Randy Kinsey, Jack Burton, David Strauss and Jay Rolls (L to R)
Jack Burton and David Strauss founded Broadband Success Partners in 2017. In 2021, Jay Rolls joined us and is the Chief Technology Officer. In 2022, Randy Kinsey joined us as Project Director. In 2023, Jeffrey Burgan, Rick Guerrero and Mike Giobbi joined us as Project Directors. In 2024, Misty Duckworth joined us as Operations Manager.
Jack Burton is a co-founder and Principal of Broadband Success Partners. Specializing in broadband access technologies, Mr. Burton has a wide range of technical expertise across a diverse range of telecommunications technologies. Jack held senior engineering positions at Altice, Cablevision, and Lightpath. He has also worked at Viacom/MTV Networks, Tribune/United Cable and Warner Amex Cable. Mr. Burton was Chairman of the CableLabs PacketCable Certification Board from 2011 to 2017. He authored a quarterly column for Broadband Library magazine.
David Strauss is a co-founder and Principal of Broadband Success Partners. David has a proven track record launching and growing B2B telecommunications and technology businesses. Mr. Strauss held senior marketing positions at Lightpath, IBM, Sprint and AT&T. At Juniper Networks, he was the cable business development leader and a Comcast account manager. Mr. Strauss had a long-term consulting engagement at Comcast Business – having designed and executed the original go-to-market plan for their Metro Ethernet services.
Jay Rolls is the Chief Technology Officer of Broadband Success Partners. Mr. Rolls was the SVP & Chief Technology Officer of Charter Communications from 2011 to 2019. Previously, he served in a variety of roles during 13 years at Cox Communications including SVP of Technology. He was also an executive at Excite@Home, Pacific Broadband, Alcatel and BBN (now part of Level3/Lumen). Mr. Rolls has 25 years of telecom experience. Industry vet Jay Rolls drops in on telecom’s surging M&A wave
Randy Kinsey is a Project Director at Broadband Success Partners. Mr. Kinsey brings over 23 years of telecom experience, most recently as the VP of Advanced Engineering with Point Broadband. He was the Group VP of Network Engineering & Architecture at Charter Communications. He started his telecom journey at Cox Communications as Executive Director of Networking Engineering & Architecture. Mr. Kinsey served in the United States Air Force for 14 years.
Jeffrey Burgan is a Project Director at Broadband Success Partners. He has over 30 years of service provider experience. Mr. Burgan joins us after 12 years at Google where he led Google Fiber’s network engineering, operations & deployments. He was also responsible for various wireless initiatives including LinkNYC. Mr. Burgan was also an executive at M2Z Networks and Excite@Home.
Rick Guerrero is a Project Director at Broadband Success Partners. As a leader at Cox Communications, Mr. Guerrero directed fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) projects, including an xPON overbuild in Phoenix, AZ. He also redefined major metro rebuilds with a focus on capital management and standards adherence, while also leading significant product and technology launches.
Mike Giobbi is a Project Director at Broadband Success Partners. Mike was the CTO of Armstrong Cable, an FTTH trail blazer. He was promoted to CTO in 2006 following seven years as the VP of New Technologies. Mike has experience in building networks via Public-Private Partnerships. He has used CAF2, RDOF and ACAM funds to construct systems. To learn more about his PPP background and guidance for State Broadband Offices, please click here.
Misty Duckworth is a Manager of Operations at Broadband Success Partners. She has over 23 years of telecommunications experience, starting at Time Warner Cable. As a leader at Charter Communications, Misty directed various Engineering and Network Operations initiatives. Most recently, she was developed the Enterprise and MxU (FTTU/FTTP) Program at Ting Internet, including Managed Wi-Fi solutions for community spaces and city parks.
For certain engagements, Broadband Success Partners will add an expert with deep knowledge and experience in a different area. For example, an OSS/BSS expert has contributed to projects.
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