| Name | Title | Contact Details |
|---|---|---|
Nicholas Takacs |
Chief Information Technology Officer | Profile |
ACA Connects is an association representing more than 600 small and medium-sized independent communications (cable, phone and fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) operators and municipalities) serving 11 million households and businesses in all 50 states. Our members bridge the digital divide by delivering high-speed broadband, video, phone and other advanced communications services to smaller and rural communities across America, some of whom have no other means of receiving these vital services. ACA Connects advocates on behalf of its members in Washington, D.C., to ensure they are treated fairly in the marketplace. Through active participation in the legislative and regulatory process, ACA Connects advocates for the interests of our member companies, their customers and the communities they serve to help ensure the future of Main Street America.
Hughes Network Systems, LLC (Hughes) is the global leader in satellite broadband solutions and services, and a leading provider of managed network services and applications. HughesNet® is the #1 high-speed satellite Internet service in the marketplace with over one million subscribers in North America and offerings to suit every budget. Hughes has shipped more than 5 million systems to customers in over 100 countries, representing approximately 50 percent market share. Headquartered outside Washington, D.C., in Germantown, Maryland, USA, Hughes operates sales and support offices worldwide, and is a wholly owned subsidiary of EchoStar Corporation (NASDAQ: SATS), a premier global provider of satellite operations and digital TV solutions.
Today, more than 6,000 businesses across the globe place trust in us to help them drive towards a better IT environment. Carousel Industries is a recognized leader in helping organizations evolve the way they communicate and orchestrate the flow of information throughout their networks. Carousel enables clients to connect and collaborate the way modern IT users demand and advance from their current network infrastructure to meet tomorrow`s standards. With deep expertise across a vast portfolio of communication, network, and security technologies, Carousel is able to design, implement, and support solutions tailored to meet the unique needs of each customer. By offering professional and managed services with flexible deployments in the cloud, Carousel ensures clients achieve agility and utilize technologies in the way most effective for their business.
Clearfield, Inc. (CLFD) designs, manufactures and distributes fiber optic management, protection and delivery products for communications networks. The company`s “fiber to the anywhere” platform serves the unique requirements of leading incumbent local exchange carriers (ILECs), competitive local exchange carriers (CLECs), and MSO/cable TV companies, while also catering to the broadband needs of the utility/municipality, enterprise, data center and military markets. Clearfield offers the industry`s only fiber management and delivery platform that simplifies the fiber to the `x` (FTTx) equation with the promise of a design methodology that addresses each network`s unique requirements, while building simplicity into the design and delivering the lowest total cost of ownership. Based on the patented Clearview™ Cassette, Clearfield`s unique single-architected, modular fiber management platform is designed to further lower the cost of broadband deployment and maintenance by consolidating, protecting and distributing incoming and outgoing fiber circuits, enabling customers to scale their operations as their subscriber revenues increase. Headquartered in Minneapolis, MN, Clearfield deploys more than a million fiber ports each year.
Micron Optics, Inc., is an established leader of innovative optical components and laser-based equipment that advance the quality of optical measurements, allowing the Sensing, Imaging and Telecommunications industries to make the critical measurements they need. The Micron Optics product portfolio of tunable optical filters, swept lasers, optical sensors and sensing interrogators delivers the highest degree of measurement precision, resolution, and accuracy required for customers to yield superior, advanced solutions. Micron Optics` core technology – the Fiber Fabry-Perot tunable filter – was instrumental in the development of dense WDM fiber optic communication systems. Since then, the company has developed many complementary technologies and products originating from its tunable filter technologies. Today, Micron Optics is focused on advancing the quality of optical measurements in the field of optical sensing through superior tunable optical components and swept wavelength lasers. Micron Optics’ mission is to enhance the safety, security and wellbeing of people through reliable, accurate and accessible measurements of the world`s critical systems and structures. We achieve this by combining cutting edge optical technologies, engineering innovation and manufacturing diligence with honest communication and earnest customer care.