Deb Fuglie

Broadband Consultant, Operational and Customer Success Leader
Solarity

Deb Fuglie has a rich telecom history serving as a senior executive for multiple providers on a global basis. Her broad operational experience includes planning, implementing, and managing fiber networks. She is an industry expert on vendor/partner selection and the coordination of all business processes to ensure cohesive, transparent and accountable solutions that provide stellar service. At Solarity, Fuglie leads the work with multiple states and regional groups on BEAD planning, is a major contributor to the company’s DEA strategy and is spearheading an effort to evaluate the far-reaching impacts of broadband beyond deployment, specifically in cost reduction for states to serve Medicaid recipients while increasing the quantity and quality of services offered. The intricacies required to properly evaluate DEA requirements in consideration of BEAD priorities while looking at the long-term impact on the citizens, counties and states is a challenge that she has embraced in an effort to ensure sustainable and expanded benefits to all involved.

Prior to Solarity, she led business development, state and regional broadband planning, operations and professional services for a major SaaS fiber mapping company. In that role, she developed relationships with industry and agency experts, state leadership and local agencies. Her experience in community outreach, coupled with her technical and industry knowledge form a deep and strong commitment to broadband expansion.