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