Approach
​Our experienced broadband development team has a proven track record helping community stakeholders initiate action on broadband services and programs. We've accomplished this for our team's client communities through leadership facilitation and education on leading-edge broadband technologies and industry best practices. We take a holistic, yet customized, approach throughout our areas of services, tailored to the broadband goals of the community, agency, or broadband provider seeking our guidance:

• Engage area providers, advocates, community leaders, and other stakeholders to pool their resources and expertise towards achieving the goal of enhancing local or regional broadband access, adoption, and impact.
• Advocate for programs, policies and initiatives that ensure fair access to broadband and programs that maximize access and adoption by all members of a community.
• Advise to help communities determine and set viable broadband goals and then navigate the complexities of broadband deployment, services, and programs to maximize the communitywide benefits that follow.

Services

1. Capacity and demand evaluation, including facilitating in-person and virtual workshops, conducting broadband-specific online surveys, mapping analysis, and analyzing results.
2. Program, service, and technical resource assessments, with SWOT analysis and situational assessments pertaining to operations, funding options, partnering opportunities, and internal capacities.
3. Viability modeling incorporating evaluation of potential demand, technology delivery options, high level design costs (provided by outside third parties), project or program financial factors, and risk assessments.
4. Strategy planning that impacts customer or program participatory growth, access to sustainable human capital, and degree of leveraging industry-leading digital technologies and platforms.

Specialty Areas and Team Members

Technical & Resource Management: Curtis Dean (CBAN Executive Director)

Finance & Infrastructure: Todd Kielkopf (Practice Leader)

​Strategy & Digital Transformation:  Aaron Santos (Data & AI Stratigest), Tushar Sharma, Chris Draper, Ben Stineman

Examples of Solutions and Successes​
Administering a 3-county NDIA grant-funded digital equity program. Also advise another county and an economic development agency on digital empowerment program design.

Analyzed maps and data, then prepared state broadband office applications for 2 counties, with 4 area submissions being ranked as Top 10 state priorities. 

Compiled high-level construction data and operating financial models for potential market expansion in 2 countywide studies, resulting in private providers now serving gaps.

Team members have been lead advisers to a combined 7 startup broadband utilities, from pre-feasibility studies, to strategy implementation, and through operational launch.

Specific client engagement and scope of work information is available upon request.​