Profile Picture | Full Name | Company | Job Title | Speaking At | Attendee Bio |
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Layne Sisk | ServerPlus | CEO & Janitor | Updated Training for Customer Service Representatives | Layne is the CEO and Janitor at ServerPlus, and the Founder of Real Choice TV. Layne is a proud husband, father and grandfather. Layne has been active in the ISP industry for over 20 year and has a passion for great customer service. | |
Cliff Mandell | ICT - Innovative Circuit Technology | Business Development Manager | Mixing -48v, 48v, 24, In One System and How to Ground it All | Cliff Mandell, Business Development Manager with ICT, is very experienced in intelligent DC power plant solutions. In his six-plus years working with ICT, he has supported many WISPs in determining their DC power requirements for their sites, providing DC power plant recommendations to better support their business operations and further enhance their network , and providing follow-up training to help WISPs implement the DC power solution into their networks. | |
Frank DeJoy | Render Networks | Vice President Network Deployment | Fiber Deployment Options | Frank DeJoy is VP of Network Deployment for Render Networks, where he is leading the growth of Render Networks' North American business with a geospatial construction management SaaS platform. The Render solution enables network operators and builders to deploy broadband, fiber, and wireless networks faster while reducing risk and cost through digital transformation and automation. Render is the only construction management firm that has been recognized as a "FTTH Top 100 Company" by Broadband Communities for four consecutive years. Frank's thirty-year track record in telecommunications includes global business, network, and product development during executive roles at AT&T, Teleport Communications Group, General Dynamics, Dycom, Quanta Services, and Spectrum Effect (AI wireless startup). During his tenure at AT&T, Frank led the growth of the first wireless data network unit from its inception to support over $1B in ARR. Frank is a Senior Member of The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), a member of the Fiber Broadband Association (FBA), and BCSI. Frank also earned an MBA and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering with Highest Honors from Rutgers University. | |
Jeff Brown | Calix | Senior Director Field Marketing | Fiber Technologies - 10Gbps Design Overview Competition - Fiber, Satellite, Cable, DSL, 5G | Jeff Brown is Director of Product & Field Marketing for Calix. Jeff has been at Calix three and a half years, and prior to that he spent his entire career working for broadband service providers. He has extensive experience building and growing broadband markets for wireline and wireless network operators, having spent over 25 years leading Business Development, Product and Marketing organizations for companies including Windstream, Zayo, Covad, Suddenlink, Sprint and MCI. He resides in the greater Chicago area in Naperville, Illinois. | |
Ilissa Miller | DE-CIX | VP Market Development | Best Practices for Marketing | Ilissa Miller is the CEO and founder of iMiller Public Relations, the President of NEDAS, a co-founder of the Independent Data Center Alliance and serves as the VP of Market Development for DE-CIX, the world's largest carrier and data center neutral interconnection ecosystem. With more than 25 years in the digital infrastructure space, Ilissa is a data center, IXP, interconnection and network expert. | |
David Theodore | Climate Resilient Internet, LLC | Co-founder | Resiliency and Reliability in WISP networks | David Theodore pioneered the fixed wireless industry in 1987 as founder and CEO of Microwave Bypass. Microwave Bypass created the first 802.3 compatible, 10 Mbps wireless access tech, built on a 23GHz radio platform. It gave world leading universities, hospitals, research centers and tech companies their first access in the early days of the internet when fiber was scarce. Today, David is co-founder of Climate Resilient Internet where they're developing a new standard and certification program around resilience to extreme weather. The certification is meant to empower WISPs to kill it in the enterprise space, with a premium service that's sold by the gig, based on quality and criticality, not lowest price. Hit me up for more on that! | |
Graham Castleton | Outpost Plus | Owner | Starting A WISP - What You Should Know | Author of startyourownisp.com | |
Jonathan Black | CanWISP | Executive Director | Exit Strategies WISP Management Systems | Jonathan is the Executive Director of CanWISP (www.canwisp.ca) and an advisor to ISPs. In his role with CanWISP, Jonathan represents the WISP industry to the CRTC and at Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) on matter such as equal access to government funding, spectrum and industry regulation. Outside of his involvement in CanWISP, Jonathan is a management consultant and advisor to WISPs through Kuro Partners. He has held senior operational, advisory and financial roles in various technology and software companies. Jonathan lived the upside of the Internet bubble in Venture Capital (late 1990s) and learned more difficult lessons working inside an internet startup when that bubble burst. Jonathan has an MBA from Ivey Business School at Western University, a Graduate Diploma from Regent College and an Honors B.Math (Comp Sci / Applied Math) from the University of Waterloo. | |
Jeff Lytle | Sandy Beaches Software | President and Founder | How to Reduce Your Universal Service Fee Payments for Your VoIP Voice Services | Jeff Lytle has over 30 years of software development experience specifically related to telecommunications billing. As Sandy Beaches' founder and president, he's committed to the company's mission to help competitive communications companies grow and remain profitable by consistently delivering accurate bills and the software tools needed for superior customer service. Under his direction SBS made the INC. 500 list in 2003, the OKC Metro 50 Fastest Growing Privately Held Companies in 2002 and 2003. He was also a finalist for “Oklahoma’s Most Admired CEO’s” in 2010. Jeff proudly served in the USAF and holds a B.B.A. in Business from the University of Central Oklahoma. | |
Dennis Burgess | Link Technologies | (not set) | WISP Management Systems | Dennis Burgess is a Master MikroTik RouterOS Trainer and Engineer. Former WISPA Board member for 10 years, Dennis has been at the forefront of WISP and Fiber Technologies. He does consulting with Link Technologies, Inc, and does network design, engineer work with TowerCoverage.com. He is versed in MPLS, BGP, OSPF, Routing, TCP/IP, he also is a advocate for IPv6. | |
Ken Ruppel | Aviat Networks | ISP Sales | Practical Capacity and Distance for Licensed Backhaul RF Design and Planning | Ken is an official ‘old guy’ with 40 years of experience in the wireless backhaul industry, starting off as an intern at Harris-Farinon in 1981. Ken has a BSEE degree in microwave communications from the University of Santa Clara, with 10 years working in microwave reconnaissance, and holding several technical leadership positions at microwave radio companies including Western Multiplex, Exalt Communications and now Aviat Networks. One of Ken’s notable achievements was his involvement in the early 90’s with the Part 15 Coalition, contributing to the creation of the original ISM and UNII bands and technologies such as WiFi and Bluetooth. Ken now leads the North American WISP business unit at Aviat Networks and is the co-host of the YouTube series ‘ShopTalk with Jim & Ken’. | |
John Scrivner | Live Oak Bank | VP - Broadband | WISP Financing | John Scrivner currently serves as VP of Broadband for Live Oak Bank where he has been for the last three plus years. He previously worked for a decade in the CATV industry and then built and sold his WISP, Mt.Vernon.Net, Inc. John also served on the founding board of WISPA where he held the offices of President, Treasurer and several committee chair positions. | |
Mark Albertyn | Wisper ISP, LLC | CFO | Financial Accounting for WISP's Preparing for a Financial Statement Audit | Mark is currently the CFO at Wisper ISP and has been with Wisper for almost 4 years. Before joining Wisper Mark was in South Africa as the CFO in the Education and Training space. Mark has been in finance for over 25 years and has worked for the licensed operator of the National Lottery in South Africa as well as in the financial services sector for one of the top 4 banks. Mark has been a part owner in a currency trading business as well as having his own import and export company. Mark holds a bachelor’s and post graduate honors degrees in finance from the University of Pretoria in South Africa and Mark is a qualified Chartered Accountant (SA)… similar to a CPA qualification in the USA. Mark is passionate about sports and grew up swimming while later representing his home country of South Africa in Indoor and Beach Volleyball. | |
David Tews | Xtreme Enterprises, LLC | President | Earning Additional Revenue from Customers | David Tews is a telecommunications business executive with proven results over a 30 plus year career. A true Pioneer in the Cellular industry, David began his career in wireless in 1986 in Philadelphia with Metrophone. He managed, designed and built numerous towns, cities and highways of cellular networks in the Northeast United States. In the early 1990s, David became a partner of Americell, a rural cellular operator in the Northeast and Midwest. In the mid 1990s David was recognized as an authority on building and operating cost effective networks in rural America. Throughout his career he has continued to evolve his networks by adopting the latest technology available in the industry. In 2015 David started Xtreme Internet, a Wireless Internet Service Provider (WISP), operating in conjunction with a cellular network. As a WISP, Xtreme Internet has deployed and analyzed numerous WISP technologies. As founder and CEO of XtremeLTE, David entered into a strategic partnership with Ericsson to distribute and support a value added LTE solution to the WISP and private LTE market. By strategically partnering with the leaders in the Broadband Industry, XtremeLTE is solving the challenge of bringing broadband to rural America. | |
Corey Johnson | JBRI Holdings | Managing Partner | Exit Strategies Competition - Fiber, Satellite, Cable, DSL, 5G | • Corey Johnson: Co-Founder & Managing Partner: Chief Investment Officer • Corey Johnson is a Co-Founder and Managing Partner of JBRI and is a board member of all JBRI portfolio companies. • Together with Gabrielle Johnson, Garrick Johnson and Darryl Johnson, he launched JBRI Holdings in 2017 and establish the firms’ investment strategy, which focuses on driving value creation through its Core ++ investment and operating model. • Since its founding JBRI has invested more than $18m of capital over two investment partnerships. Mr. Johnson has helped oversee each of the firm’s investments (including sourced and allocated co-investment). • Previously, Mr. Johnson was a Managing Director at Cordiant Capital responsible for oversight of global telecom infrastructure investments. He previously worked at Comverse, a telecommunication technology company where he executed on the global turnaround & restructuring prior to selling the business for $600m. • He started his real estate investing career at American Tower Corporation, where he supported the North American mobile tower acquisition efforts through a period of market consolidation, completing $12b of tower transactions, including the industries first ‘Aaa’ debt securitization. | |
Mark Radabaugh | Amplex | CEO | WISP Financing Technical Considerations in Multi Access Networks | Mark Radabaugh is the President of Amplex Internet that has been providing broadband to Northwest Ohio since 1997 and now serves thousands of residences and businesses. He has been a member of WISPA since 2006. In 2020, Mark was elected Chairman of the WISPA Board of Directors. | |
Tom Mitchell | netElastic | Vice President, Strategy & Business Development | Technical Considerations in Multi Access Networks | Tom Mitchell is Vice President of Strategy and Business Development at netElastic Systems, Inc. a leading supplier of virtual networking technologies for Service Providers. He has over 30 years of networking industry experience driving strategic customer, partner and investor relationships. Tom co-founded and served as the Chief Executive of RadioLAN, and has held senior Sales, Marketing, and Business Development roles at companies such as Alloy Computer Products, Apple, Brocade, and Proxim. Tom can be reached at tmitchell@netelastic.com | |
Michael Mazer | Mazer Telecom Advisors, LLC | President | All Things Private Equity | Investment banker specializing in the telecom industry | |
Thomas Forte | Red Jacket Solutions | President | Starting A WISP - What You Should Know Legal Requirements of Installing Fiber | (not set) | |
Alex Freylekhman Freylekhman | Telrad Networks | VP of Sales | The Benefits of pLTE | Alex Freylekhman is an industry veteran who’s mission statement of making world faster one network at the time, has become a life mission. Having an advanced degree in computer science, and nearly 20 year experience with wireless broadband he brings a wealth of knowledge and practical skill into any broadband conversation or project. | |
Skip Hirvela | Calix | Vice President Regional Sales Partners | Revenue Now, Fiber Later | (not set) | |
(not set) | Vince Schuele | IP Architechs Managed Services | Network Architect | Network/Traffic Engineering | (not set) |
(not set) | Christian Kurasek | (not set) | (not set) | Helium, Pollen and Other Ways to Monetize Your Existing Broadcast Sites | (not set) |
(not set) | Jason Mies | Infinite Electronics/KP Performance Antennas | Director of Sales | Grounding - Stop Losing Equipment | (not set) |
(not set) | Bentley Claudon | (not set) | (not set) | Amazing Customer Service - It's All in The Little Things | (not set) |
(not set) | Rex Lee | Cyber Talk TV | (not set) | Ransomware - Proofing Your ISP | (not set) |
(not set) | Kevin Czaicki | Millennium | VP of Broadband Solutions | (not set) | |
(not set) | Somi Alapati | Mavenir | VP Strategy, Business Development, Head of ORAN Solutions NA | The Benefits of pLTE WiFi 6e for Fixed Wireless Access Deep Dive Revenue Now, Fiber Later | SOMI ALAPATI is a VP of Strategy, Business Development, Head of ORAN Solutions, North America, at Mavenir based in Richardson, Texas. He is responsible for strategy, ORAN solutions for MNOs, Rural Carriers, and Cable Carriers in the USA. Prior roles have spanned radio access, voice core, and packet core network products. With over 27 years of experience in wireless & communications systems, Somi held a variety of technology and leadership roles including product architecture, product management, engineering, research & development, and technology trials. Somi holds a Master’s Degree in Computer Science from University of North Texas, Denton. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science & Engineering from National Institute of Technology, Warangal, India. Somi lives in the Dallas area with his wife and two children. |
(not set) | Jesse Raasch | Baicells Technologies | CTO | Helium, Pollen and Other Ways to Monetize Your Existing Broadcast Sites | (not set) |
(not set) | Cory Strange | EdgeTeam Technology | CEO | Earning Additional Revenue from Customers | (not set) |
(not set) | Amie Hsu | Vilo | COO | Earning Additional Revenue from Customers | (not set) |
(not set) | David Island | Cambium Networks | Regional Sales Director | (not set) | |
(not set) | James Lee | Federated Wireless | (not set) | How Important are PALs to my CBRS Deployment? | (not set) |
(not set) | Kurt Albershardt | Mimbres Communications | (not set) | Mixing -48v, 48v, 24, In One System and How to Ground it All | (not set) |
(not set) | Mark Foster | TP-LINK USA CORPORATION | Director of IoT | CBRS and Other Private Network Strategies | (not set) |
(not set) | Amanda Scherer | AdTran | (not set) | Gigabit Marketing | (not set) |
(not set) | William King Jr | Media King Communications | VP Business Development | Marketing to the Government | (not set) |
(not set) | Scott Piehn | Computer Dynamics/JCWIFI | Manager | Grounding - Stop Losing Equipment | (not set) |
(not set) | Kent Higgins | HCC Utility Construction | Manager | Which Way to Build - Up or Down? | (not set) |
(not set) | Matt Hamlin | EdgeTeam Technology | VP of Sales | Which Way to Build - Up or Down? | (not set) |
(not set) | ELLA GEMMELL | VILO | ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE | Culture vs Company Values: What Do I Need? | (not set) |
(not set) | Allie Schomaker | Fibersmith | Director of Marketing & Customer Engagement | WISP Marketing/PR | (not set) |
(not set) | Richard Webster | Ethoplex | Director of Business Development | WISP Marketing/PR Building Customer Confidence To Switch to FWA | • Currently the Director of Business Development @ Ethoplex for 3 Years • Corporate Account Executive with AT&T (Cingular/Legacy AT&T Blue) • Owned PC Repair Business in West Bend, WI Name Your Price PC • General Manager with Vibratrim • Direct Sales Representative with Spectrum (Charter/Time Warner) • A+ Certified, Networking Certification • Designed and Implemented Live Streaming system for his Church • His Kids are his Hobby |
(not set) | William Hadala | MetaVerse Capital, LLC | CSO | All Things Private Equity | (not set) |
(not set) | Mark Dallas | AW Broadband | (not set) | Hybrid Wireless/Fiber to the Home Legal Requirements of Installing Fiber | (not set) |
(not set) | Sakid Ahmed | Cambium Networks | General Manager of ePMP & cnVision Business | WiFi 6e for Fixed Wireless Access Deep Dive | (not set) |
(not set) | Jordan Fong | Alyrica Networks | Customer Support Manager | Resiliency and Reliability in WISP networks | (not set) |
(not set) | Daran Hermans | Cambium Networks | Director, Product Line Management | MDU/MTU Cost Analysis - To Rewire or To NOT Rewire | (not set) |
(not set) | Jay Anderson | FiberLight | Chief Technology Officer | Fiber for the Longhaul | Jay Anderson has more than 20 years of Networking Engineering and Management Leadership experience within the telecommunications industry. As FiberLight’s Chief Engineer, he leads the company in network design, planning and evolution in addition to steering alignment across functional teams throughout the business. During his tenure at FiberLight, Jay has held multiple other responsibilities, through which he has promoted organizational growth via new initiatives and effective use of processes and software. Prior to joining FiberLight, Jay was Director of Regional Engineering for FiberTower LLC, where he managed a team of engineers focused on planning, designing and implementing backhaul networks supporting the major Wireless Carriers in the United States. Other past experiences include Bluegrass Cellular and AT&T Wireless where he designed and managed cellular and backhaul networks. |
(not set) | Isaac Kim | Ciena | Senior Systems Engineer | Fiber for the Longhaul Transport to Peering: An Efficient Way to Improve Network Performance | (not set) |