With over 23 years of experience in the wireless industry, Rob McKeever is currently the Verizon National Account Manager for Galtronics USA Inc.  Rob’s additional responsibilities include Key Account Manager to Crown Castle and North East Regional Sales Manager for Galtronics.  Rob previously served as DAS Construction Manager / Consultant to Verizon in the New York Metro area managing numerous high-profile DAS builds in the 5 boroughs of NYC. Prior to this work Rob founded and managed a successful Manufacturers Rep firm, McKeever and Associates, LLC serving as President from 2004-2015.  During this tenure, Rob represented over two dozen prominent Wireless Infrastructure companies and in 2008 diversified his Wireless Rep firm in the field of Information Technology (IT) by successfully guiding a prominent Power/Environmental Monitoring Technology company based in the United Kingdom through several large datacenter builds with a Fortune 500 Investment Firm in the United States.

Rob got his start in the Wireless industry in 1997 as a Wireless Manufacturers Sales Representative working for his first mentor, Mike Ostella, of M. Ostella and Associates, Inc.  Rob is a 1996 graduate of Montclair State University in Montclair, New Jersey, and holds a bachelor’s degree in political science.

Dominic has been a veteran of the telecommunications industry for over 40 years. As V-COMM’s founder, he led the organization from two employees to over 50 employees, with office locations in two states, in less than five years. He has qualified as an expert witness in telecommunications engineering in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Michigan. He has also testified in Federal court on behalf of the FCC and Department of Justice in two high-profile cases.

Prior to founding V-COMM in 1995, he led all engineering efforts for Comcast Cellular Communications, Inc. and Comcast International Holdings. As former Director of Engineering for American Cellular Network Corporation (AMCELL), he helped to design the first regional cellular network in the United States with propriety automatic call delivery among independent carriers. Mr. Villecco’s expertise provides a positive impact upon his clients’ growth rates and their ability to secure financing from key vendors.

Mr. Villecco was previously the Vice Chairman of the Board of Advisors for Drexel University’s Electrical and Computer Engineering Department and received the 2001 Distinguished Alumnus Award from the same department. Mr. Villecco was previously the Chairman of the Technical subcommittee for APCO Region 28 and its 700 MHz initiatives. Mr. Villecco is an active member of the IEEE and a member of the Radio Club of America.

Tony is a Professional Engineer and Certified Municipal Engineer in the State of New Jersey. Working in the wireless industry since 1996, he is a Project Manager with Public Service Electric and Gas, working at Corporate Headquarters in Newark, New Jersey.  Tony manages all third-party attachments on PSE&G’s electric transmission towers and distribution poles throughout the state of New Jersey.   Prior to his employment at PSE&G, Tony engineered the designs for wireless attachments on electric transmission, monopoles, water tanks and rooftops throughout New Jersey and New York.

In addition, Tony has testified before hundreds of planning and zoning boards in New Jersey and New York. Tony is also the Utilisite Committee appointee responsible for wireless colocation for the Utilities Technology Council (UTC).

Prior to working in the wireless industry, Tony worked in the water resources sector. He is a 1981 graduate of Newark College of Engineering (NJIT).

Gail Goldman has over 25 years of experience in site marketing, infrastructure management, site acquisition and business development in the wireless industry. She is a Territory Sales Director for SBA Communications developing new assets for the wireless carriers.

Gail started her career in the industry with Whalen & Company, one of the original site acquisition firms, leasing and zoning sites for Nextel Communications to launch their network in the Boston market. She then worked in the Seattle market with Sprint to deploy their system. When Crown Castle purchased Verizon’s towers in 1999 Gail spent the next 18 years handling all aspects of site development, site marketing, carrier relations and business development. She served as the main point of contact for the New York/New Jersey and Eastern PA markets.

Gail has a BS in Mass Communications from Boston University.

Mike Fox is General Manager for the New York/New Jersey market for Dish Network.

Mike was born and raised in NY/NJ and earned his BSEE from Fairleigh Dickinson University in Hackensack, NJ. After graduating he began his Telecommunications career in 1982 as an Electrical Engineer for Western Union. Designing and implementing an upgrade for a national microwave network, he also started training as a Project Manager. His introduction to Cellular came in 1986 when he was one of the Project Managers at Motorola who built the original A-band network in NY/NJ for Metro One.

Mike spent several years at Motorola heading up a team of Project Managers in the Northeast working on networks for commercial applications as well as state and local government agencies. In 1991, Mike took a position with Cellular One in NJ. Building a team of Project Managers there, they continued the buildout of NY/NJ and additionally planned and managed the market launches of the PCS networks in Boston, Philadelphia, and Baltimore/Washington. In 2000 Mike founded Wireless Network Group (WNG) and was the President and CEO for nearly 20 years.  Mike also heads up the WIA wireless industry band, The Band Plan which is comprised of wireless industry professionals throughout the country. They perform several times a year at various industry events.

Michael Lee Foster has an extensive background in sales and marketing in the tower industry and has worked with all the major carriers on both a regional and national level. Prior to his retirement he was the Director of National Sales – Managed Sites for AAT Communications LLC; a subsidiary of SBA Communications Corporation.

Michael Lee previously served as Vice President of Business Development for Wireless Spectrum Services and also National Director of Business Development for ATC Construction Services.

He was recalled to active duty with the United States Naval Air Reserves in January 2003 and spent a year in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates, flying the DC-9 transport aircraft in support of Operation Noble Eagle and Operation Enduring Freedom. He was released from active duty with United States Navy in December 2003 and joined AAT Communications in January 2004. He is a graduate of Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. Prior to being President of the NJWA in 2012, Michael Lee served as Vice President of the organization since its inception.

Carl is the Director of Radio Access Network for AT&T in the New York/New Jersey Metro Area. In that role, he is responsible for the overall design and optimization of AT&T’s Wireless voice and data network throughout Northern NJ, NYC, Long Island, Westchester, Orange and Sullivan County.

Prior to rejoining AT&T Wireless in January 2004, Carl was an independent consultant for a couple of years, with his own company, working with Nextel Communications to improve their internal processes and procedures for RF Performance, Design and Field Operations.

Prior to that, he owned and operated another consulting company which he built up from a two person company in 1995, to a 20 person company in 1997, before selling to a larger “turnkey key” type company. After selling his business to the larger company, he was employed with that company as the executive vice president of engineering for a number of years where he continued to build the team to a 40 person department and $4 million a year business. During that time, he and his team worked for companies such as AT&T Wireless, Nextel Communications, T-Mobile, Cingular Wireless Interactive, and Lucent Technologies, to name a few.

Carl was with AT&T Wireless in New York from 1992 to 1995, prior to becoming an entrepreneur, where he served as manager of RF Design and Performance in Manhattan. While in that role, his team developed the initial microcell plan for NYC. Prior to becoming manager, he served as a senior RF engineer in New York market responsible for RF Design and Performance in Long Island and Manhattan.

Prior to joining AT&T wireless, Carl worked for NYNEX Mobile Communications (presently named Verizon Wireless) from 1988 to 1992, where he moved his way up from a college intern to RF Area Engineer. In that role, he was responsible for design and performance of several areas throughout New York Metro.

Carl has been working in wireless and the New York market for almost 25 years and holds a Bachelor of Engineer degree from Stevens Institute of Technology.

Mike Ahl is an Attorney in the State of New Jersey. He is a Site Development Manager with T-Mobile (formerly Sprint). Mike has been in the wireless industry since 2000. He has worked on hundreds of telecommunication sites in New Jersey and New York, as well as Department of Defense sites across the United States.

Prior to working in the wireless industry, Mike worked in general practice law firms specializing in Real Estate and Family Law. Mike obtained his BS from Rutgers University and his JD from Seton Hall Law School.

Peter Broy has served in the Wireless Industry since 1993.  He is currently a Site Acquisition Consultant for Centerline Communications.  Prior to joining Centerline, he was at Crown Castle for twelve years in the DAS/Small Cell Division.  Before moving into DAS, Peter had worked for a number of consultants in the Wireless Real Estate, Leasing and Zoning field. He also served as National Zoning Director for Winstar Communications.

Peter’s educational accomplishments include earning a Bachelor of Science Degree in Community Planning from the University of Cincinnati, College of Design, Art and Architecture. He also holds a Master of Public Administration Degree from the University of Southern California.

With over 12 years of telecommunications experience, Danielle Bartley is currently a Project Manager with Tectonic Engineering Consultants, Geologists & Land Surveyors, D.P.C., where her responsibilities include leading a team in leasing, zoning, permitting and due diligence.  Through her time in the industry, Danielle has successfully supported the launch of hundreds of telco sites as well as issued over 1,500 telco land surveys in support of client due diligence efforts.

Danielle is a passionate advocate for LQTBQ+ Rights, with over 15 years of volunteer service, supporting and celebrating the LGBTQ+ community, promoting equal opportunity, and supporting a range of community services provided to ensure equitable resources and opportunities for all. She is also dedicated in her mission to increase awareness of signs and symptoms, to enhance early detection, of ovarian cancer in women of all ages.

In addition to her professional and volunteer life, Danielle is a mother to two daughters and cherishes the ability to teach them that being a woman and mother, while having a career, shall not limit them in their dreams and successes.

Jim is currently a wireless industry title research consultant after retiring in 2017 after 11 years as Vice President of Business Development and Process Excellence at US Title Solutions.  He worked to make U.S. Title Solutions the leader in quality title reports for the telecommunications industry and implemented changes to increase the productivity of the firm.

Prior to joining US Title Solutions Jim worked as Director of Marketing at Trane Commercial Air Conditioning and in a variety of sales functions at Hewlett Packard. In addition to being a Six Sigma Black Belt, Jim holds a MS in Chemistry from Fairleigh Dickinson University and completed the mini-MBA through Rutgers University. He also currently serves as Vice Chairman on the board of International Ballet of Greenville.

Jim previously served the NJWA for many years as the Chair of its Membership/Sponsorship/Events committee.