Creators and Guests

Christos serves as the Chief Executive Officer of the US operations for Boldyn Networks where he oversees all aspects of the company's business. He is responsible for leading the company's US growth across its tower, small cell, DAS, fiber, and Wi-Fi solutions. Christos has led the Boldyn Networks team for the development of tens of thousands of cell towers, DAS networks, and small cell nodes across the US and international markets. In addition, he has led the company’s public venue strategy which has resulted in the deployment of some of the largest in- building DAS and Wi-Fi networks in the country, and installations at stadiums and arenas across all major professional sporting leagues. Christos has overseen Boldyn Networks' successes such as the design of the world's largest Wi- Fl network in Las Vegas and setting the record for most mobile data traffic on an oDAS network during any event in history at the 2017 Kentucky Derby on Boldyn Networks' Churchill Downs DAS network. Before joining Boldyn Networks, Christos specialized in real estate advisory services and the wireless communications Industry with Deloitte Consulting. While at Deloitte, he provided operational and network optimization strategies to the world's largest wireless carriers.

Donna Johnson is CMO at Cradlepoint and Ericsson Enterprise Wireless Solutions, driving go-to-market strategies for its portfolio of wireless WAN, private networks and security solutions. Throughout her career, Donna has worked with network management and infrastructure products, holding positions of engineering management, product management and product marketing at companies such as Talari Networks, Objective Systems Integrators and Dorado Software. Most recently, she was director of product marketing for NetScaler SD-WAN with Citrix.

Lynn Whitcher currently serves as President of WWLF. Lynn is dedicated to supporting the next generation of leaders in the wireless and digital infrastructure industry, narrowing the digital divide, and ensuring fair access to broadband. She has served on the Board of Directors of WWLF since 2009, including as Executive Director of Brand Management, Co-Executive Director of Education, and Secretary. Lynn also serves as General Counsel of MD7, an infrastructure consultancy headquartered in Allen, Texas and Dublin, Ireland, serving 26 countries and 6 continents. Lynn is an adventure seeker at heart. She loves traveling to new places and experiencing the people, food, culture, history, and geography. In her spare time, you can find her taking on a new challenge (amateur carpentry, fishing) or exploring some of the local towns in her new home of North Texas. To contact Lynn, email her at President@wwlf.org.

Patrick Halley is President and Chief Executive Officer of the Wireless Infrastructure Association (WIA). WIA represents over 140 companies that develop, build, own and operate the nation’s wireless infrastructure and is the leading authority on all things wireless.

Stacey Thompson is Chief Operating Officer at ADB Companies. Stacey is a highly successful, and a well-regarded business leader who is passionate about driving results and creating solutions for customers. Stacey is currently responsible for leading our day-to-day operations across all lines of business, program management and driving operational efficiency with safety as the number 1 priority.  Stacey has 26+ years of experience in construction, engineering, design-build, and implementation of fiber & wireless networks across 50 states and 4 countries. Her management background includes leading 8,000+ people and 4,000 vendor partners, as well as the development and implementation of cross functional systems, automation, and tooling.  She has special interest in encouraging women in leadership through relationships and mentoring.  Stacey is incredibly passionate about leading people to realize their potential and success.

Trent Edwards is the President of Mears Broadband, LLC. Trent leads all facets of the organization including strategy, sales, and operations. He has over 24 years of diverse experience including leadership and management roles in capital and network planning, engineering, operations, construction, network management, safety, and service delivery. Prior to joining Mears Broadband, Trent served as Senior Vice President of US Operations at Ledcor Technical Services and Vice President of Operations at XO Communications.