ISE Magazine, August 2018

I S E I C T S O L U T I O N S E D U C AT I O N 3 6 Keynotes Opening Keynote Wednesday August 15 10 30 AM 11 30 AM Sponsored by JACK WATERS Chief Technology Officer and President of Fiber Solutions Zayo Group Join Jack to hear about the most pressing issues telecom providers face today from dark fiber strategies to fiber cell site densification Jack Waters is Chief Technology Officer CTO and President of Fiber Solutions at Zayo In this role he oversees global technology and fiber solutions strategy and execution He is also involved in all aspects of the business and is directly engaged with Zayos strategic customers technology vendors and alliance partners Prior to joining Zayo Jack was CTO at Level 3 Communications where he was focused on global network technology architecture engineering process and security He joined Level 3 in 1997 and held numerous leadership roles within the company spanning global operations and engineering Before joining Level 3 Jack served as an executive staff member for MCI Communications Inc with responsibility for network architecture design and implementation He was an original member of the team responsible for Internet MCI the companys initial Internet service Prior to MCI Jack served as Director of Engineering and Operations for SURAnet the Southeastern University Research and Academic Network Jack serves on the FCCs Technical Advisory Council and the board of directors for the Colorado Technology Association He holds a Bachelors of Science in Electrical Engineering from West Virginia University and a Masters of Science in Electrical Engineering from Johns Hopkins University Zayo is the leading global communications infrastructure services provider with calling cards such as high performance connectivity secure colocation and flexible cloud services Tech Talks Thursday August 16 10 30 AM 11 30 AM You want network evolution insights that are insightful to the point and interesting Thats why we are proud to present our 10 minute Tech Talk series These 4 respected network visionaries share their passion and problemsolving strategies for the always challenging wireless and wireline networks Network Engineering in the Age of Digital Transformation KEN PAKER CTO and SVP of Information and Network Technologies TDS Telecom Ken joined TDS Telecom in 1996 He was named Vice President of Network Services in 2006 and CTO in 2014 In 2018 he was appointed SVP In his current role Ken leads the Network Services and information technology departments In this capacity Ken has responsibility for guiding new product technology and presides over the architectural direction of the companys network He oversees the delivery of software and infrastructure projects across diverse state of the art technologies as well as the companys mission critical IT applications and services He also directs the planning engineering and building of TDS networks to ensure customers have access to the most reliable Internet phone and TV services Ken earned a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Biology from Purdue University a Master of Science in Computer Science from the University of Southern California and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Wisconsin Madison ISE EXPO 2018 Talks Sponsored in part by During the keynotes text your questions to 240 ISE EXPO 2404733976 We will take time after the presentations to answer as many as we can Each session will take place in the Mile High Ballroom