Speaker List

Shawn Arner
Deputy Assistant Administrator
USDA RUS

James Baller
President
Baller Stokes & Lide, PC

Christy Batts
Broadband Division Director
CDE Lightband

Brad Baumann
Gabe's Construction Company

Lauren Bender
Chief Operating Officer and Founder
Lit Communities

Jeff Bertholdi
Director
City Utilities of Springfield

Guy Bevente
Founder and Principal
BevTek LLC

Hank Blackwood
Chief Technical Services Officer
Dalton Utilities

Doug Blue
Business Development - North America
Nokia

Tanya Bohannon
Director of Communications
T.A.K. Fiber Optics

Gary Bolton
President & CEO
Gary Bolton

Jeff Boozer
Market Development Strategy, Utility and Municipal Sector
ETI Software Solutions

Kevin Lee Bourg
Director, Commercial Technology – 5G Wireless
Corning Optical Communications

Mark Boxer
Technology Manager, Solutions and Applications Engineering
OFS

Mike Browder
CEO
Bristol Tennessee Essential Services

John Burchett
Head of Policy, Google Fiber
Google Inc.

Chris Calhoun
Newport Utilities

Brendan Carr
FCC Commissioner
FCC

Craig Corbin
Sales Director
ETI Software Solutions

Larry Daluz
Senior VP of Infrastructure Services Group
AFL

Michael Dargue
Vice President
Cartesian

Clayton Dowell
Director of Engineering
Bristol TN Essential Services

Morne Erasmus
Director, Smart Cities
CommScope

Katie Espeseth
Vice President of New Products
EPB

Stacy Evans
Chief Broadband Officer
BrightRidge

James Falvey
Partner
Lawler Metzger Keeny & Logan

David Finn
Director of Corporate Development
Google Fiber

Teles Fremin
Chief Communications Engineer
LUS Fiber

Ron Frye
Cmcn Field Operations Supervisor
LUS Fiber

Jeff Gavlinski
Marketing Director Strategic Associations & Alliances
Calix

John George
Senior Director, Solutions and Professional Services
OFS

Jeremy Graves
President
Pivot Group

Melani Griffith
VP of Customer Experience
Google Inc.

Mary Ellen Grom
Executive Director of Marketing
AFL

Guy Gunther
Consumer Fiber Markets
CenturyLink

Trey Hall, Walker and Associates
CTO
Walker and Associates

Drew Hardin
President
Precision Power

Jeremy Harris
Director, Portfolio Management
ADTRAN, Inc.

Gary Hasler
Market Manager
Clearfield, Inc.

Suzy Hays
Chief Marketing Officer
C Spire

Ronald Heron
Lead Technology Strategist Fix Networks CTO Team
Nokia

John Hill
Manager, eCommerce - Communications
GVTC Communications

Karen Hoch
Director of Marketing Communications
Lumos Networks / NorthState

John Hogie
Program Manager
Google Inc.

Joanne Hovis
President
Columbia Telecommunications Corp

Crystal Ivey
Broadband Director
Tennessee Department of Economic & Community Development

Scott Jackson
National Market Manager - Broadband (Markets & Applications)
Graybar

Kurt Jacobs
Director, Solutions
JMA Wireless

Joe Jensen
Director, Americas FTTH Market Development
Corning Incorporated

Lindsey Johansen
Communications & Marketing Manager
Loveland Pulse

Joseph Jones
Executive Vice President
On Trac, Inc.

Colman Keane
Broadband Executive Director
Fort Collins Connexion

Joe Kunz
Project Manager
Google Inc.

Chris M. Laughlin
Communications Associate
Kelly Drye & Warren

Dr. Bento Lobo
Department Head of Finance & Economics, First Tennessee Bank
University of Tennessee Chattanooga

Gregg Logan
Vice President of Engineering
Telapex,Inc for C Spire

Valerie Lucas
Product Manager & Strategist
EPB

Hodgen Mainda
Past Commissioner
Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance

Carol Mattey
Principal
Mattey Consulting LLC

Darrell Maynard
President
Eastern Telephone & Technologies

Timothy McAfee
CEO
Pioneer Broadband

Ryan McCowan
Director of Product Management, Fiber Access and Aggregation
ADTRAN, Inc.

Kimberly McKinley
CMO
UTOPIA Fiber

Carl Meyerhoefer
Sr. Director Solutions Marketing
Calix

Wolfgang Moench
Senior Product Line Manager
Viavi Solutions

Brad Moline
President
Allo Communications

Ben Moncrief
Sr VP - Strategic Relations
C Spire

Kevin Morgan
Chief Marketing Officer
Clearfield, Inc.

Peter Murray
Executive Director
Dense Networks

Tony Ostrander
Business Development Manager – Professional Services
OFS

Doug Peters
President & CEO
TVPPA

Staci L Pies
VP, Government and Regulatory Affairs
Crown Castle

Michael C Render
President
RVA LLC

Bill Routt
President & COO
MobiTV

Chad Rupe
Acting Administrator for Rural Utilities Service
USDA Rural Development

Gene Scott
General Manager OSP
City of Wilson

Erin Shanley
Broadband Marketing Manager
The City of Fort Collins

Ryan Smith, City of Loveland Water and Power
Engineering Manager
City of Loveland - Pulse

JR Smith
Broadband Engineering Design Services
Preformed Line Products

George Stegall
Connectivity Manager
Alabama Power Company

Paul Sulisz
CEO
Biarri Networks

Brian Taylor
General Manager
CDE Lightband

Patrick Thibeault
Chief Technology Officer
The Broadband Group

Mark Tichenor
Executive Vice President
On Trac, Inc.

Sandra Tilley
Sr. Vice President Brand Strategies

David Wade
President and CEO
EPB of Chattanooga

Monica Webb
Director, Market Development & Govt Affairs
Ting Internet

Nancy Werner
General Counsel
NATOA

Jeremy Williams
VP Operations
AEG

John Williams
Enginering Program Manager
Magellan Advisors, LLC

Melissa Wright
Manager of Project Management Department
Smithville Communications, Inc.

Kevin Wynne
Head of Comsof Americas
Comsof Americas