CALWA Podcast

When our host, John Koos, moderated a panel at Wireless West in April, 2022, he knew that one of his panelists was a must for this podcast--industry veteran Monnie McGaffigan, Chief Revenue Officer at ExteNet Systems.  Monnie discusses ExteNet's varied portfolio and approach.  

John Koos interviews the ever dynamic Stella Bezabeh about her wireless career.  Stella is an In-Building and Venue leader at Verizon Wireless and a Director at the Women in Wireless Leadership Forum (WWLF).  Stella is a true cheerleader for the wireless industry.  She talks about how she grew from a building permit expediter to the leader she is today.

John Koos chats with Jeff Luong,  AT&T's President for Broadband Access and Adoption, sits down to chat about his company's commitment to grow their fiber penetration across the United States.  Jeff is well known to CALWA podcast listeners.  He was formerly ATT's Vice President of Access Construction and Engineering in the Greater Los Angeles Market.  His unique leadership in wireless and wireline telecommunications makes him the perfect guest to chat about the "big picture" in infrastructure deployment.

Ever wonder how telecom legislation gets in place?  Is it simply a telecom-friendly elected official believes in what the industry is trying to accomplish?  It's a bit more complicated than that.  Our host, John Koos, interviews a real life Sacramento lobbyist, Nate Solov of Nossaman LLP.  Nate goes through the process of how legislation ends up on the Governor's desk in an easily understood way.

Industry veteran Kari Willis has been CALWA's Executive Director for ten years.  Our host, John Koos, chats with Kari about her tenure, what's going on at CALWA, and the upcoming Wireless West event in San Diego.

Host John Koos chats with Andrew Alm, CEO of Advanced Wireless & Logistics (AWAL), about starting his construction company.  We cover what it's like to "make it" in the wireless business through a servant leader mentality.

The CALWA Podcast is back for another season with host John Koos, Senior Vice President at Butler America Telecom and a CALWA board member.  John's host is Verizon Wireless' West Area Vice President Phillip French.  Phillip discusses all that goes into the network planning and implementation of Super Bowl LVI held in Los Angeles.  

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CALWA Vice President Rodrigo De La Rosa HIJACKS the podcast and interviews our host, John Koos!  Strap in!

John Koos (our humble host) talks with Douglas Patterson of Crown Castle about their fiber network (80,000 miles and growing).  Particularly, Doug talks about why Crown got in the fiber game and one of the key ways they are now implementing it - microtrenching.

SCE Carrier Solutions has been a key partner of the wireless industry for over twenty years.   John Koos chats with Brian Ryan about its dynamic impact on the wireless space in Southern California.