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Presentation: Executives' Perspectives on Broadband in 2020

Each January we hold an "Executives Perspectives" call to which we invite knowledgeable Telco and/or vendor

executives to inform the membership of broadband industry trends and their thoughts of how best to address

them in the coming year. We also ask our speakers to share their “crystal ball” view of what will be “Hot in

2020.”

Panelists:

• Jeff Small - President of Kinetic at Windstream

Mr. Small is the President of Windstream’s Kinetic Business Unit with annual

revenues of approximately $2 billion. Mr. Small has led a resurgence of the

Kinetic consumer broadband business, transforming broadband trends from

annual subscriber losses of 5% to annual subscriber growth in each of the last

two years.

Prior to being named President of Kinetic, Mr. Small was the Executive Vice

President of Engineering and Network Operations for Windstream, Senior Vice

President of Operations at Uniti, Vice President of Procurement and Wholesale

Service Delivery for Windstream.

Mr. Small is a graduate of Arkansas State University and a Certified Public

Accountant (inactive). His early career included five years in public accounting

with Arthur Andersen and various finance and accounting leadership roles at Windstream.

• Andrew Buchert - VP of Field Services at TDS

Andrew was named VP of Field Services in February 2017.

In this role, Andrew has responsibility for the entire Field Services

team—the largest employee group at TDS Telecom. Under his

guidance, this team provides timely service installations for

consumer and commercial customers, across the company's entire

footprint. They also perform routine preventative maintenance,

including testing the integrity of the inside and outside plant

networks to ensure ongoing availability of internet, video and voice

services. In addition, this team is responsible for repairing any

service-related outages regardless of the cause.

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Having joined TDS Telecom in 1989, Andrew has taken on numerous leadership roles, with additional levels of

responsibility. During his three decades, Andrew spent time leading teams in Product Management, IT Project

Management, and Operations.

Outside of work, Andrew enjoys spending time with family and a variety of outdoor activities such as golfing,

boating, skiing, sports cars, and off-road riding.

Andrew holds a Bachelor of Science in Technical Communications from the University of Wisconsin-Platteville a

Master of Business Administration from Edgewood College.

Andrew was named an ICT Visionary in 2018 and has been featured in numerous ISE magazine articles.

• Perry Roach - CEO of Netsweeper Perry is a transformational leader with an exceptional record of driving growth

and creating customer-centric organizations. Perry’s experience in sales,

marketing, finance, operations and international business is unique. He has

passionately pursued successful outcomes for customers, partners and his teams

across multiple Technology industry sectors in Canada, Europe, Middle East, Asia

Pacific, India, Africa and the Americas. (The World) Perry’s commitment to Team

Members and the customer is unprecedented. Perry strives to be a Man of Value,

not a man of success.

Perry’s mandate is to continue to strengthen Netsweeper’s market, and to ensure technology excellence in

Enforcing the Laws and Rules on the Internet, and Web Access Management Security.

• Perry Holds a BA Economics, Minor Business, University of Western Ontario (UWO) London Canada • Favorite sports team – Toronto Maple Leafs Ice Hockey • Happiest memory – Summers at the lake with Family in Canada • He grew up in Toronto surrounding area