inc.
Peter Cousins
Senior Director of Business Development
WAV, Inc.
Matt Musial
Senior Business Development Executive
WAV, Inc.
Mark Billets
Senior Sales Engineer
WAV
Jason Petrillo
Senior Product Evangelist
WAV, Inc.
Steve Kielley
Regional Sales Manager
Cambium Networks