28 Aug Tim Lawter
Tim is an industry expert in telecommunications network architecture, engineering, and operations, with over 45 years in the Service Provider industry. Tim’s focus is the delivery and operation of Utility Grade fiber optic networks and broadband services. His fiber optic experience began in 1985 at MCI (Verizon). During his twenty-seven (27) years at MCI/Verizon, Tim was responsible for Technical Operations throughout a multistate area in the Southeast US. Tim’s expertise spans across all disciplines in the telecommunications industry, including OSP engineering, design, and maintenance; inside plant/central office engineering, design, and maintenance. However, his core competencies are transport engineering, design, and maintenance; long-haul and ultra-long-haul transmissions; fiber optic cable splicing; ethernet switching and core network routing, and data center environments. In his previous positions, Tim was responsible for Sales Engineering, Technical Solutions Engineering, and Applications Engineering for North and South America. Tim’s previous experience also includes Program Management for EF&I services. Additionally, Tim has multiple years of experience on Fixed Wireless, and he holds an FCC General Radiotelephone License. Tim is a US Air Force veteran and holds a B.S. degree in Business Administration from Southern Wesleyan University. He holds a US patent in optical test equipment design, and he has served on the One Call board of directors in both South Carolina (Chairman of Board) and Florida, as well as the board of directors for Seminole Schools Federal Credit Union in Sanford, FL.
