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HomeMy WebLinkAbout6B Lookout Point CommunicationsLookout Point Communications http://Iookoutpt.com/ Lookout Point is committed to delivering innovation and leadership, in collaboration with its clients, to achieve the most that converged networks offer — for today and tomorrow. We leverage years of experience in leading-edge technologies and business development to help our clients fmd and exploit the latest in technical and business architectures and the services they deliver. Current changes driven by any -play services integration or mobility realignments, such as FTTH or IMS architectures, are complex. They require a host of one-time, short lived, services. Services that we call holistic because they must be driven from the business plan, through the technical details seamlessly, holistically. Eric Lampland: President Lookout Point Communications is the creation of Eric Lampland, his friends, partners and colleagues . Eric has been a leading force in the development of communication networks for over 30 years. Mr. Lampland has a Bachelor of Computer Science from the Institute of Technology at the University of Minnesota. He has been President of Lookout Point Communications, an independent consultancy, since 1997 and a network architect for over 30 years, specializing today in the development of municipal fiber networks. He was part of the design team at the University of Minnesota during the early days, early construction, of the Internet. Since then he has created companies and advised large and small firms on communications architecture and future trends. He has been an active member of several international standards forums who are key to the operation and function of today's networks including the IETF, IEEE and ATM (now MFA) Forum serving those organizations in roles from member to technical vice -chair. He has made major contributions to convergence architectures and protocols. He is a member of the Blandin Foundation's Strategy Board on Broadband. Today he is a recognized speaker and authority on architectures being built to address new emergent post convergent applications. His entry into Fiber -to -the -Home networks began in 2004 when he contracted as Director of Architecture and Network Engineering for Door County's initial FTTH efforts. Exposure to the consequences on citizens and business of living in under -served markets, caused by restricted investment of legacy carriers, spurred a new focus for Lookout Point. Today his efforts are directed at enabling public efforts addressing the growing gaps emerging between the United States and the developed world and between large cities and smaller markets in communication services. Projects with Lookout Point are staffed via the appropriate use of the best of class technical and business talent. Eric continues participation in standards bodies (MEF, IEEE, IETF, FTTH Council and others) serving in leadership roles for the benefit of his clients. Clients Over the years Lookout Point has served large corporate networks, smaller companies, schools, local governments and federal agencies with networking issues; vendors with product development issues; and during the last five years Lookout Point has been dedicated to the furtherance of Fiber -to -the -Home networks. To our original core strengths in network design, operations and implementation we have added clients whose needs for marketing plans and studies, financial modeling, negotiation with and between service providers, vendor management and technology trends and strategy setting have been required. Here is a partial listing of cities and/or companies who pursued broadband deployment through Fiber -to -the -Home and Wireless developments. California Redwood Coast Connect Humbolt County Trinity County Iowa Webster Minnesota Deephaven Excelsior Greenwood Independence Lake Minnetonka Communications Commission Lakeville Long Lake Loretto Maple Plain Medina Minnetonka Beach Minnetrista Orono Red Wing St. Bonifacious Shorewood Spring Park Staples Tonka Bay Victoria Woodland Washington TTMI (Telecom Transport Management, Inc.) Wisconsin Badgerland Financial (multiple cities in Southern Wisconsin) Brilliant Cities Door County Contact Lookout Point Communications 880 Osceola Avenue St. Paul, MN 55105-3208 Telephone: office: 651.227.8122 Email: info(dlookoutpt.com