METROCONNECT
29 - 31 January 2018, Miami
METROCONNECT 29 - 31 January 2018, Miami
THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING METRO CONNECT 2018Dear Delegate,
Thank you so much for your attendance at Metro Connect 2018. We hope that you had successful meetings and networking in Miami.
Over the years, Metro Connect has become the largest event for discussing and strategizing the most important developments in the North American infrastructure industry. This year’s event deep dived into documentation, technologies such as SD-WAN, 5G and the ever demanding needs of the consumer. Metro Connect set the agenda for the infrastructure community and provided an in-depth insight into the challenges and opportunities in 2018.
The Metro Connect team would like to extend a special thanks to all of our speakers who graciously agreed to speak on the programme and deliver their perspective on the industry’s most pressing challenges and opportunities.
We would also like to take this opportunity to thank the event sponsors and exhibitors who without their support the event would not be possible.
Please click here to view the full list of exhibitors.
The Metro Connect team look forward to seeing you next year.
Best,
Metro Connect Team
METROCONNECT 29 - 31 January 2018, Miami
Attendee representation
600+SENIOR-LEVEL
ATTENDEES
289+COMPANIES
48SPEAKERS
46%C-LEVEL/DIRECTOR
PRESIDENT
148NEW COMPANIES
25SPONSORS & EXHIBITORS
29MEETING SPACES
20+HOURS OF
NETWORKING
658MEETINGS
REQUESTED (VIA MEETME)
717MEETME MESSAGES
EXCHANGED
METROCONNECT 29 - 31 January 2018, Miami
Sectors in attendance
SMALL CELLS
CABLE / MSO’S
DATA CENTER
CLOUD SERVICE PROVIDERS
OPERATORS
CABLE SYSTEM VENDORS
CONTENT PROVIDERS
INVESTORSMETRO FIBER
TOWER COMPANIES
CARRIERSIXPS
CONSULTANTS & ANALYSTS
LEGAL FIRMS
METROCONNECT 29 - 31 January 2018, Miami
Networking functions
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DAY ONE BEER & BBQ DAY TWO COFFEE & NETWORKING BREAK
DAY TWO COFFEE & NETWORKING BREAK DAY THREE NETWORKING BREAKFAST
DAY TWO EVENING DRINKS RECEPTIONDAY TWO LUNCH DAY TWO NETWORKING BREAKFAST
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Who attended? 1025 CONNECT 3-GIS 3I 910 TELECOM AB - PRIVATE CREDIT INVESTORS ACCESS POINT INC ALLIED TELECOM GROUP ALPHA TECHNOLOGIES ALPHEUS COMMUNICATIONS ALTICE ALTMAN VILANDRIE & COMPANY AMAZON AMERICAN AXESS AMERICAN TOWER AMP CAPITAL AMS-IX ANOVA TECHNOLOGIES ANTIN INFRASTRUCTURE APPLEBY GROUP ARMDCS ARVIG ENTERPRISES AT&T ATLANTIC ACM ATLANTIC BROADBAND ATN INTERNATIONAL ATP HOLDING LLC AXCENT NETWORKS B2 TELECOM BANK STREET BARCLAYS BERKSHIRE PARTNERS BLACK & VEATCH BLUEBIRD NETWORK BMGI BRIGHTWOOD CAPITAL ADVISORS BROADSTAFF
BROOKFIELD ASSET MANAGEMENT BROOKFIELD INFRASTRUCTURE
GROUP BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN & CO. BTIG C SPIRE C3NTRO TELECOM CAPITAL GROUP CAPITAL ONE CHARLESMEAD ADVISORS CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS OPERATING LLC
CHARTER SPECTRUM BUSINESS CIENA CINCINNATI BELL CIRBN CLEAREON FIBER NETWORK CLEARWAVE CLOUDFLARE COATUE COBANK COLO ATL COLUMBIA CAPITAL COLUMBUS FIBERNET COMCAST COMMONWEALTH EDISON COMMUNICATIONS DATA GROUP COMMUNICATIONS TOWER GROUP COMPEER FINANCIAL COMPETITIVE TELECOMS GROUP COMSTAR SUPPLY CONGRUEX CONNECTED2FIBER CONSOLIDATED COOPERATIVECONSULTING CONTERRA NETWORKS
CONTERRA ULTRA BROADBAND CONTINENTAL TOWERS COWEN & CO COX BUSINESS CPPIB CREDITSIGHTS CRESTLINE INVESTORS CRESTVIEW PARTNERS CROSS RIVER FIBER CROSSLAKE FIBRE CROWN CASTLE DARK FIBER AND INFRASTRUCTURE DARTPOINTS DATA ECONOMY DATAVISION DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE DC BLOX DELOITTE DENSE NETWORKS DEUTSCHE BANK DEUTSCHE TELEKOM NORTH
AMERICA DIGITAL BRIDGE DODGE & COX DQE COMMUNICATIONS DR. PENG TELECOM & MEDIA GROUP DREXEL HAMILTON ECC TECHNOLOGIES FIBER NETWORKS
ECO-SITE EDGECONNEX EKINOPS ELECTRICOM EMITEL EQT PARTNERS ESSENTIA
EUROFIBER EVERCORE PARTNERS EVERSTREAM EX2 TECHNOLOGY EXELON EXPEREO EXTENET SYSTEMS FALKENBERG CORP FARALLON CAPITAL FIBER OPTIC CONSTRUCTION FIBER SENSE FIBERLIGHT FIDELITY COMMUNICATIONS FIERA INFRASTRUCTURE FIFTH GEN MEDIA FIRSTLIGHT FLEXENTIAL FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS GEORGIA PUBLIC WEB GI PARTNERS GLOBENET GO NETSPEED GOLDMAN SACHS GRAIN MANAGEMENT GRANITE GREAT PLAINS COMMUNICATIONS GREENLIGHT NETWORKS GTT COMMUNICATIONS HAMMER FIBER HARGRAY COMMUNICATIONS HARRON VENTURES HIGHFIELDS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT HORIZON TELCOM HORVATH HOTWIRE COMMUNICATIONS HURRICANE ELECTRIC
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HYLAN DATACOM IBM RESILIENCY SERVICE ICON INFRASTRUCTURE IMARKET2 INCOMPAS INDEPENDENTS FIBER NETWORK INDIANA FIBER NETWORK ING INOC INTEGRA INTERCONNECT MIAMI JBL COMMUNICATIONS JSA TV JUMP TRADING JUNIPER NETWORKS KANSAS FIBER NETWORK KKR KLEIN LAW GROUP LAZARD LIBERTY MEDIA LIGHTRIVER TECHNOLOGIES LOGIX COMMUNICATIONS LOGIX FIBER NETWORKS LUMOS NETWORKS M/C PARTNERS MACQUARIE CAPITAL MADISON DEARBORN PARTNERS MAMMOTH NETWORKS MAPCOM SYSTEMS MC PARTNERS MEF MEGABROADBAND MERIDIAN FIBER METRO COMMUNICATIONS. METRO FIBER NETWORKS MICROSOFT MID-ATLANTIC BROADBAND MIDCO MIDWEST FIBER NETWORKS MOBILITIE MORGAN STANLEY
MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS MOX NETWORKS MTP MEXICO TOWER MANAGEMENT MUFG MUIR EQUITY, LLC MVP CAPITAL NATCO COMMUNICATIONS NATIONAL FIBER NETWORKS DE MEXICO
NEBRASKA DATA CENTERS NEBRASKALINK NETLY FIBER NETWORK BUILDING + CONSULTING NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE INVENTORY
NETWORK USA NEUTRAL PATH COMMUNICATIONS NEWBY VENTURES NI2 NJFX NORTH STATE COMMUNICATIONS NOVACAP NPG, INC. NTCH INC. DBA CLEARTALK NXGEN PARTNERS OBERNDORF ENTERPRISES OPTIC ZOO NETWORKS OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS GROUP PACKETFABRIC PAMLICO CAPITAL PARADIGM TELECOM PCCW GLOBAL PEPPERTREE CAPITAL PHILLIPS LYTLE PILOT FIBER PREPA NETWORKS PS LIGHT WAVE INC QTS DATA CENTERS QUANTA TELECOM SERVICES QUORDINATES RBC CAPITAL MARKETS
RCN REGIONS SECURITIES RIDGELINK RIDGEMONT EQUITY PARTNERS RITTER COMMUNICATIONS ROTHSCHILD SANDY FEET ADVISORS AND EQT SBA COMMUNICATIONS SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SEABORN NETWORKS SEAPORT CAPITAL SEARCHLIGHT CAPITAL SKYWIRE NETWORKS SONIC SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON SOUTHERN TELECOM SPECTRUM BUSINESS SPECTRUM ENTERPRISE SPENCER STUART SPIRIT COMMUNICATIONS SPO PARTNERS SPREAD NETWORKS STEPHENS STONEPEAK PARTNERS STRATUS NETWORKS SUMMIT BROADBAND SUMMITIG SUNTRUST TD SECURITIES TDF VENTURES TELAMON TELECOM RAMBLINGS TELEGEOGRAPHY TELEQUALITY COMMUNICATIONS TELNYX THAYER POWER AND COMMUNICATIONS
THE STEPHENS GROUP, LLC T-MOBILE TPG CAPITAL TROY CABLEVISION
TSIC UBS UFINET UNITE PRIVATE NETWORKS UNITI FIBER UNITI GROUP UPN FIBER US BANK USA FIBER VAST NETWORKS VERIZON PARTNER SOLUTIONS VERTICAL BRIDGE VERTICOM VIAERO 4G WIRELESS WALLER CAPITAL PARTNERS WAVE WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT WELLS FARGO WHITEHORSE CAPITAL WILLIAM BLAIR & CO WIN WINDSTREAM WIRELESS INFRASTRUCTURE ASSOCIATION
WORLDWIDE SUPPLY WOW ZAYO ZENFI NETWORKS ZENZU ZINWAVE
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2018 Speakers
Scott WidhamCEO
ALPHEUS COMMUNICATIONS
Travis Keller Partner
ALTMAN VILANDRIE & COMPANY
Aaron BlazerSenior Partner
ATLANTIC-ACM
James HenryCo-Founder & Senior Managing
Director BANK STREET
Alan Burkitt-GrayEditor
CAPACITY MEDIA
Nitin RaoVP - Infrastructure
CLOUDFLARE
John SiegelPartner
COLOMBIA CAPITAL
Bob UdellPresident & CEOCONSOLIDATED
COMMUNICATIONS
Stephen R. LeeolouChairman & CEO
CONTERRA
Colby SynesaelManaging Director & Senior
Research AnalystCOWEN & COMPANY
Mike CunninghamCEO
CROSSLAKE FIBRE
Hugh CarspeckenCEO
DARTPOINTS
Peter MurrayExecutive Director
DENSE NETWORKS
Jon DeLucaManaging Director & Operating
Partner – FiberDIGITAL BRIDGE
Marc C. GanziCo-Founder & CEODIGITAL BRIDGE
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Phill Lawson-ShanksChief Innovation Officer
EDGECONNEX
Jan VeselyDirector
EQT PARTNERS
Bart OskamCTO
EUROFIBER GROUP
Brett LindseyPresident & CEOEVERSTREAM
John Colbert President
FIDELITY COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY
Kurt Van WagenenPresident & CEO
FIRSTLIGHT FIBER
Chris DownieCEO
FLEXENTIAL
Erick W. ContagExecutive Chairman
GLOBENET
Gina NomelliniCMOGTT
Richard D. Calder, Jr.President & CEO
GTT
Michael F. Hogan Senior Technical Manager
IBM RESILIENCY SERVICE
Mary StanhopeFounder, Principle Consultant
IMARKET2
Chris MoonManaging Director
ING
Timothy BlitzPresident & CEO
LUMOS NETOWRKS
Frank ReyDirector, Global Network
AcquisitionMICROSOFT
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Andrew LipmanSenior Partner & Chair,
Telecommunications, Media & Technology Practice
MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS
Jason HillManaging Director
MVP CAPITAL
Hunter NewbyOwner
NEWBY VENTURES
Gil SantalizFounder & CEO
NEW JERSEY FIBER EXCHANGE (NJFX)
Ted Mocarski Senior Partner
NOVACAP
Richard A. SteenbergenCTO
PACKETFABRIC
Brian BeersCEO
PARADIGM TELECOM
Rhonda Cook (Cumming)CEO
PS LIGHTWAVE
George MorganPartner
RIDGEMONT EQUITY PARTNERS
Bill HarrisonCFO
RITTER COMMUNICATIONS
Clayton MoranDirector, Strategy
SBA COMMUNICATIONS
Jason WalkerRegional Director, Cloud & Service
Providers SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC
Darren FederPresident
SKYWIRE NETWORKS
Todd HolderManaging DirectorTD SECURITIES
Erik KreifeldtSenior Analyst
TELEGEOGRAPHY
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Dave MayoSVP
T-MOBILE USA
Ronald J. MudryPresident, Sales & Business
DevelopmentUNITI FIBER
Jennifer FritzscheManaging Director & Senior Equity
AnalystWELLS FARGO SECURITIES
Jonathan S. AdelsteinPresident & CEOTHE WIRELESS
INFRASTRUCTURE ASSOCIATION (WIA)
Dan CarusoCo-Founder, Chairman & CEO
ZAYO GROUP
Jack WatersCTO
ZAYO GROUP
Ray LaChancePresident & CEO
ZENFI NETWORKS
I have had the pleasure of attending every Metro Connect Conference. It’s an annual event that I and many others keenly look forward to. Metro Connect is a truly unique and extraordinary conference in many respects. It has all the ingredients for an ideal conference on telecom infrastructure—one of the hottest corners of the telecom industry. It is one of few conferences that consistency attract leading industry CEOs and other sector thought leaders. The conference panels are extremely informative, timely and populated by the leading industry experts. It’s a can’t-miss conference on telecom Infrastructure.
Andrew D. Lipman, Partner, MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP
January 2019, Miami
METROCONNECT
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THANK YOU TO THE METRO CONNECT 2018 SPONSORS
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