2025 Speakers
Sergio Adames, Director of New Partnerships and Business Development, T-Mobile
Jonathan Adelstein, EVP, Chief Strategy and External Affairs Officer, TWN Communications
Russell Agle, VP, Sales & Marketing, Biarri Networks
Claude Aiken, Chief Strategy Officer, Nextlink Internet
Aminat Akanbi, Managing Director, Tripcel
Sarah Ali, Senior Associate, Broadband Access Initiative, The Pew Charitable Trusts
Yishai Amsterdamer, CEO, LiteLinx
Steven Apodaca, Chairman, Technology Commission, City of Austin
Josh Arensberg, CTO Media and Entertainment, Verizon
Tim Axelsson, CEO, OciusX
Tim Ayers, Managing Director, Gravity Path Partners
Lane Bailey, Deputy Director, Arkansas State Broadband Office
Stephen Baker, Director Customer Success - Telecom, IQGeo
Jose Barrios, Wireless Network Architect, Frontier Communications
Johannes Bauer, Professor Department of Media and Inf, Michigan State University Quello Cente
Toni Beck, Vice President of External Affairs, Comcast
Bill Beesley, Principal Wireless Solutions Architect, Fujitsu
Richard Bernhardt, Vice President, Spectrum And Industry, Wireless Internet Service Provider's Association
Gadegbeku Bilal, Ceo, Angeler
Pete Bley, Broadband Business Development Director, Ciena
Gary Bolton, Chief Executive Officer, Fiber Broadband Association
Sharon Bonney, CEO, Coalition on Adult Basic Education
Brooklyn Bors, Statewide Programs Manager, Oklahoma department of libraries
L. Elizabeth Bowles Bravo, CEO, Aristotle Unified Communications Inc
Kristi Brown, Co-Founding Managing Director, Performance Culture Consulting
Emily Buckman, Director of Government Affairs, AFBF
Tony Byrnes, Head of Greenfield/SFU Expansion, Google Fiber
Jay Cadman, Senior Vice President, IQGeo
John Cankar, Managing Director, Gravity Path Partners
Rasheedah Carr, Vice President of Sales & Marketing for the Texas Region, Comcast
Rock Carter, Principal Solutions Architect, AT&T
Molly Case, Senior Director of Virtual Care, Parkland Health and Hospital System
Savio Chacko, Board Member, North Texas Angel Network
Rick Cimerman, Vice President of External and State Affairs, NCTA - The Internet & Television Association
Morgan Collins, SVP, Strategic Initiatives, Optimum
Brian Connolly, Sales Director, Praxedo
Ebony Cooksey, Market Development Manager And Government Affairs Coordinator, Nextlink Internet
Chris Cropley, Director, Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska
Denzel Davis, Client Director, Biarri Networks
Aaron Deacon, Managing Director, Kansas City Digital Drive
Curtis Dean, Executive Director, Community Broadband Action Network
Martha DeGrasse, researcher and journalist, Network Builder Reports
John Diaz, Managing Partner, Stone Mountain Ventures
Brooke Donilon, Vice President Government Relations, NCTA - The Internet and Television Association
Skye Downing, Deputy Director, Community Tech Network
Diana Eisner, Vice President, Regulatory & Legal Affairs, USTelecom--The Broadband Association
Jose Espinel, Senior Vice-President - Texas Region, Comcast
Adam Farmer, CTO, Mercer Landmark
Matt Fennell, Manager of Fiber Services, Tombigbee Electric
Cindy Fisher, Digital Opportunity Program Supervisor, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
Bo Ford, Digital Equity & Inclusion Program Manager, New Mexico State Library
Eric Frederick, Chief Connectivity Officer, Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity
Alex Freylekhman, VP of Sales, LiteLinx
Heather Gate, EVP of Digital Inclusion, Connected Nation
Adam Geisler, President and COO, Tribal Ready
Stephen Goodman, Senior Technical Director, Specialist Network Operations Ltd
Robert Griffin, Broadband Manager, Choctaw Nation of OK
Kelcee Griffis, Telecom Reporter, Bloomberg News
Sachin Gupta, Vice President, Centranet
Naresh Gururaj, SVP - Digital Operations, Innover Digital
Patience Haggin, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal
Janice Hauge, Professor, University of North Texas
Rogers Healy, Founder & CEO, Morrison Seger Venture Capital Partners
John Heitmann, Communications and Technology Partner, Nelson Mullins
Joe Hillis, Operations Director, Information Technology Disaster Resource Center
George Hughes, Vice President, Product Management - Telecom, 3-GIS LLC
Syed Hussain, Sr. Director, Dycom Industries Inc
Rob Johnson, CTO, NOVOS FiBER
Shola Kahiapo-Trevino, Digital Equity Specialist, County of Hawaii
Tim Kennedy, Senior Vice President, Innover Digital
Michael Keough, CTO, Region 16 Education Service Center
Adam Kersnowski, SVP of Strategic Accounts, AirWorks
Ahmed Khattak, Founder & CEO, US Mobile
Cameron Kilton, Chief Technology Officer, Nextlink Internet
Bob Knight, CEO, Harry Marketing
Thomas Koehler, Head of Software, TKI
Angela Kronenberg, President & CEO, Sligo Solutions LLC
Tejas Lad, Technical Marketing Engineering Technical Leader, Cisco Systems
Ripu Lamba, Founder, Oakwood Consulting
Matt Larsen, CEO, Vistabeam
Rob Laudati, VP Product & Partnerships, Render Networks
Daniel Lawson, Senior Vice President of Global Solutions, Verizon Business
Brent Legg, Executive Vice President, Connected Nation
Craig Litteken, Director of Infrastructure Portfolio Management, Acting, Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council
Adam Loddeke, AVP - RAN Technology, AT&T
Heather Lowe, Interim Director, Dallas Public Library
Philip Macres, Principal, Klein Law Group Pllc
Bill Maguire, Founder, Connected Communities LLC
Jennifer Mallard, Acting, Deputy Executive Director, Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council
Greg Manganello, Sr. VP & Head of the Software & Integration BU, Fujitsu
Carol Mattey, Principal, Mattey Consulting, Llc
Nick Maynard, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, US Ignite
Misha McClure, Director, External Affairs, Comcast
Jeff Mcschooler, Executive Vice President, Wireless Engineering & Operations, Boost Mobile
Taylor Meriwether, Consultant, E-Rate Central
Geoff Millener, Chief Operating Officer, The Enterprise Center
Jenny Miller, Senior Director of Government Affairs, EducationSuperHighway
Scott Modha, VP of Sales US, Emtelle
Tom Monahan, VP-Broadband Strategic Initiatives, AT&T
Tim Moore, Director of Service Provider Markets, UCL Swift
Mr. Francisco Moraes, Vice President of Sales, Connect 5G Inc
Gabriel Moran, Government Affairs and Policy Manager, Tarana
Mallory Morris, Project Director, Leader Learning Experiences, Digital Promise Global
Jeff Murphy, Executive Director, North Texas Angel Network
Matt Myers, SVP of Fiber Engineering and Construction, HyperFiber
Paul Narro, Public Policy Director, Tekwav LLC Internet Service Provider
Jake Neenan, Telecom Policy Reporter, Breakfast Media LLC
Triet Nguyen, Principal, Render Capital
Sara Nichols, Energy and Economic Development Program Manager, Land of Sky Regional Council
Brian Nybakken, Broadband Program Manager, North Dakota Information Technology
Robin Olds, Senior Business Development Manager and Leader of Cisco’s Broadband Program Office, Cisco Systems
Jose Otero, VP, 5G Americas
Rhia Pape, Executive Director, SA Digital Connects
Priscila Paredes, OSP Design Manager, HyperFiber
Bobby Perkins, Senior 5G Technology Advisor, Business Technology & Investments
Jade Piros de Carvalho, VP of Broadband Advocacy and Partnerships, Bonfire Fiber
Katherine Primeau, Founder and Executive Director, Mobile Beacon
Bill Pugh, Chief Executive Officer, Smart Connections Consulting LLC
Kumar Ramalingam, Founder/CEO, Telaverge Communications, LLC.
Venkatesh Ramaswamy, Distinguished Chief Technologist, The MITRE Corporation
Estefania Ramirez, Digital Equity Coordinator, City of Dallas
Bradford Randall, Editor, Total Telecom
Andy Ray, Partner, Morgan, Lewis and Bockius LLP
Sara Raza, Clinical Fellow, Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation of Harvard Law School
Doug Recker, President/Founder, Duos Edge Ai
Mr. Randall Rene, Industry Director, ESRI
Brian Riley, US CEO, Hexatronic
Edyn Rolls, Chief Strategic Officer, Oklahoma Broadband Office
Michael Romano, Executive Vice President, NTCA-The Rural Broadband Association
Jess Ross, Executive Director, Austin Free-Net
Dave Roy, CEO, CONSULTY USA LLC
Jaspreet Sachdev, Co-founder, CEO, sauble.ai
Jennifer Sanders, Executive Director And Co-Founder, Dallas Innovation Alliance
Michael Santorelli, Director, ACLP, New York Law School
Mike Saperstein, SVP of Government Affairs and Chief Strategy Officer, WIA
Michal Sastinsky, CEO, BatteryCheck
Ramona Schindelheim, Editor-in-Chief, WorkingNation
Calen Schultz, Managing Director, Community Outreach Partners
Leslie Scott, Program Manager, KC Digital Drive
Chaitali Sengupta, Co-founder, Cirrus360
William Serratore, Director of Sustainability, City of Yonkers NY
Joel Silverman, CCO, Actifai
Ian Sinclair, AVP Member Technical Staff, AT&T
Justin Soileau, Senior Manager Expansion & Partnerships, Cox Communications
Logan Speights, Mentor, Instructor, Serial Entrepreneur, Tech FW
Megan Steckly, Chief Executive Officer, Compudopt
George Stegall, Vice President, Kinetic Ventures
Rick Talbot, Principal Analyst, ACG Research
Jian Tao, Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University
Karisa Tashjian, Senior Director of Programs and Strategic Partnerships, Digitunity
Jaren Tengan, Broadband Coordinator, Department of Hawaiian Home Lands
Charles Thomas, Chief Strategy Officer, Rural Broadband Partners
Mike Thompson, Advisor, QuantaWatt
Dexter Thompson, Telecom Solutions Engineer, 3-GIS LLC
Parul Thukral, CEO, SWIDEA
Roger Timmerman, CEO, UTOPIA Fiber
Will Townsend, Vice President & Principal Analyst - Networking & Security Practices, Moor Insights and Strategy
Ashley Travers, Vice President Strategic Partnerships, KGPCo
Ryan Treece, Global Business Development Manager – Data Platforms & AI Solutions, FreeWave Technologies
Thomas Tyler, Deputy Director, ConnectLA
Jonathan Van, EVP of Innovation and Business Development, E8 Internet
Rashmi Varma, President, Innovate5G Inc
Mark Vasconi, President, Vasconi Consulting LLC
Bobby vassallo, CTO, North Texas Fiber, Inc.
Phillip Way, Broadband Program Manager, Yuma County Government
Molly Weiner, Director, Local and Regional Planning, Connected Nation
Joseph Wender, Executive Director, SHLB Coalition
Lexi West, Officer, Broadband Access Initiative, The Pew Charitable Trusts
Doug White, 5G/xG Principal Engineer, The MITRE Corporation
Sarah White, Director of Operations and Strategic Partnerships, Tech FW
Meredith Williams, AVP Executive Branch, AT&T
Kyla Williams Tate, Director of Digital Equity, Cook County Government
Jay Wratten, Executive Digital Lead, WSP USA
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