Meet the Board

Executive Committee

  • Elizabeth Sweeney

    Crown Castle

    Elizabeth joined Crown Castle and the Telecommunications Industry in 2016.  In her time at Crown,…
  • Paul Fettuccia

    Paul Fettuccia

    President

    Over a 30-year career, Paul Fettuccia has risen through the ranks: from Time Warner Cable Field Technician to Intermedia Communications Engineering Manager to President and CEO of ANS Advanced Network Services LLC, a Charge Enterprises Company

  • Robert D. Gaudioso

    Robert D. Gaudioso

    Vice President - Regulatory

    A partner at Snyder & Snyder, LLP since 2000, Robert has successfully litigated wireless telecommunications and public utility cases in Federal District Courts and State Courts in New York, New Jersey, California, Massachusetts, Arizona, and New Hampshire.

  • Paul Eisenberg - NYSWA Board of Directors

    Paul Eisenberg

    Vice President - Events

    Paul Eisenberg is Co-President at RCG Tower Group, LLC. Paul brings to RCG a hands-on experience as a second-generation developer, operator and investor in telecommunications real estate and networks.

  • Aaron Friedman

    Aaron Friedman

    Vice President - Social Media/Strategic Partnerships

    Aaron Friedman has over 10 years of experience in the wireless industry. In his current role, Aaron is the Mid Atlantic Sales Manager for ANS, with responsibilities for all in-building wireless solutions and strategies for the Northeast region.

  • Lucia Chiocchio

    Lucia Chiocchio

    Secretary

    Lucia is a Partner and Vice-Chair of Cuddy & Feder’s Telecommunications Practice group. She concentrates her practice in zoning and energy law, with an emphasis on telecommunications.

Elizabeth Sweeney

Crown Castle

Elizabeth joined Crown Castle and the Telecommunications Industry in 2016.  In her time at Crown, she has worked with all carriers in an Analyst and most recently, a Project Management capacity.  Elizabeth holds an Accounting degree from Siena College.  Prior to her employment at Crown, she spent 8 years Accounting and Auditing field for the State of New York.

Paul Fettuccia

Paul Fettuccia

President

Over a 30-year career, Paul Fettuccia has held various positions in the telecommunications industry: from Time Warner Cable Field Technician, to Intermedia Communications Engineering Manager, to President and CEO of ANS Advanced Network Services LLC (ANS), a division of Charge Enterprises. Since taking over as President and CEO, Paul has led an aggressive expansion of the company’s services and footprint, including adding new employees, extending the company’s physical presence and expanding the ANS product and service solutions. ANS’ reputation has secured a robust account roster, including a variety of high-profile customers from Verizon Wireless, Federal government agencies and Universities, among others.

Additionally, Paul has made ANS a fast-growing provider in the important Distributed Antenna Systems (DAS), Private Long-Term Evolution (LTE) and Citizen Broadband Radio Services (CBRS) market segments. Newly expanded services include; DAS Remote Monitoring and Maintenance Services, AC Power and EV Charging Stations. Paul’s additional responsibilities include spearheading the expansion of Charge’s robust infrastructure business model, including EV Charging Station offerings. ANS’s 5G technical expertise and stellar reputation in the telecom industry serves as a perfect fit.

Prior to his current role, Paul was appointed Vice President and General Manager of ANS in 2002, wherein he established relationships with Verizon Wireless and Verizon (landline) as well as AT&T as a “turf” vendor. He also spearheaded the company’s expansion into Tower Services and Power Services. Paul joined ANS in 1999 as Director of Engineering, leading the implementation of the TL9000 Quality Systems and the redefinition of Project Management Systems, while also serving as the principle Sales Engineer.

Paul received his Bachelor of Science in Engineering from the Watson School of Engineering at Binghamton University and his Master’s in Telecommunications Network Management from Syracuse University. Paul has been an active member on the New York State Wireless Association Board of Directors, serving on the Executive Committee as Secretary and, as of December 9, 2021, President.

Paul is a resident of Rensselaer County, NY, a proud father of two boys and an avid golfer. When time permits, you might find Paul enjoying his homemade red wine and a fine home-cooked Italian meal with friends and family.

Robert D. Gaudioso

Robert D. Gaudioso

Vice President - Regulatory

A partner at Snyder & Snyder, LLP since 2000, Robert has successfully litigated wireless telecommunications and public utility cases in Federal District Courts and State Courts in New York, New Jersey, California, Massachusetts, Arizona and New Hampshire. He has successfully represented a national developer in a breach of contract case against a municipality resulting in a favorable settlement in excess of 30 million dollars.  Robert has personally appeared before countless land use boards in New York City, Westchester, Rockland, Putnam, Dutchess, Ulster, Nassau and Suffolk Counties, and throughout the State of New York.

A tenacious leader in his firm as well as an influential industry contributor, Robert has been continuously named on the New York Metro Super Lawyers list since 2013. He applies his skills beyond the call of duty as the Vice President of Regulatory Affairs for the New York State Wireless Association, as well as Vice President of Operations for a Condominium Board and Vice President of a Homeowners Association.

Due to his extensive experience and knowledge, Robert frequently lectures and has been published in leading wireless communications industry journals on topics such as Federal Telecommunications Law, FCC Regulations, Small Wireless Facilities and DAS, 5G Technology, Public Safety Radio, FirstNet, Drones and the Internet of Things (IoT).

Before joining the firm in 1994, Robert graduated cum laude from Pace University School of Law School (J.D.), obtained a Masters of Law in Environmental Law, and a Bachelor of Science summa cum laude from Stony Brook University. He is admitted to practice law in New York and New Jersey, and in the United States District Courts for the Southern, Northern and Eastern Districts of New York and the District Court of New Jersey.

Paul Eisenberg - NYSWA Board of Directors

Paul Eisenberg

Vice President - Events

Paul Eisenberg is Co-President at RCG Tower Group, LLC. Paul brings to RCG a hands-on experience as a second-generation developer, operator and investor in telecommunications real estate and networks. Complementing his day-to-day activities at RCG, Paul has helped spearhead the rollout and expansion of the OneVoice P2T Radio Network, an advanced digital two-way push-to-talk network with service covering 70% of the population of the northeast founded on a Motorola DMR platform. Paul’s telecommunications experience began at Shore Group Inc. a leading Voice Over IP, data network integrator and network management firm where he was a Cisco Systems Certified CCNA, CCNP and CSE Sales/Systems Engineer. At Shore Group, he designed and deployed solutions for major enterprise clients including Verizon Wireless, Mercedes-Benz, Clifford Chance LLP and others on the company’s proprietary network management and systems automation solutions platform. Paul began his career at Universal McCann as a Media Systems Analyst focusing on the telecommunications industry. Paul has been an active member of the New York State Wireless Associations Board of Directors since 2017 and was Co-Chair of the 2019 NYSWA Wireless Forum. He is also a board member and director of CityWide Disaster Services, Inc. a not-for-profit corporation that provides Public Safety Communications in and around New York City. He has a Bachelor of Science in Marketing from Ithaca College.

Aaron Friedman

Aaron Friedman

Vice President - Social Media/Strategic Partnerships

Aaron Friedman has over 10 years of experience in the wireless industry. In his current role, Aaron is the Mid Atlantic Sales Manager with responsibilities for all Tower and in-building wireless solutions and strategies for the region. Aaron has a background as a sales and marketing specialist and brings that knowledge to the telecom field and to his new role on the NYSWA board. Prior to joining the telecom field, Aaron served as a first responder in fire and EMS roles, with responsibilities including all back-office administration as well as field operations. Aaron brings his operations, sales and marketing approaches to all aspects of business development and management.

Lucia Chiocchio

Lucia Chiocchio

Secretary

Lucia is a Partner and Vice-Chair of Cuddy & Feder’s Telecommunications Practice group. She concentrates her practice in zoning and energy law, with an emphasis on telecommunications. Her background in environmental engineering allows her to integrate technical experience into her representation of landowners, developers and the telecommunications industry.

She uses her multi-disciplinary experience and extensive knowledge to manage consultants and formulate approaches to successfully advance projects through complex and sometimes controversial permitting and approval processes. For a major wireless carrier company, Lucia successfully secured state agency permits and local municipal approvals for a number of various controversial infrastructure projects. Lucia has a proven record of developing strategies to achieve client goals and avert litigation. When litigation is inevitable, her strategies result in a sound record. She regularly appears before municipal and state boards, commissions and agencies. She frequently lectures at Continuing Legal Education Seminars on land use and zoning issues.

Prior to becoming an attorney, Lucia had a successful engineering career where she served as project management for several utility clients. The various projects she administered included energy efficiency rebates programs, water/wastewater treatment facility operations and management and telecommunications design.

Lucia received her Master’s in Environmental Engineering from Manhattan College and her Juris Doctorate from Pace University School of Law.

Board of Directors

  • Paul Fettuccia

    Paul Fettuccia

    President

    Over a 30-year career, Paul Fettuccia has risen through the ranks: from Time Warner Cable Field Technician to Intermedia Communications Engineering Manager to President and CEO of ANS Advanced Network Services LLC, a Charge Enterprises Company

  • Emily McPherson

    Emily McPherson

    Airosmith Development

    Bringing 10 years of Engineering and Project Management experience in the telecom industry. Oversees a team dedicated to delivering end to end site acquisition services for the Verizon Upstate NY (UPNY) market, and manages a team responsible for performing RF exposure analysis and mitigation recommendations for Airosmith’s wireless carrier clients. 

  • Erica Villecco NYSWA Board Member

    Erica Villecco

    V-COMM, LLC

    Director of Business Development at V-COMM, LLC an RF Engineering firm. Erica joined V-COMM six years ago and is a newcomer to the wireless industry. Since joining V-COMM, Erica has worked closely with V-COMM’s governmental and commercial clients on projects across all sectors of the wireless industry.

  • Elizabeth Sweeney

    Crown Castle

    Elizabeth joined Crown Castle and the Telecommunications Industry in 2016.  In her time at Crown,…

  • Christopher Darr

    Zenfi Networks, LLC

    Christopher Darr is the Operations Manager at Zenfi Networks, LLC, with over 10 years of…

  • Tom Marciano

    Tom Marciano

    inRange, LLC

    Mr. Marciano has over 30 years executive management and hands-on experience in the wireless/telecommunications and real estate/construction industries.

  • Patrick Ford

    Patrick Ford is a member of Ford Law Firm LLP and chair of the Firm’s Corporate and Real Estate Departments. Patrick’s practice focuses on the representation of telecommunications clients in all areas of their corporate and commercial interests.

  • David Bronston

    David Bronston

    Phillips Lytle LLP

    Mr. Bronston, Special Counsel and Telecommunications Team Leader at Phillips Lytle LLP, focuses his practice on telecommunications infrastructure and has extensive experience with network licensing and the intersection of telecommunications infrastructure with real estate.

  • Kristin Duffy

    Kristin Duffy

    AT&T

    Director of AT&T Legislative & External Affairs with 17 years experience. Plans, coordinates and implements activities for achieving AT&T’s state legislative, regulatory and community objectives.

  • Jane Builder - NYSWA Board of Directors

    Jane Builder

    T-Mobile Technology, Principal Manager Network Advocacy

    Jane is a 20-year government relations professional specializing in policy which impacts the build out of telecommunications networks. She oversees an area of the eastern U.S. from the Canadian border to South Carolina.

  • Adrian Berezowsky

    Adrian G. Berezowsky

    Mr. Berezowsky is Vice President at Dynamic Environmental Associates (DEA) and has over 13 years of experience in the wireless infrastructure industry.

  • Ann D’Alessandro

    Ann D’Alessandro

    Airosmith Development, Inc.

    Ann D’Alessandro, Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Airosmith Development. Ann brings over 20 years of experience in sales, management and marketing. In her current roll, she oversees new business development, existing client relationships and marketing.

  • Douglas Dimitroff

    Douglas Dimitroff

    Mr. Dimitroff is a Partner at Phillips Lytle LLP. He has over 20 years of experience in telecommunications matters, representing leading telecommunications carriers, infrastructure providers and numerous other clients involved in the telecommunications industry.

  • Heather Douglas Wilkins

    Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer - HCI Energy

    A versatile legal practitioner with solid leadership, planning, organizational, and project management skills. Multi-industry experience in telecommunications, real estate, insurance, and the corporate sector.

  • Christopher Fisher - NYSWA Board of Directors

    Christopher Fisher

    Managing Partner, Cuddy & Feder, LLP

    Christopher B. Fisher, Esq. is a founding board member of NYSWA and served as its President from 2012-2018. He currently serves as NYSWA’s State & Local Government Affairs Advisor continuing educational and industry efforts with federal, state and municipal officials.

  • Edward Frawley - NYSWA Board of Directors

    Edward Frawley

    Senior Vice President Tectonic Engineering, and Surveying and Geologists DPC

    Ed’s career in Telecommunication started in 1993. Currently Ed oversees 6 offices for Tectonic across the continental US. Ed specializes in project deployments, but his love will always be municipal permitting.

  • Michael Jones - NYSWA Board of Directors

    Michael Jones

    Future Technologies- Vice President - Site Development Division (SDD)

    Michael is responsible for helping Future Technologies grow its market share in Site Development services. He helps customers prepare for their deployments through Site Acquisition, A&E, Environmental and Raw Land site deployments.

  • Steve Ruzzo - NYSWA Board of Directors

    Stephen Ruzzo

    Pyramid Network Services, LLC

    Steve Ruzzo has over 23 years of telecom experience, utilizing his engineering background managing the design and development of wireless networks throughout the Northeast for carriers and tower companies.

  • Leslie J. Snyder

    Leslie Snyder

    Snyder & Snyder, LLP

    Leslie J. Snyder is the Managing Partner at Snyder & Snyder, LLP.  Leslie has developed a unique practice involving real estate and telecommunications matters.  She has extensive commercial real estate, zoning and land use expertise. 

  • Tom Wiseman - NYSWA Board of Directors

    Tom Wiseman

    RAMAKER and Associates

    Tom Wiseman is the Director of Business Development for RAMAKER and Associates (a nationally based Architectural and Engineering firm).  Tom has over 25 years in Telecommunications and Architectural/Engineering Services.

Paul Fettuccia

Paul Fettuccia

President

Over a 30-year career, Paul Fettuccia has held various positions in the telecommunications industry: from Time Warner Cable Field Technician, to Intermedia Communications Engineering Manager, to President and CEO of ANS Advanced Network Services LLC (ANS), a division of Charge Enterprises. Since taking over as President and CEO, Paul has led an aggressive expansion of the company’s services and footprint, including adding new employees, extending the company’s physical presence and expanding the ANS product and service solutions. ANS’ reputation has secured a robust account roster, including a variety of high-profile customers from Verizon Wireless, Federal government agencies and Universities, among others.

Additionally, Paul has made ANS a fast-growing provider in the important Distributed Antenna Systems (DAS), Private Long-Term Evolution (LTE) and Citizen Broadband Radio Services (CBRS) market segments. Newly expanded services include; DAS Remote Monitoring and Maintenance Services, AC Power and EV Charging Stations. Paul’s additional responsibilities include spearheading the expansion of Charge’s robust infrastructure business model, including EV Charging Station offerings. ANS’s 5G technical expertise and stellar reputation in the telecom industry serves as a perfect fit.

Prior to his current role, Paul was appointed Vice President and General Manager of ANS in 2002, wherein he established relationships with Verizon Wireless and Verizon (landline) as well as AT&T as a “turf” vendor. He also spearheaded the company’s expansion into Tower Services and Power Services. Paul joined ANS in 1999 as Director of Engineering, leading the implementation of the TL9000 Quality Systems and the redefinition of Project Management Systems, while also serving as the principle Sales Engineer.

Paul received his Bachelor of Science in Engineering from the Watson School of Engineering at Binghamton University and his Master’s in Telecommunications Network Management from Syracuse University. Paul has been an active member on the New York State Wireless Association Board of Directors, serving on the Executive Committee as Secretary and, as of December 9, 2021, President.

Paul is a resident of Rensselaer County, NY, a proud father of two boys and an avid golfer. When time permits, you might find Paul enjoying his homemade red wine and a fine home-cooked Italian meal with friends and family.

Emily McPherson

Emily McPherson

Airosmith Development

Ms. McPherson brings 10 years of Engineering and Project Management experience in the Wireless Telecommunication Industry. In her current role at Airosmith Development, Emily wears two hats: overseeing a team dedicated to delivering end to end site acquisition services for the Verizon Upstate NY (UPNY) market, as well as managing a team responsible for performing RF exposure analysis and mitigation recommendations for Airosmith’s wireless carrier clients.

Emily started in telecom in 2012 as an RF Engineer at Verizon. While in that role, Emily acted as the RF design lead for the initial small cell deployment in the UPNY market. Later, she transitioned to a senior Project Manager position at Verizon, where she managed embedded base upgrade projects from end to end. Before joining Airosmith, Emily was the Engineering Manager at Tilson Technology Management where she led a team responsible for the design and deployment of a wide variety of fixed wireless communication networks.

Emily received her Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) in 2010 as well as her Master of Science in Telecommunications Engineering Technology from the RIT in 2016. She has been an active member of the Industry Advisory Board for RIT’s Communication Networks Graduate Degree Program since 2017. Emily is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) and is a member of the Rochester Chapter of the PMI Organization.

In her spare time, Emily coaches a girls 14U travel baseball team that competes in tournaments around the country.

Erica Villecco NYSWA Board Member

Erica Villecco

V-COMM, LLC

Erica Villecco is the Director of Business Development at V-COMM, LLC an RF Engineering firm. Erica joined V-COMM six years ago and is a newcomer to the wireless industry. Since joining V-COMM, Erica has worked closely with V-COMM’s governmental and commercial clients on projects across all sectors of the wireless industry, including, DAS, public safety, zoning, CBRS and the development of wireless infrastructure.

Before joining V-COMM, Erica worked as a designer in various Architecture firms in Philadelphia. Erica earned her B.F.A. from Kean University graduating Magna Cum Laude.

Elizabeth Sweeney

Crown Castle

Elizabeth joined Crown Castle and the Telecommunications Industry in 2016.  In her time at Crown, she has worked with all carriers in an Analyst and most recently, a Project Management capacity.  Elizabeth holds an Accounting degree from Siena College.  Prior to her employment at Crown, she spent 8 years Accounting and Auditing field for the State of New York.

Christopher Darr

Zenfi Networks, LLC

Christopher Darr is the Operations Manager at Zenfi Networks, LLC, with over 10 years of both hands on and management experience in telecommunications. Chris specializes in site deployment.

He started his career as a foreman building out and upgrading Macro sites throughout NYC for AT&T, T-Mobile, Nextel and Metro PCS. He has since moved on to join Metro NS in 2016 (Zenfi Networks LLC. former sister company) as a construction manager. Moving up the ranks he eventually joined Zenfi networks LLC. as the NYC Operations Manager, managing the Deployment, integration and maintenance for Zenfi Networks wireless division.

Tom Marciano

Tom Marciano

inRange, LLC

Tom Marciano is a proven leader with more than three decades of hands on operational management experience with start-ups, growth businesses and more established companies in the wireless industry. Driving growth with profitability. Developing mutually beneficial strategic partnerships and opportunities nationwide. Tom is the Chief Growth Officer and partner at inRange Solutions and Azimuth Engineering Group. He is also the past President of the New York State Wireless Association and remains an active board member.

Patrick Ford

Patrick Ford is a member of Ford Law Firm LLP and chair of the Firm’s Corporate and Real Estate Departments. Patrick’s practice focuses on the representation of telecommunications clients in all areas of their corporate and commercial interests. Since starting his career in the legal department of Bell Atlantic NYNEX Mobile (now Verizon Wireless), he has counseled telecommunications clients on all facets of network growth, including leasing issues, zoning matters, and mergers and acquisitions.

Patrick has lectured on telecommunications leasing matters and is admitted to practice in the state courts of New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania as well as the United States District Courts for the Southern District of New York and the District of New Jersey.

David Bronston

David Bronston

Phillips Lytle LLP

Mr. Bronston, Special Counsel and Telecommunications Team Leader at Phillips Lytle LLP, focuses his practice on telecommunications infrastructure and has extensive experience with network licensing and the intersection of telecommunications infrastructure with real estate. He has represented public and private property owners nationwide in license agreements, right of way agreements and other access agreements with telecommunications service providers. He has also represented all types of telecommunications service providers and carriers (with a particular expertise in Distributed Antenna System networks) in negotiating franchise agreements with local governments and obtaining all necessary legislative authorizations and administrative licenses, permits and approvals. Mr. Bronston is a member of the Board of Directors for New York State Wireless Association, the Adirondack Council, Parks and Trails NY and the NYC Chapter of the League of Conservation Voters. Selected for the New York Metro Super Lawyers® list, he earned his B.A., magna cum laude, from Harvard College, his Master of Public Affairs from Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs, and his J.D. from Fordham University School of Law.

Kristin Duffy

Kristin Duffy

AT&T

Kristin Duffy is the Director of AT&T Legislative & External Affairs, where she plans, coordinates and implements activities for achieving AT&T’s state legislative, regulatory and community objectives. In coordination with AT&T’s New York State President, Duffy directs lobbying activities, manages stakeholder relationships, and implements community investment—including directing and managing AT&T Foundation grants, contributions, and memberships. Duffy is also responsible for engaging key elected officials and policymakers throughout the state on a number of issues impacting business and works to cultivate dialogue between these elected officials and industry leaders to create sound public policies that will positively impact the residents of New York. 

Duffy has over 17 years of experience in policy and politics. Prior to coming to AT&T, Duffy was the Government Affairs Manager for the Northeast at Nurse-Family Partnership, where she directed the state legislative and regulatory agenda for New York, New York City, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Vermont. Duffy also worked as the Director of Government Relations for the American Heart Association, leading their political agenda and grassroots advocacy and prior to that with the NYS Nurses Association. In 2021, Duffy was named a “40 under 40” Rising Star by City & State, “Albany’s Next Generation of Political Leaders.” 

Duffy has a Master of Public Administration degree from Syracuse University and a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University at Albany. Duffy is located in Rexford, New York where she and her husband are raising their family. 

Jane Builder - NYSWA Board of Directors

Jane Builder

T-Mobile Technology, Principal Manager Network Advocacy

Jane is a 20-year government relations professional specializing in policy which impacts the build out of telecommunications networks. She oversees an area of the eastern U.S. from the Canadian border to South Carolina. Jane received a Masters’ Degree in Public Administration from NYU’s Wagner School of Public Service, and a J.D. from Pace University’s School of Law with a concentration in Environmental Law. Prior to her Telecommunications career, Jane was a litigator and an Administrative Law Judge in New York City.  Jane is passionate about bringing connectivity to underserved communities and is a member of the Board of Directors of the New York State Wireless Association. She currently serves as an alternate on the FCC Broadband Deployment Advisory Committee focusing on deployment to low income communities.

Adrian Berezowsky

Adrian G. Berezowsky

Mr. Berezowsky is Vice President at Dynamic Environmental Associates (DEA) with daily responsibilities including business development, the management and technical oversight of environmental and regulatory projects as well as administrative and financial duties for the company.

He has over 13 years of experience in the wireless infrastructure industry having helped to found IVI Telecom Services, Inc., a nationwide environmental consulting firm which also specialized in environmental and regulatory due diligence for wireless infrastructure development. IVI was acquired by CBRE in late 2014 where he served as Senior Managing Director until 2018 after which he founded BirchCo, Inc., a boutique firm specializing in regulatory and environmental oversight for commercial projects, whose operations were merged into DEA’s in early 2020.

He attended The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science & Art (Bachelor of Architecture) and Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law and is Vice President and events chair for the New York State Wireless Association and co-chair of the Wireless Infrastructure Associations Environmental Engineering and Consultants Working Group.

He lives in the lower Hudson Valley of New York with his wife and three young boys and enjoys spending time with them as well as mountain biking, reading and attending various events of the Ukrainian diaspora.

Ann D’Alessandro

Ann D’Alessandro

Airosmith Development, Inc.

Ann D’Alessandro, Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Airosmith Development. Ann brings over 20 years of experience in sales, management and marketing. In her current roll, she oversees new business development, existing client relationships and marketing. Ann has a proven track record in effectively developing and maintain key relationships, while promoting the brand and overseeing new marketing strategies. Prior to joining Airosmith Development, she was the Director of Business Development and Marketing for a full-service architecture and engineering firm. Ann Received a BS in Business/Marketing from the State University of New York at Plattsburgh.

Douglas Dimitroff

Douglas Dimitroff

Mr. Dimitroff is a Partner at Phillips Lytle LLP. He has over 20 years of experience in telecommunications matters, representing leading telecommunications carriers, infrastructure providers and numerous other clients involved in the telecommunications industry. His representation has included transactional and litigation matters, such as permitting for wireless telecommunication carriers, infrastructure owners and developers; and site leasing work, site development and asset sales and purchases throughout the U.S. He has particular expertise in Distributed Antenna System and other small cell networks where he is involved with both business and regulatory aspects.

Mr. Dimitroff is a member of the Federal Communications Commission’s Broadband Deployment Advisory Committee. He is also currently active on several committees for The HetNet Forum and a member of WIA. Additionally, he was a co-founder of the New York State Wireless Association, where he served as President for over five years and remains an active member of the Board of Directors.

Heather Douglas Wilkins

Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer - HCI Energy

Heather currently leads sales and marketing efforts for HCI Energy and is responsible for growth, expansion and partnerships for HCI’s unique hybrid energy solution.

Heather joined HCI Energy in February of 2023 bringing her industry experience from the telecom sector to bolster their energy product set to solve for power solutions that support even the most remote communication needs.  She previously worked at Innovative Driven with a focus on data migration to the cloud and solving challenges leveraging ID’s suite of solutions, but has spent over 20 years in the telecom industry, working for both Crown Castle (CCI) and American Tower (AMT).  She has held various roles leading sales, legal, innovation and strategy.  Prior to her time in the telecom sector, she worked as an attorney in real estate, insurance defense, and M+A for private firms in the Greater Boston area. She leverages both her legal and sales background to also support non-profit efforts helping vulnerable women out of crisis at Designed For Joy.

Christopher Fisher - NYSWA Board of Directors

Christopher Fisher

Managing Partner, Cuddy & Feder, LLP

Christopher B. Fisher, Esq. is a founding board member of NYSWA and served as its President from 2012-2018. He currently serves as NYSWA’s State & Local Government Affairs Advisor continuing educational and industry efforts with federal, state and municipal officials to accelerate wireless growth across New York.  Chris is also a member of New York State’s Cellular Taskforce created in 2019 and appointed by Governor Cuomo to serve as an industry representative.

Under Chris’s leadership, NYSWA established its Wireless Forum Conferences in NYC, championed NYSWA’s charitable efforts to support workforce training of military veterans for high paying jobs in the wireless sector, published a statewide wireless economic impact report, expanded relationships with the FCC in Washington and State leaders in Albany.  His focus was to provide new and improved opportunities for NYSWA members to do business in New York and meet the wireless needs of the public.

Chris is also a member of WIA’s Innovation and Technology Council and has chaired prior working groups focusing on municipal government relations and small cell policy. Chris also serves on the Board of the Westchester County Association and leads its technology efforts. Chris also contributes to the wireless industry national where he focuses his efforts on mobile infrastructure deployment.

Chris is Managing Partner at Cuddy & Feder, LLP, a New York based law firm where he chairs the firm’s Telecommunications Practice Group and is a past chairman of the firm’s Land Use, Zoning and Development Practice Group. He has provided wireless operators, tower companies, DAS and small cell developers with real estate, municipal franchising, zoning, environmental, litigation and other siting legal services for over 25 years.

Edward Frawley - NYSWA Board of Directors

Edward Frawley

Senior Vice President Tectonic Engineering, and Surveying and Geologists DPC

Ed’s career in Telecommunication started in 1993. Currently Ed oversees 6 offices for Tectonic across the continental US. Ed specializes in project deployments, but his love will always be municipal permitting. He has a proven track working with clients and understanding their needs while building a relationship built on performance and trust. Ed has performed services for each of the 5 major carriers in the US, the big three tower companies, and many program management companies.

Prior to Tectonic, Ed worked for LCC and had his own site acquisition firm. Ed has degrees in Law Enforcement and Psychology. In his spare time Ed serves as a director on multiple boards, and you can usually find him with his horses at national reining competitions.

Michael Jones - NYSWA Board of Directors

Michael Jones

Future Technologies- Vice President - Site Development Division (SDD)

Michael is currently responsible for helping Future Technologies grow its market share in Site Development services through his leadership and experience.  His extensive Site Development experience focuses on delivering high quality professional services to help customers prepare for their deployments through Site Acquisition, A&E, Environmental and Raw Land site deployments.  Michael spent his first 8 years in the industry on the vendor side with the A&E/CM organization ARCnet followed by a switch to the carrier side with 10 years at Sprint managing various areas of the Sprint Sites Tower Portfolio.  Since then he switched back to the vendor side of the industry and has remained there for the past 10 years in senior management positions, focused on organizational turnkey build approaches.  With over 25 years of overall telecommunication experience, Michael has worked deploying 1000’s of new sites and has been on the full turnkey approach on both the carrier and vendor side.

Steve Ruzzo - NYSWA Board of Directors

Stephen Ruzzo

Pyramid Network Services, LLC

Steve Ruzzo has over 23 years of telecom experience, utilizing his engineering background managing the design and development of wireless networks throughout the Northeast for carriers and tower companies.

Steve started his career with Ericsson in 1996 on the AT&T Wireless launch in the New England Market. He soon transitioned over to Omnipoint (now T-Mobile) for their network launch in New England and onto Build-to-Suit tower company Unisite (now American Tower Company) developing towers in the Northeast. Steve took an opportunity to expand his carrier experience developing sites for Sprint with Tectonic Engineering and eventually advancing to manage engineering plan development for all the wireless carriers. Steve joined National Grid Wireless (now Lightower) in 2002 spearheading their efforts to attach the wireless carriers to National Grids transmission assets throughout New York and New England. He became more involved in the expansion of Lightower’s national tower portfolio until sold to SBA in 2008. In 2009, he returned to T-Mobile and for the next 8 years managed the upgrade of their network through both 3G and 4G technologies. In 2016, he joined Ecosite, managing Build-to-Suit towers in the Northeast markets for the past 3 years. Steve is now working on 5G modifications for Verizon Wireless in Upstate New York with Pyramid Network Services.

When Steve is not deep into developing sites, he is enjoying watching his son develop in school, sports and music, and often finding himself coaching hockey baseball and lacrosse.

Leslie J. Snyder

Leslie Snyder

Snyder & Snyder, LLP

Leslie J. Snyder is the Managing Partner at Snyder & Snyder, LLP.  Leslie has developed a unique practice involving real estate and telecommunications matters.  She has extensive commercial real estate, zoning and land use expertise.  With over 25 years of experience, Leslie has negotiated leases and procured governmental approvals for switching facilities, distributed antenna systems (DAS), small cell facilities, and other vital telecommunications installations.  She is a frequent lecturer on zoning and environmental issues involving the development of wireless infrastructure.  Leslie is a former Town of Harrison attorney and currently serves as a director of the Westchester Municipal Planning Federation.  Leslie graduated summa cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania and holds a J.D. degree from the New York University School of Law.  Snyder & Snyder, LLP is certified by WBENC as a Women’s Business Enterprise.

Tom Wiseman - NYSWA Board of Directors

Tom Wiseman

RAMAKER and Associates

Tom Wiseman is the Director of Business Development for RAMAKER and Associates (a nationally based Architectural and Engineering firm).  Tom has over 25 years in Telecommunications and Architectural/Engineering Services.  Throughout his career, he has worked at various levels and roles of managing the design and construction development of wireless systems throughout the Northeast, as well as national accounts.   He began his carrier at Fairleigh Dickinson University where he completed his studies in Construction Engineering.  From there he advanced through the ranks to become partner and COO of an Architectural firm focused primarily in Telecom.  Following the path of Telecommunications, he moved into a national role with Ericsson and managed the T-Mobile and then AT&T site implementations from Site Acquisitioning through construction.  His path finally led him back to his roots in Architectural and Engineering where he currently heads up RAMAKER’s NJ office in Woodcliff Lake.  After opening the doors in 2015, He began growing and expanding the presence of RAMAKER in the northeast and managing the overall operations and staff.   Today he is focused on overall companywide Business Development and company partnerships both locally and nationally.  Tom is a very hands-on person who still enjoys getting in the field and on sites to see and learn new ideas and technologies within the industry.

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