Committees

We invite professionals from all across the telco broadband industry to pick and join a BMMA committee. To date, we have established seven committees to make the BMMA stronger for its members. You can learn more about these below. Your responsibilities will be minimal, but the rewards are significant. Being part of a committee is a fantastic way to earn recognition and exposure for your hard work, while ensuring you get the maximum value of your membership. Your job as a committee leader will involve giving direction to the Executive Director, who will hear and implement your recommendations in line with board approval. To learn how you can join a BMMA committee today, please reach out to Stan Romero.

Benchmarking Committees
Best in Class Award Committee
Internet of Things (IoT) Committee
Marketing Committee
Membership Committee
Research Committee

Benchmarking Committees

Consumer Benchmarking Committee

Chair:
Brian Ragsdale, Kinetic by Windstream

  • James Backus, altafiber
  • Jared Lindman, MTA
  • Warren Trochimchuk, Tbaytel
  • Stan Romero, BMMA Staff

Goal: To identify / update desired Consumer benchmarking elements and execute semi-annual reports that will benefit the BMMA membership.

Committee members:

  • Identify and define Consumer information that is obtainable and that the BMMA membership would value
  • Participate in reporting on results at Annual meeting

The Executive Director will:

  • Establish the benchmarking template and request data from appropriate individuals within member companies
  • Collect benchmarking data, aggregate and normalize
  • Develop individual semi-annual reports for participating member companies
  • Report on results at the BMMA Annual meeting and BMMA Fall Workshop

SMB Benchmarking Committee
Chair:
Currently Vacant

Committee members:

  • Craig Hern, HTC
  • Brian Gardner, TDS
  • Jared Lindman, MTA
  • Kayla Lopez, Tbaytel
  • Stan Romero, BMMA Staff

Goal: To identify / update desired SMB benchmarking elements and execute semi-annual reports that will benefit the BMMA membership.

Committee members:

  • Identify and define SMB information that is obtainable and that the BMMA membership would value
  • Participate in reporting on results at Annual meeting.

The Executive Director will:

  • Establish the benchmarking template and request data from appropriate individuals within member companies
  • Collect benchmarking data, aggregate and normalize
  • Develop individual semi-annual reports for participating member companies
  • Report on results at the BMMA Annual meeting and BMMA Fall Workshop

Best in Class Award Committee:

Chair: Lauren Roux, BMMA

Committee members: BMMA Board of Directors

Goal: To recognize up to 4 individuals or teams that have demonstrated innovation or excellence in marketing broadband services
Best in Class Awards:

Marketing

Awarded to one service provider and to one vendor member that best display innovation or excellence in broadband marketing. This may cover a leading edge product or service development, practice or operation; or marketing as it relates to execution.

Marketing Partnership

Awarded to two or more members (ex: an equipment vendor and a service provider) that together successfully implemented a marketing program to serve the needs of their mutual customers.

Committee members:

  • Review existing awards programs and make recommendations for change.
  • Recommend a membership communications plan.
  • Review award submissions, and recommend winners to the Board of Directors for each award.
  • Report on results at the Annual meeting.

The Executive Director will:

  • Update the website application process based on the committee’s recommendations.
  • Execute the communications plan recommended by the committee.
  • Consolidate award submissions for committee review.
  • Coordinate awards selection and purchase.
  • Present awards to the winners at the Annual meeting
  • Follow up with PR opportunities

Internet of Things (IoT) Committee:

Chair: Mick Chambers, Windstream

Committee members:

  • Chris Benzinger, Cincinnati Bell
  • Brandon Laufenberg, TDS
  • Roger Lewis, GVTC
  • Brian Murray, F-Secure
  • Patrick Moreno, Zyxel
  • Kody Nash, MTA
  • Noah Ney, Scout Alarm
  • Derrick Nichols, Windstream
  • Conor Steadman, F-Secure
  • Stan Romero, BMMA Staff

Goal: To identify and drive the execution of activities and actions in which the BMMA can engage to assist the BMMA Membership in the development and growth of the IoT Market and their role in this market.

Committee members:

  • Identify the market needs, opportunities and obstacles to be investigated as well as the BMMA’s role in the development of these opportunities
  • Develop a plan of action to take advantage of these opportunities
  • Determine budget and set goals to execute the plan
  • Assist with reporting on progress at BMMA face-to-face meetings

The Executive Director will:

  • Execute the committee’s recommendations
  • Report on results at BMMA face-to-face meetings

Marketing Committee

Chair: Dawn Intili, DIRECTV

Committee members:

  • Tarik Sedky, Agency Pure
  • Kerry Youngren, MTA
  • Ellis Hill, BMMA Staff
  • Margaret Raines, BMMA Staff
  • Lauren Roux, BMMA Staff

‍Goal: To improve the marketing of the association, both to potential, new member companies, and to additional individuals within existing member companies.

Committee members:

  • Identify the opportunities and obstacles to be investigated
  • Determine budget and set goals to include:
  • Encourage promotion of the BMMA within one’s company (individuals from member companies to work on their successors).
  • Create sessions and materials to spread the word.
  • Gather and use testimonials.
  • Recommend updates to the BMMA website
  • Report out at Annual meeting.

The Executive Director will:

  • Execute the committee’s recommendations.
  • Report on results at the Annual meeting.

Membership Committee

Chair: Naylor Gray, Calix

Committee members:

  • Michael Cooper, Zyxel
  • Liz Heimbrock, altafiber
  • Jarret Hesseling, TDS
  • Allan Pieroni, Kinetic
  • Conor Steadman, F-Secure
  • Stan Romero, BMMA Staff

Goal: To increase the awareness of the BMMA as an effective tool for broadband service providers and vendors, and as a result, to increase service provider and vendor membership.

Committee members oversee all BMMA membership activities, including:

  • Identify potential new members
  • Supervise the recruitment of new members
  • Approve membership applications
  • Recommend new membership dues to the BMMA.

The Executive Director is responsible for:

  • Actively recruiting new members
  • Collecting membership applications from prospective new members
  • Submitting applications for membership to the Membership Committee for approval
  • Formally welcoming each new member company.

Research Committee

Chair: Currently Vacant

Committee members:

  • Bob Donkis, Frontier
  • Misti Griffin, GVTC
  • Kris Voelker, Harrisonville Tel
  • Takemi Nakasone, Hawaiian Tel
  • Warren Trochimchuk, Tbaytel
  • Stan Romero, BMMA Staff
  • Lauren Roux, BMMA Staff
  • Margaret Raines, BMMA Staff

Goal: To drive and oversee market research that will be delivered to the membership at no charge as an additional benefit. The research will consist of two types:

  • Internal – where we continue to poll the BMMA membership on a variety of issues as we have done in the past (e.g. modems, WiFi, etc.)
  • External – we will survey outside of the membership (consumers, SMB, etc) on broadband service related issues agreed to by the committee.
Results from both types of research will be shared with participating companies and at our face-to-face meetings.

Committee members will:

  • Identify research that the BMMA membership would value.
  • Provide input and edits to surveys prior to implementation.
  • Participate in reporting on results at our Annual Meeting.

The Executive Director is responsible for:

  • Provide support to the committee primarily by drafting, editing, coding and executing surveys
  • Providing expert Market Research methodology and analysis guidance to the committee
  • Collecting survey results, performing data analysis and producing reports
  • Report on year end results at the Annual Meeting and Fall Workshop

TESTIMONALS

The ability to network with peers who face the same day-to-day challenges and successes surrounding products, competition, and customer needs is extremely beneficial. These learnings and validations allow TDS to accelerate our initiatives in this fast-paced industry. These resources and peer connections may not have been possible without the help of the BMMA.

Casey Thompson
TDS

The benefits of being a BMMA member for MTA are undeniable, and something you don’t find at other industry organizations. This comes from the unique opportunity to share insights and best practices with peers and partners though collaborative sessions. With Alaska’s growing presence in the national broadband conversation about creating more connected communities and closing the digital divide

Kerry Youngren
MTA