2024 Speakers
Russell Agle, Global Director, Sales & Marketing, Biarri Networks
Claude Aiken, Chief Strategy Officer and Chief Legal Officer, Nextlink Internet
Erik Andersen, Director, Business Development, Lower Colorado River Authority
Josh Arensberg, CTO Media and Entertainment, Verizon
Ray Bauer, Head of Global Business Strategy, Verizon Business
Andrew Bender, Head of Strategy, Nokia
Angela Bennink, General Manager, American Association for Public Broadband
Megan Beresford, Director of Broadband Programs, Learn Design Apply Inc.
Jennifer Berkner, Education Lead Strategist at FirstNet, Built with AT&T, AT&T
Alex Besen, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, The Besen Group Llc
Charlotte Bewersdorff, VP, Community Engagement, Merit Network Inc
Sanjay Bhatia, VP, Product Marketing, DZS
Ben Blink, Principal, Blink Public Policy
Doug Blue, Business Development North America, Nokia
Scot Bohaychyk, Solutions Manager, Emtelle
Gary Bolton, Chief Executive Officer, Fiber Broadband Association
Daniel Bowen, VP Software and Engineering, Wilder Fields
Barrett Briley, Director of Business Development, Irby Utilities
Emily Buckman, Director of Government Affairs, American Farm Bureau Federation
Walter Cannon, Vice President, ZenFi Networks
Andres Carvallo, Co-Director CIEDAR, Texas State University
Amish Chadha, Global Technology Strategy Lead, Kimberly-Clark
Paul Challoner, Vice Chair, Board of Directors, OnGo Alliance
Elizabeth Chernow, Executive Director, Public Policy, Comcast
Carver Chiu, Government Affairs Director, Crown Castle
Kirsten Compitello, National Broadband Digital Equity Director, Michael Baker International
Tom Coverick, Managing Director, KeyBanc Capital Markets
Jim Cupples, Director of Field Operations, Precision Ag Connectivity & Accuracy Stakeholder Alliance
Hayley Curry, Data Protection, Privacy and Security Associate, DLA Piper
William Dauska, Managing Director, Citizens Capital Markets
Lee Davenport, Director, US Ignite
Joyce Deuley, Senior Research & Content Analyst, Zpryme Research
Skye Downing, Digital Equity Programs & Partnership Director, Community Tech Network
Garner Duncan, VP Sales, Ezee Fiber
Joshua Edmonds, Chief Executive Officer, DigitalC
Allison Ellis, SVP Regulatory Affairs, Frontier Communications
Gregory Elsborg, Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer, Dallas Area Rapid Transit
Roger Entner, Founder and Lead Analyst, Recon Analytics
Jeff Epstein, Director, Private LTE and 5G
Katie Espeseth, Board Member, Fiber Broadband Association
Adam Farmer, CTO, Mercer Landmark
Luis Fiallo, Vice President, China Telecom Americas
Evann Freeman, Director of Government Relations, epb
Jennifer Fritzsche, Greenhill and Co Inc
Francisco Gallegos, Digital Inclusion Program Manager, Dallas Innovation Alliance
Paul Garnett, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, The Vernonburg Group
Heather Gold, VP, External Affairs, Mears Group Inc
Bobby Gonzalez, Tribal Council Chairman, Caddo Nation
William Goodman, Senior Managing Director, SVB Securities
Michael Grace, Managing Principal, Metro Development Consulting
Rob Griffin, Tribal Broadband Coordinator, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
Melissa Griggs, Zoom Alliance Grant Strategist, Learn Design Apply Inc.
Dr. Tonjia Grimble, Chief Executive Officer & Founder, STEM It Up Sports
Sachin Gupta, Director, Centranet
Rayna Handelman, President & Chief Executive Officer, Angstrom Energy Solutions
Lisa Hanlon, Chief Executive Officer, Teltech Group
George Hellmuth, Director of Sales, North America, Tarana Wireless
Patrick Higgins, Director, Enterprise Risk Management and Sustainability, Breezeline
Josh Hildebrandt, Director of Broadband Initiatives, Georgia Technology Authority
Amanda Hofer, Assistant General Manager, Central Texas Telephone Cooperative
Brian Hollister, Chief Executive Officer, Bonfire
Tamarah Holmes, Director, Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development
Earnie Holtrey, Deputy Director, Indiana Broadband Office
Tim Howard, President, Biarri Networks
Glen Howie, Director, Arkansas State Broadband Office, State of Arkansas
Lyle Ishida, Chief, Consumer Affairs & Outreach Div, Federal Communications Commission
Veneeth Iyengar, Executive Director, Louisiana Office of Broadband Development and Connectivity
Ashish Jain, Founder and Chief Editor, Private LTE and 5G
Marland Jenkins, Teknogrid
Rob Johnson, Chief Development Officers, Athoia
Derek Kelly, Vice President of Market Development, Lumos Fiber
Yasser Khan, CEO, Micro.ai
Bob Knight, Chief Executive Officer, Harrison Edwards Strategic Communications
Catherine Krantz, Area Director for Broadband, Communities Unlimited
Sia Kusha, Group Head Project Development And Partnering, Plenary Group
Victoria Lamberth, Co-Founder and CRO, ZenFi Networks
Matt Larsen, Chief Executive Officer, Vistabeam
David Lee, Assistant Vice President of New Growth, Cox Communications
Steve Lee, Founder and Managing Director, Layer 7 Capital
Laura Lewis, Principal/Owner, Lewis, Young, Robertson, and Burningham
Dustin Li, Special Programs Director, Information Technology Disaster Resource Center
Andrew Lipman, Partner, Morgan, Lewis and Bockius LLP
Dylan Lockwood, Senior Editor, Zpryme Research
Andy Lopez, Client Director, Biarri Networks
Philip Macres, Principal, Klein Law Group Pllc
Giovanni Maronati, Experienced Consultant, West Monroe Partners
Sara Mascall, SVP Tech, Media and Telco Business Development, The Wall Street Journal|Barron's Group
Patrick McCormick, Chief Information Officer, City of Cambridge
Ryan McCowan, CTO Americas and AVP Portfolio Strategy, Adtran
Kimberly McKinley, CMO, UTOPIA Fiber
Em McPhie, Marketing Director, Broadband Breakfast
Brian Mefford, VP Broadband Strategy, VETRO
Jeff Melching, Principal Partner Solutions Architect, Amazon web services
Scott Menhart, Chief Information Technology Officer, Traverse City Light & Power
Lindsay Miller, President, Lit Communities
Ilissa Miller, Chief Executive Officer, iMiller Public Relations
Chris Mitchell, Director, Community Broadband Networks Initiative, The Institute for Local Self Reliance
Will Mitchell, Chief Executive Officer, VETRO
Tim Moore, Southeast Regional Manager, UCL SWIFT
Elad Nafshi, Chief Network Officer and EVP, Comcast
Amol Naik, Sr. VP of Public Policy and Community Engagement, Ting Internet
Paul Narro, Public Policy Director, Tekwav LLC Internet Service Provider
Keith Nauman, Senior Vice President of Access Edge Solutions, DZS
Viet Nguyen, Director of Public Relations and Technology, 5G Americas
Esther Northrup, AVP, Market Expansion Government Affairs, Cox Communications
Jose Otero, Vice President, 5G Americas
Shawn Parker, VP, Government Affairs & Business Development, SiFi Networks
Matt Passalacqua, Sr. Market Expansion Manager, West Coast, Astound
Prayson Pate, Solutions Marketing, Adtran
Seema Patel, Senior Counsel, Chapman And Cutler
Paloma Perez, Press Secretary, Federal Communications Commission
Mikael Philipsson, Chief Executive Officer, COS Systems AB
David Pickett, Principal, Pardal Ventures Limited
Keith Ponton, Director | Practice Lead, Arcadis | IBI Group
Bryan Rader, President, Pavlov Media
Sheryl Riggs, President and Chief Executive Officer, Utilities Technology Council
Raimundo Rodulfo, Director of Innovation and Technology/CIO, City of Coral Gables
Alex Rosenthal, Senior Category Manager for Sustainability, T Mobile
David Rottmayer, Host of "Let's Talk Telecom", Self Employed
Nadia Sa’d Mulaire, VP of Transit Strategy and Sales, Transit Wireless
Connor Sadro, Transportation Planner, North Central Texas Council of Governments
Zafer Sahinoglu, General Manager, Mitsubishi Electric Innovation Center
Christopher Sambar, President - AT&T Network, AT&T
Jennifer Sanders, Executive Director And Co-Founder, Dallas Innovation Alliance
Erin Scarborough, Senior Vice President, AT&T Broadband Strategies & Initiatives, AT&T
Peggy Schaffer, Executive Director, American Association for Public Broadband
Federico Sciammarella, President/CTO, MxD USA
Anh Selissen, Chief Information Officer, Texas Department of Transportation TxDOT
Benjamin Seo, Marketing Manager, Harrison Edwards Integrated Marketing
Mitchell Shook, Chief Executive Officer, Advanced Stream
Ivan Sierra, Vice President, Micro.ai
Raj Singh, Chief Executive Officer, Vcti
Mickey Slimp, Consulting Project Manager, Deep East Texas Council Of Governments
Harry Smeenk, Author, IoT for Smart Buildings
Buzz Smith, Editor, EVangelist
Robert Sokota, President, Link Solutions, ZenFi Networks
Ehsan Soltan, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Soiltech Wireless
Ji Soo Song, Digital Equity Advisor, U.S. Department of Education
John Tait, Director, North America, Biarri Networks
Rick Talbot, Principal Analyst, ACG Research
George Templeman, President, Network Access Partnerships, SiFi Networks
Hugo Teufel, Chief Privacy Officer, Lumen Technologies
Elena Thaxton, Project Manager, New Jersey Board of Public Utilities
Craig Thomas, Vice President Strategic Marketing & Business Development, Broadband Forum
Karnel Thomas, Senior VP, Utilities Technology Council
Helge Tiainen, Head of Product Mangement, Marketing & Sales, InCoax Networks
Will Townsend, Vice President & Principal Analyst - Networking & Security Practices, Moor Insights and Strategy
Thomas Tyler, Deputy Director, ConnectLA
Jonathan Van, EVP of Innovation and Business Development, E8 Internet
Rashmi Varma, President, Innovate5G Inc.
Prashanth Vijay, Chief Executive Officer and CoFounder, Flume Internet
Paul Voelker, Mayor, City of Richardson
Nathan Walowitz, Director, Regional Broadband, Northwest Colorado Council Of Governments
Adrienne Whaley, Director of Systems Operations and IT Training, The Fortune Society
Scott Widham, Chief Executive Officer, Ezee Fiber
Fallon Wilson, VP of Tech Policy, Multicultural Media Telecom and Internet Council
Mike Wilson, Vice President, CostQuest Associates
Alexandra Winkler, Chief Information Officer, City of Boise
Scott Woods, VP for Community Engagement and Strategic Partnerships, Ready.net
Donald Workman, Co Founder, Chairman of The Board and Chief Operating Officer, Rural Telecommunications of America (RTA)
Emily Yates, Chief Innovation Officer, Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority SEPTA
Eric Zan, General Manager, EducationSuperHighway
William Zielinski, Chief Information Officer, City of Dallas
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