Rusty Williams is the director of business development for AFL, responsible for utility market development and the broadening of the utility product portfolio. Prior to AFL, Rusty spent over 25 years at Southern Company where he was responsible for various functions in the IT and Telecommunications organizations including technology planning, engineering and operations of the transport network, data network, storage and computing infrastructure facilities. Rusty served as the Chairman of the Board of Utilities Telecom Council from 2008 through 2009. A graduate from the University of Alabama, Birmingham, Rusty earned a BS in Electrical Engineering and is a registered engineer in the State of Alabama.