Justin Roller | President
Bonfire Fiber

Justin Roller, President, Bonfire Fiber

Justin has over 20 years of experience in the technology sector and specializes in helping public sector clients, ranging from municipal governments to federal departments, address their challenges in modernization and digital transformation. His work has included business process automation, cloud implementations, and network/system security. Justin problem solves through leveraging creative solutions which bridges the gap between technical details and real-world outcomes. Notable career accomplishments include leading the software team running a US federal government program distributing $1 billion monthly. He has also served on the state of Colorado’s Broadband Deployment initiative which provided him first-hand experience with grants, public private partnerships, and a unique perspective on how communities and ISPs are working together to close the digital divide.   As President of Bonfire Fiber, Justin is passionate about applying his technical and strategic skills, in combination with his knowledge of the public sector and grant funding, to help address broadband issues facing American communities today. He believes that we have a rare opportunity now to solve the issues related to strategically providing fast and affordable broadband to provide long-term value to underserved communities.

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Pre-Conference - Monday, May 6th @ 14:40

AAPB: Public Network Models

 

The American Association of Public Broadband is hosting pre-conference sessions bringing together experienced leaders from around the county on starting and building public networks.  These three sessions will help anyone thinking about or moving towards building a community-owned network better understand what is needed and how to get going.  

Session 2 - Public Network Models

There are several models for building a public network.  This session will bring together practitioners from startups to successful models including open access, publicly-owned utilities,  and districts formed just to bring broadband to multiple communities.   

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