David Barron

CEO
Next Level Networks

David Barron is the CEO of Next Level Networks, a Silicon Valley company that has pioneered a disruptive approach to funding, building and operating ultra-high-speed fiber broadband networks. Next Level Networks works with HOAs, building owners, real estate developers and cooperatives to design, install and operate FTTP networks as a turnkey solution to deliver multi-gigabit service as a community amenity or opt-in service. Barron has been leading emerging technology and product commercialization efforts for more than three decades in the telecommunications, computer and media industries for companies such as Apple, AT&T (formerly SBC Communications), Disney, Microsoft and Motorola. Barron was most recently Head of Corporate & Business Development at CableLabs, where he created and managed partnerships with startups, investment/VC firms and universities to identify innovative technologies and funnel them into CableLabs’ R&D efforts and cable company operations worldwide. He earned a J.D from Chicago-Kent College of Law, an MBA from the Illinois Institute of Technology and a B.S. in Marketing and Computer Science from Ithaca College.