David Zumwalt

Bio:

David Zumwalt serves as President & CEO of WISPA – Broadband Without Boundaries, the US trade Association representing hundreds of innovative, often small ISPs that provide fixed wireless, fiber and other connectivity solutions to over nine million Americans in the digital divide. Supported by a robust vendor and supplier ecosystem, these ISPs deliver primary broadband connectivity to consumers, businesses, community anchor institutions and first responders in traditionally underserved and unserved suburban, rural and tribal communities. Prior to WISPA he served as Chief Operating Officer of Broadband VI, a major Internet Service Provider in the US Virgin Islands. He also served as the Executive Director of the University of the Virgin Islands Research & Technology Park (RTPark), an instrumentality of the USVI government formed to establish and grow a vibrant knowledge-based sector in the Territory’s economy. He also founded and served as Chairman and CEO of Dallas, TX-based CNet, Inc., a leading provider of radio frequency (RF) engineering and operational support system software and services to the worldwide wireless communications industry, securing significant customer relationships in forty countries. A graduate of Rice University, he has been named a Fellow of the Radio Club of America in recognition of his wireless industry contributions and is a licensed professional engineer in his home state of Texas.