Tad Deriso is the President & CEO of the Mid]Atlantic Broadband Cooperative (MBC) with offices in Richmond and South Boston, Virginia. Over the past 20 years, Tad has helped rural, underserved communities and telecommunications companies with planning and coordinating broadband telecommunications networks. He has developed technology]based economic development strategies as well as performance based management structures and viable operational business models.
In 2003, Tad helped form MBC, a not]for]profit organization that has built an advanced open]access fiber optic network in Southern Virginia. The network, which is now in itfs 3rd full year of operations, is cash flow positive, is helping to generate new jobs and investments in the region, and is a successful model of how public/private partnerships can work to extend advanced fiber optic networks to underserved communities.
Prior to forming MBC, Tad was a senior consultant with expertise in telecommunications infrastructure design and deployment, ICT assessments, middle]mile and last]mile broadband planning, business plan development, and financial modeling for open]access fiber network planning. Tad has spoken at many Local, State, National and International conferences on the importance of open]access fiber networks, the role those networks play in economic development, and how national and regional governing bodies can implement similar models to boost broadband access and enhance economic dividends for rural communities.
Tad holds a BBA in Management and International Business from Georgia State
University in Atlanta, Georgia.
