Jeff Lewis is the President and Founder of VERTICOM. Since 2001 Jeff has led the company’s Sales, Operations, and Finance programs.

He is passionate about leading and preparing today’s workforce to win the global race in designing, developing, and operating the broadband networks of the future. He is a frequent speaker and moderator at industry events across the country and brings a high-level executive summary to the complex 5G architecture which includes Fiber, Macro, Small Cell, and DAS. He is also focused on creating one of the most innovative places to work within telecom by implementing a world class training and command center to support VERTICOM’s apprenticeship and career development initiatives.

Prior to founding VERTICOM, Jeff worked as the Chief Operating Officer for a wireless infrastructure company in St. Louis. His professional work history includes four years of service with Kimberly-Clark as a Cost and Financial Analyst and four years of service as a Management Consultant within Ernst & Young’s Engineering, Construction and Real Estate consulting practice.

He graduated from Michigan State University with a BA in Finance and earned his MBA in International Management in two years attending night school at the University of Dallas. He has been involved with the Texas State Wireless Association since 2007 and became the President in 2014.

Jeff is actively involved with several charities including The First Tee of Greater Dallas of which he serves on the Board of Governors. He coaches Varsity Football, founded a select basketball program called SPECTRUM Athletes and loves to golf & hunt. Jeff and his wife Jill reside in Dallas with their six children.

Jonathan Meyer re-joined VERTICOM in 2017 as the Director of Safety and Quality. He ensures that all VERTICOM crews stay compliant with applicable industry safety standards as well as provides thorough training for all crew members through the VERTICOM TRAINING ACADEMY (VTA). VERTICOM strives to put all team members through an extensive training program with a purpose to assemble the best operating field teams in the industry. Our training includes all aspects of safety as well as installation method procedures that ensure our customers receive the highest quality service and a dedication to safety.

Prior to joining VERTICOM, Jonathan gained extensive operating knowledge of the telecommunications industry by being a field technician, project manager and senior safety inspector. He has worked for every major carrier and performed every scope of work throughout his 13 years of service to the wireless industry. Jonathan started off in the industry in 2004 installing two-way radio communication equipment directly for Motorola. He has been through over 500 hours of extensive safety and quality training in all aspects of the communications industry.

Dean joined VERTICOM in 2016 as the Director of Operations for the Wireless Service Line and in September of 2020 became responsible for all Construction Operations for wireless and fiber. He is an operational minded leader who delivers results, optimizes resources and drives change on project and business initiatives. Dean has extensive project, construction and leadership experience with over 20 years in the construction, fiber and wireless industry. He holds a strong reputation of integrity while completing complex broadband infrastructure projects, excelling in a fast-paced industry with both national and global teams.

Prior to joining VERTICOM, Dean gained experience holding senior level positions with American Tower, two major global OEM’s, and executive level positions for national turn-key services companies. Dean has been directly responsible for the delivery of large scale carrier network rollout programs nationally and abroad with experience reaching in to Puerto Rico, Mexico and Panama / Central America.

Richard joined VERTICOM in 2013 and currently serves as the Director of the Real Estate Service Line.
He is responsible for developing customer relationships, qualifying and assigning projects to internal
resources, as well as subcontractors and overall day to day project management. In addition, Richard
handles all service line bidding and estimating, verifies the quality of all SOW deliverables and
has responsibility for company-wide and market based financial objectives as they relate to Real
Estate. Our Real Estate team currently manages not only traditional macro sites but also DAS and
small cell build outs.

Prior to joining VERTICOM, Richard gained extensive knowledge of the site acquisition processes as
a Manager within the Wireless Telecom industry. He has worked as both a Site Acquisition Manager and
a Project Manager for several telecom companies including Nexlink GS, Baran Telecom-O2 Wireless,
WFI, Delta Groups Engineering and MasTec Wireless North America. Richard’s experience also includes
overseeing construction and managing site development services on numerous projects throughout the
Midwest and Southern states.

Ryan O’Shea joined VERTICOM as the Splicing Service Line Director in 2020. Ryan has over 15 years of experience working large scale OSP and ISP fiber splicing projects and over 22 years of experience in the construction industry. Ryan spent the beginning of his career as a certified communications lineman and fiber optic splicer in Chicago rising to General Forman and eventually different management positions. Leveraging his vast level of field and management experience, Ryan became a nationally recognized Training Director where he developed an internal fiber splicing education program and the supporting curriculum.

During this same time, Ryan also functioned as an Operations Manager and was responsible for creating and driving uniformity, consistency and best practices nationwide. Ryan used his experience and knowledge of the field splicing methods to create benchmark standards and processes for safety, quality and splicing efficiency. In early 2020, Ryan relocated to Georgia as an Area Director to help expand the geographic reach of services for OSP and ISP splicing projects. Through all his various roles Ryan has maintained a simple philosophy; “Success through hard work and dedication.”

Doug joined VERTICOM in 2003 as a Project Manager and become the Vice President of Operations in 2011. Since that time, he has been responsible for making sure our customers receive maximum value from the solutions we provide. These solutions included Engineering, Real Estate, Macro Construction, Equipment Integration, Maintenance, Inbuilding, Small Cell and Fiber Services. In 2016, Doug was tasked with integrating a Fiber Engineering and Construction company into the VERTICOM operations.

At the end of 2017, Doug’s focus shifted to the continued expansion of our Fiber service line capabilities and customer base through direct management of the Sales and Operating activities of that team.

Doug has over 20 years of extensive experience in the deployment of wireless and broadband networks and a unique ability to lead diversified teams. Prior to joining VERTICOM, Doug gained experience in operations management, service development, program management and customer support with various companies. He worked as a Project Manager for a nationwide telecom construction and equipment installation company. He has also managed telecom construction and installations across the country for multiple customers including US Unwired, Sprint, Verizon Wireless, Nortel, Lucent and Ericsson.

Mishika rejoined VERTICOM in 2018 and currently serves as the Chief of Staff reporting directly to the
President and Founder. She is responsible for companywide program management as well as leading key
strategic initiatives on behalf of the President.

Mishika spent six years helping grow VERTICOM from 2010 through 2016 and during that time developed
excellent project management skills, deep wireless industry process knowledge and an appreciation
for utilizing technology to increase organizational efficiency. She interacted with customers on
a daily basis and moved from project coordinator to Assistant Operations Manager. In her new role
at VERTICOM, she will lead the development and enhancement of the company’s standard operating procedures
which includes all aspects of the VERTICOM technology and people platform or VTAPP. She will lead
this initiative across all service lines, solution sets, back office as well as the sales and marketing
departments. She will also drive the internal training platform for our management career development
program.

She is an excellent people person, drives culture and has a deep understanding and appreciation for
the use of technology. Prior to rejoining VERTICOM, Mishika led the company wide implementation of
the Concur Expense reporting platform at GDT, the nations largest Cisco equipment reseller. She holds
a Bachelor of Science degree in Information Systems from UT-Arlington.

Justin Johnson joined VERTICOM in 2020 and currently serves as the Assistant Controller. Justin is responsible for managing the finance and accounting functions on a day to day basis as well as closing month end to GAAP standards. He supports the VERTICOM operating teams by proving sound financial decisions that are based on company policies and procedures and internal controls. He is also responsible for all corporate reporting functions, establishing the annual budget and performing all reconciliations. He is passionate about developing people into leaders through accountability and integrity.

Prior to joining VERTICOM, Justin gained extensive experience using technology to enhance reporting and analysis in many accounting environments including distribution, automotive, construction, and manufacturing. He graduated from The University of Texas at Arlington with a BS in Information Systems Science, earned his MS in Accounting from The University of Texas at Dallas, and earned his MBA in Finance/Accounting from Texas Christian University. Justin has volunteered with Ring of Hope, Meals on Wheels, Boys and Girls Club, and Christ Chapel Bible Church. Justin and his wife Ashleigh reside in Colleyville with their three children.

Michael Thomas is the Director of the Integration Service Line at VERTICOM. He manages the Fairhaven business unit which services cable customers across the country with technicians located in 18 different states. Michael is a consistent top performer with a wide array of technical and supervisory experience. During his over 25-year tenure in the networking industry he has managed inside and outside plant technical teams, engineering teams, vendors, call centers, interdepartmental relationships, adult learning delivery and development, purchasing, budgeting and planning.

After serving in the United States Air Force, Michael began his career in LAN/WAN engineering and implementation in 1992 for a private firm and then joined Southwestern Bell Telephone, now AT&T, as a field technician. He quickly rose into management and over his career has led several companywide initiatives, startups and rollouts including ISDN, ADSL, U-Verse video and directing the DirecTV technical integration. Michael also holds a bachelor’s degree in business management-information technology from Western Governors University as well as a US patent holder and published author of regulatory process.

Joaquin joined VERTICOM in 2018 and currently serves as the Director of Engineering. He is responsible for developing customer relationships, assigning projects to internal resources, supplier onboarding and overall day to day operations management of the Engineering Service Line.

Joaquin is a Professional Civil Engineer in the State of Texas. He has worked in various industries including working for various wireless carriers as a Management Consultant. He also has experience in producing plans and specifications for Mining, Municipal, Land Development, and the Corps of Engineers. He understands the entire wireless project life cycle from site acquisition and site development to construction As-Builts.
program.

Over the years, he has obtained extensive safety, quality and process training and has a passion for operational efficiency through SOP standardization to reduce cycle times and optimize the customer experience. Joaquin Salas is a Texas native and is a graduate of Rice University, with a degree in Civil Engineering.

Brent Keating has been a part of the VERTICOM family since 2016 and currently serves as the Director of Data Center Service Line. He founded the Dallas office for the integrated company NTI. After building the top data center team in the Dallas market, Brent then focused on expansion by opening other new offices across the US and Europe as well as leading initiatives focused on overall company growth.

Brent’s 20-year career in the telecommunications and data center industry has included technical roles with Sprint, CenturyLink, and Equinix.

With VERTICOM, Brent directs strategy and execution of the Data Center Service Line across North America. Brent’s team is focused on data center client deployment projects of all sizes and scopes including complete data center whitespace buildouts, complex fiber optic installations, and daily remote hands activities. Clients include leading MTDCs, Fortune 100 tech companies, and large enterprises.

He is active in the data center community, working with data center operators, contractors, and integrators on infrastructure projects. He is on the Board of Directors for the Dallas-Fort Worth AFCOM Chapter.

Brent is an alumnus of Oklahoma State University and holds a BAAS degree in Applied Technology and Performance Improvement from the University of North Texas as well as numerous industry certifications.