PODCAST: FiberLight’s Major on how fiber enables AI benefits for consumers and businesses
In this Broadband Pulse podcast interview, we caught up with Bill Major, CEO of FiberLight, a competitive service provider expanding its fiber footprint to support growing businesses and data center providers scaling to meet AI needs.
Meet our guest
Bill Major, CEO of FiberLight
Major is a seasoned telecommunications executive with more than 20 years of experience leading teams across sales, operations, and process improvement, and a track record of delivering strong operating performance and financial results. Most recently, he served as CEO and President of Everstream Solutions, where he oversaw execution of Everstream’s strategy as the premier enterprise and wholesale fiber platform in the Midwest of the United States. He was also responsible for overseeing the sales, operations, legal, enterprise technology & IT and human resources executive leadership teams. Bill first joined Everstream in 2015 as Vice President of Sales & Marketing and was promoted to Chief Revenue Officer in 2019 and President in 2021. Before that, Bill held sales and operations leadership roles with Fibertech Networks (acquired by Lightower and Crown Castle) and McLeodUSA (acquired by PAETEC and ultimately Windstream).
About the Podcast
In the Lightwave Broadband Pulse podcast, we address the key issues affecting the optical and broadband industry segments. Join us every week for insights from industry leaders on these topics. Visit our website at www.lightwave.com and click on our podcast site at www.broadbandpulse.podbean.com.
About the Author
Sean BuckleySean Buckley
Sean is the Editor-in-Chief of Lightwave. He establishes and executes Lightwave's editorial strategy across its website, email newsletters, events, and other information products. Before coming to Lightwave in July 2023, he served as editor of Broadband Communities. Earlier, he served as senior editor of FierceTelecom and the editor of the former Telecommunications Magazine. He got his start in the optical industry in 1998 when he became the editor of enterprise and optical networks at Information Gatekeepers. He has a BA in English from the University of Massachusetts, Boston, and lives in Dracut, Mass, with his wife, two sons, and his cat, Dove.
