Howard Buzick

SVP Business Development

American Bandwidth

Candidate for At-Large [Odd Year Term]

Candidate Statement:

To the esteemed members of the Safer Buildings Coalition:

I am co-founder and SVP Business Development for American Bandwidth. We are a company that focuses on using existing Wi-Fi infrastructure to provide indoor wireless connectivity. We believe that indoor communication is critical for public safety and that economically accessible solutions are crucial to address this urgent need.

I have over 25 years of experience working in the wireless industry, initially working on cellular solutions and more recently focusing on converged solutions that take advantage of cellular, private cellular, Wi-Fi and satellite technologies.

It is my belief that we need to be open to all technologies to address the current challenges with indoor critical communications, and I have been working with various industry organizations including the Safer Buildings Coalition, the Wi-Fi Alliance, and the Wireless Broadband Alliance to bring important critical communications features to Wi-Fi networks.

I hope that my unique perspectives and experience can benefit the Safer Buildings Coalition as we strive to ensure reliable indoor public safety communications. Thank you very much for your consideration.

Howard Buzick, SVP Business Development, American Bandwidth

Bio:

Howard Buzick is co-founder and SVP of Business Development at American Bandwidth, where he leads a SaaS solution that improves indoor cellular coverage using existing enterprise-grade Wi-Fi infrastructure — deployed at more than 500 customers including Walmart, Kroger, Dartmouth, Emory, HCA Healthcare, and over 100 school districts, with carrier partnerships spanning AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon, Google, Cisco, Juniper, and others.

As Principal of Buzick Consulting, he has provided business development and strategic sales guidance across the telecommunications industry, including OpenWiFi business development for the Telecom Infra Project and CBRS pricing analysis for Geoverse. Earlier in his career he served as VP of Business Development at Boingo Wireless, VP of Sales for North America at Birdstep Technology, and in leadership roles at Global IP Solutions, Qualys, Keynote Systems, and Telephia.

He holds a B.A. in Japanese (Cum Laude) from San Jose State University and studied at Waseda University in Tokyo, and is fluent in Japanese.