ZANE EDWARDS

Technology and stuff

ABOUT ME

Based in Denver, I drive product strategy and innovation in wireless telecommunications. My career spans technology deployment, emergency-management operations, and international film/education initiatives. After growing up in Minneapolis and studying film in Chicago, I lived and worked across France and Central America. At EchoStar Corporation and Boost Mobile I spearheaded drone-based 3D modelling of thousands of cell towers and developed indoor 5G systems. I now focus on helping enterprises accelerate next-gen wireless deployments and deliver IoT/edge solutions at scale.

WORK

2000 to 2006

TECHNOLOGY MANAGER

  • Created and maintained the company website and network portal.
  • Developed an online prosthetics education program for Central America and the Balkans.
  • Supported an 'appropriate tech' wheelchair program in Afghanistan.
  • Developed a low-bandwidth tele-medicine program for remote rural locations in the Middle-East.
2006 to 2009 and 2012 to 2017

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

  • Oversaw the health, well-being and security of a small staff of 25-300 people in rural central France.
  • Recruit and train volunteers to provide a 24 hour emergency response network to 50 to 500 people in the mountains of Colorado.
  • Certified as an EMT and wildland firefighter while training staff in emergency response for medical and fire needs
2017 to present

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

  • Started as tech support for DISH TV.
  • Moved to Dish Wireless as a national wireless real estate deployment coordinator.
  • Created a massive program for drone 3D digital deployment for wireless.
  • Senior Product Development Manager for wireless initiatives.
Miscellaneous 2010 to 2012
  • Created home for people with developmental disabilities with my brother.
  • Did some video production for Denver Nature and Science Museum and was included Nova's Ice Age Death Trap

SCHOOL

2023 to 2024

University of Colorado - Denver

Completed my Executive MBA

1996 to 2000

COLUMBIA COLLEGE CHICAGO

Film school prepared me for flexibility, ingenuity and a great amount of 'real world' problem solving. During that time, I graduated with Honors, was on the Deans List, and worked as writing tutor.

PLAY

TRAVEL

Up and away

INTERESTS

What gets me high

H/T

Links to other worlds

LET'S CONNECT

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