Highlands Fiber Network

Board of Directors

Highlands Fiber Network (HFN) is a community owned fiber network serving the Issaquah Highlands. I have been involved with the network since 2004 when I moved into the community. I was on the HFN Advisory Council when the network was stilled owned by Port Blakely and I now serve on the Board of Directors since the community purchased the network in 2013.

2004-2013: HFN Advisory Council

2013: HFN Purchase

I was part of the community team that purchased Highlands Fiber Network from Port Blakely Communities in 2013. I was involved with modeling financial projections (via big Excel worksheets with all sorts of fun calculations) to determine what purchase price could be supported. I was also involved in doing physical inspection of the network.

HFN Vault
One of the many HFN Vaults that was inspected.
HFN Manhole and Cover
An HFN manhole and lid
HFN Datacenter
Inside an HFN Datacenter with a bunch of fiber plugged into old World Wide Packets gear.

2013-Present: HFN Board of Directors

I was a founding member of the Board of Directors for Highlands Fiber Network Inc. which was the legal entity that purchased the network from Port Blakely Communities. I served as Secretary from 2013-2022 and now serve as the Vice President.

Responsibilities / Accomplishments

  • Overseeing the master services agreement with the ISP (GigabitNow)
  • Advocating and negotiation with the ISP to rollout a $70 Symmetrical Gigabit plan
  • Overseeing the conversion of the network from Active Ethernet to XGS-PON to enable multi-gigabit speeds