Sachin Gupta

Bio:

Sachin Gupta is the Vice President of Business and Technology Strategies at Central Rural Electric Cooperative. He is currently a board member at the Fiber Broadband Association and at the American Association for Public Broadband. He is a member of the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) Technological Advisory Council and represents NRECA in this role. He is a Presidential Leadership Scholar, Class of 2025. He is on the advisory board of Broadband Nations Expo and Broadband Communities Summit.

Over the last 18 years he has had a diverse career working in product management, business development and marketing for large government contractors. He has traveled to and worked with government officials in 32 different countries advocating for smart defense and security solutions. He has been a speaker at several domestic and international conferences and has talked about technical, legislative, and regulatory issues. He is well published in several broadband publications. He represents Cooperative Broadband Coalition (a coalition of 11 cooperatives) and advances its agenda at State and Federal levels.

He is a voting member of the Oklahoma Broadband Expansion Council which was stablished by HB 3363 in the Oklahoma Legislature and is in an advisory role to the Oklahoma Broadband Office. Sachin Gupta was appointed to this council by Senate Pro Temp Greg Treat. He is the chair for the Middle Mile Working Group at the Fiber Broadband Association (FBA). He is on the Innovation and Business Opportunity Committee of NTCA-The Rural Broadband Association.