Nate Walowitz

Regional Broadband Director
Northwest Colorado Council of Governments

Nate Walowitz, an innovative telecommunications and technology program executive, serves as the regional broadband program director for the Northwest Colorado Council of Governments (NWCCOG) http://nwccog.org/programs/broadband/. Since 2014, his technical advisory services to local governments have brought over $9M in grant funding to northwest Colorado community broadband projects, leading to the deployment of broadband to unserved areas. Most recently, NWCCOG was awarded a $1M matching grant to build out Project THOR, an open access, resilient middle mile network across 10 counties in northwest Colorado. Prior to NWCCOG, Walowitz spent years as a consultant to industry and governments, providing innovative business solutions in IT, wireless deployment, terrestrial networks and applications, as well as public safety communications solutions and standards. He started his career in telecommunications with world-class corporations including Avant-Garde Computing, Southwestern Bell and Wildfire Communications.