ISE Magazine, August 2018
AU G U S T 2 0 1 8 WWW ISEMAG COM 1 5 ISE EXPO 2018 By Sharon Vollman ISE YOUR ROLE It must be interesting balancing being the CTO AND President of Fiber Solutions Tell us about the ups and downs of that role What would you recommend to someone who wants to achieve such a high level position in their career Jack Waters From a career perspective its been a tremendous opportunity to balance both roles I have been a CTO for more than 20 years so I generally know how to do that job Running Fiber Solutions Zayos largest business segment is incredibly challenging and rewarding Im honored that our CEO Dan Caruso and the board of directors have confidence in my leadership and Im grateful for an amazing team here at Zayo My advice to others always stretch yourself at any age You can do far more than you think is possible NETWORK PLANNING Talk about the biggest challenges providers face as they plan for 2019 JW In our case execution is our biggest challenge as we help our customers increase their infrastructure capacity prepare for 5G and integrate new technologies like machine learning and AI The demand is there We have a strong foundation the right organization and leadership tremendous people and a great network in North America and Europe Our challenge is to sell construct install and manage services doing all of this while delighting our customers every day FTTT DEAL Please share the unique challenges the macro tower project presents and how it impacts your field teams given the scope of the turnkey implementations site acquisition permitting and the timeline to accelerate 5G for this wireless provider JW Zayo was uniquely positioned to win this deal which leverages a lot of our existing network Our objective is to exceed our customers expectations in terms of the speed to implement and the quality of our network The scope of the macro tower project falls within the normal and well understood role of the Zayo field operations team in that it involves the construction of relatively short fiber laterals off of the existing Zayo fiber backbone predominantly in jurisdictions that Zayo is already familiar with permitting requirements In addition the macro project positions Zayo to expand its response to 5G proposals in that it increases the metropolitan fiber footprint and brings additional macro sites on net which will be used to aggregate small cell and 5G node traffic In the last two years the Zayo field operations team has become experienced with small cell and 5G turnkey deployments successfully deploying several turn key markets and continuing to leverage our extensive fiber footprint to expand Zayos role in the 5G and small cell arena Jack Waters CTO and President of Fiber Solutions Zayo Group Attend his interactive keynote on Wednesday August 15 2018 at the Colorado Convention Center Denver Colorado
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