Ted B. Osborn

Senior Vice President, Strategy and Regulatory Affairs
Nextlink Internet

In addition to his work at Nextlink, Osborn serves as managing director at WISP Partners, consulting on strategy development, public/private financings, mergers and acquisitions, and exit planning for entrepreneurs. He is a subject matter expert on rural broadband for the Gerson Lehrman Group and serves the FCC on behalf of the Wireless Internet Service Provider Association (WISPA), where he is active with advocacy efforts for innovative spectrum policy and public subsidy initiatives.

Osborn is a co-founder and former president of Mesa Networks, Inc., a rural, fixed wireless ISP created to provide broadband services to unserved residential and commercial markets. Mesa was ranked the seventhlargest fixed wireless service provider in the United States. Osborn’s broad background in technology and internet communications began at IBM, where he guided clients on business process reengineering activities.