ISE Magazine, August 2018

AU G U S T 2 0 1 8 ISEMAG COM 3 7 ISE EXPO 2018 Transforming Access With NGPON2 LEE HICKS Vice President of Network Planning Verizon co presenter As Vice President of Network Planning Lee is responsible for developing core network elements platform technology and feature road maps to meet Verizons long term infrastructure requirements Prior to his current position as Vice President of Global Network Engineering Lee was responsible for the engineering and implementation of wireline networks that support consumer enterprise and wholesale video data and voice services He also was responsible for video operations that support broadcast and on demand content acquisition transformation grooming delivery and ad insertion Lee also served as Vice President of Video Network Services and led the team responsible for engineering Verizons Fios video network including broadcast and interactive video services video content operations and in home network engineering Previous to this experience Lee was Vice President of Network Engineering and Planning for Verizons coast to coast area and led the team that planned designed and provisioned Verizons wireline infrastructure across 5 regions encompassing more than 19 million access lines in 18 states He also was Executive Director of FTTP network creation responsible for guiding the formation of the FTTP network and ensuring provisioning capabilities were in place for Fios services BRIAN TROSPER Vice President Global Maintenance Engineering Verizon co presenter Brian Trosper is Vice President of Verizons wireline maintenance engineering organization His responsibilities include managing network reliability programs new technology and service validation and deployment as well as post deployment vendor management for all consumer entereprise and wholesale network services Hes also responsible for power HVAC capacity engineering and construction of global central offices and data centers Prior to his current assignment Brian was Vice President of Real Estate Operations responsible for the engineering construction and operation of Verizons global real estate portfolio for the companys administrative network and data center portfolio Previously Brian was Executive Director of Engineering and Operations at Verizon and was responsible for central offices and data center engineering and operations globally Prior to joining Verizon Brian held a variety of positions at MCI He was Vice President of MCIs facilities and real estate team with responsibility for all aspects of its network and administrative real estate portfolio including engineering construction operation lease administration security and environmental health and safety compliance Brian also held the position of VIce President of corporate development where he was responsible for strategic acquisitions and divestitures The Evolution of Dynamic Networks KARL ARNE K A HEGEWALD Vice President of Network Infrastructure and Program Management Windstream Karl Arne K A Hegewald is Vice President of Network Infrastructure and Program Management at Windstream He has 18 years of telecommunications experience and supports the planning engineering and project management teams for ISP CLEC OSP and Network Program Management K A was previously Sr Director of Transport Network Engineering supporting Windstreams nationwide network expansion His prior experience also includes supporting strategic planning transport engineering and engineering project management teams at Qwest and CenturyLink 250 CHANCE TO WIN ATTEND SEMINARS Education Expert Boost Your Industry IQ and Win 250 Elevate your professional game by attending our general seminars that are tailored just for you Aside from the purely intellectual benefits of learning from the best and the brightest were giving away a 250 American Express gift card as an added bonus to one lucky general seminar attendee each day The more seminars you attend the more chances you will have to win Just be sure to attend the keynote on Wednesday and the Tech Talks on Thursday to hear your name called as the potential lucky winner How it Works 1 As you enter each seminar you attend on Wednesday August 15 and Thursday August 16 youll receive a raffle ticket You can attend up to 2 seminar sessions per day or a total of 4 seminars over both days 2 Each day after youve attended the seminars drop your raffle tickets into the drum located inside the keynote room Mile High Ballroom prior to the start of each keynote session Be sure to keep your half of the ticket 3 During the opening keynote on Wednesday August 15 and closing keynote Tech Talks on Thursday August 16 we will draw the winning raffle ticket and present a winner with a 250 American Express gift card at that time