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CTC Proposal to Orange County – Public Works to Animal Services <br />Page 16 <br /> <br />Matthew DeHaven | Vice President for Fiber & Infrastructure <br /> <br />Matthew DeHaven specializes in wired and wireless communications and broadband <br />telecommunications technology for public safety and other local government and institutional <br />needs. He has over 19 years of engineering experience designing, developing, installing, and <br />overseeing construction and integration of middle mile networks and last-mile fiber-to-the- <br />premises (FTTP), in particular local and wide area networks for institutional, public safety, and <br />Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) applications, video-networking solutions, and unified <br />communications systems. <br />Mr. DeHaven has experience at many levels of network design, procurement, and <br />implementation for high-capacity metropolitan-area networks to support converged video, <br />voice, and data communications. He leads network designs and the preparation of specifications <br />for competitive bid processes, serves as project manager overseeing implementation and testing <br />for a wide range of government clients. Mr. DeHaven prepares designs and cost models to <br />support decision-makers in the deployment of a range of data network technologies, traditional <br />telephone systems, voice-over-IP (VoIP) networks, one-way video distribution, and two-way <br />videoconferencing. His data network experience includes work with a wide range of fiber optic, <br />copper, and wireless technologies. He serves as CTC’s lead engineer on numerous wide area <br />network projects. <br />Among many other projects, he served as a one of the primary technical architects for the 19 <br />jurisdiction fiber optic/microwave network currently deployed in the National Capital Region <br />(NCRnet) to support public safety interoperable communications. <br />Fiber-to-the Premises (FTTP) <br />Mr. DeHaven has assisted in the planning and deployment of dozens of FTTP networks for public <br />sector clients, providing expertise in varying roles from the development of system-level designs <br />and cost estimates to detailed engineering and construction oversight. He led the engineering <br />team responsible for the design of a rural FTTP network in southern Anne Arundel County, <br />Maryland to serve more than 600 homes within a previously unserved neighborhood. He is <br />currently managing the engineering designs and overseeing construction for an FTTP network in <br />Westminster, Maryland, comprised of approximately 80 route miles of fiber plant to serve over <br />6,000 residential and business passings. <br />Inter-County Broadband Network <br />Originally serving as part of the grant application development team that successfully led the <br />State of Maryland to a $115 million Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP) <br />administered by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), Mr. <br />DeHaven served as the Portfolio Manager for the One Maryland Inter-County Broadband <br />Network BTOP grant project. <br />The ICBN is a nine-jurisdiction consortium in central Maryland led by Howard County, Maryland, <br />and was a key sub-recipient of the State’s grant award. Mr. DeHaven served as the lead technical <br />consultant overseeing the use of approximately $72 million in grant funds to build over 800 miles <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: FDEE3CE5-2218-4290-8CC7-E06D1211E72A