About

Keenwire provides professional consulting services to communities, governments, tribes and service providers.  We are focused on rural issues of broadband and communications; with expertise in business, technical and policy areas. Keenwire is also a certified disabled-veteran/woman-owned small business.

Mission

We go above and beyond for our customers.

We work hand-in-hand with our clients, guiding along broadband planning, engineering or a grant application.  We ensure stakeholders are engaged, deployments are timely and efforts are genuine.  Keenwire is dedicated to rural broadband because we care about the people and community.  Broadband is so important to rural areas as they need it most and have so much at stake.

Our goal is deliver the best service, information and innovative ideas.  We collaborate and partner with our clients, creating long-term relationships and friendships that exist beyond the end of a project.

Values

  • We provide value to our clients through unique methodologies and broad expertise.
  • We utilize our strengths of knowledge and insight.
  • We approach business with integrity.
  • We are responsive to our client’s needs.
  • We provide excellent support as a partner.

Management

 Keenwire’s management team has the perfect compliment of engineering and policy, project management and business operations experience that powers our mission to go above and beyond our customer’s expectations to deliver wireless solutions in every aspect of network development. We are very passionate about what we do and have a capable team who respond to our customers with care.

Tricia Stevens, President, Founder

Tricia Stevens has a proven track record in both the public and private sector with outreach, successfully building alliances, achieving project objectives, exceeding timelines and staying within budgets. Tricia’s experience in broadband spans the last five-years and in 2009, under Tricia’s management, Keenwire project managed ten BIP/BTOP grant applications; successfully winning three for a total award of over $85 million.

Scott Stevens, VP Business Development

Scott has spent the last decade as a leader in the broadband industry, primarily working to resolve rural broadband issues. Scott has assisted over 1,000 rural broadband providers to create successful businesses by bringing broadband to un-served and under-served rural areas. He has worked on policy issues in Washington D.C. working with Chairman Powell and his commissioners during 2002-05. Additionally, in 2008 Scott was a member of the Obama Tech Policy Committee for the Campaign beneath Alec Ross and Larry Strickling. He has launched entrepreneurial efforts including National Broadband in 2002-03, which leveraged WilTel fiber across 38 states to deliver Tier 1 Internet backhaul to rural communities and promote last-mile broadband. Scott has consulted clients ranging as large as CenturyLink and Boeing to small communities and service providers.
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