Primary Job Title Co-Founder, Chief Development Officer Primary Organization Rise Broadband
Location Denver, Colorado, United States Regions Greater Denver Area, Western US Gender Male
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Kohler co-founded JAB Broadband (Rise Broadband’s parent company) in 2005, serves on the Board of Directors and is the company’s Chief Development Officer; responsible for all mergers and acquisitions, spectrum development and governmental affairs activities. Rise Broadband is the largest fixed broadband wireless access provider in the United
States providing broadband and digital telephone services to approximately 200,000 residential and business subscribers in sixteen states. Under his leadership, more than 100 companies have been acquired since the company was formed.With 20+ years of wireless industry experience, Mr. Kohler previously served as Director of Corporate Finance and M&A with GVC Capital LLC, where he focused on mergers, acquisitions and capital formation within the wireless industry. Mr. Kohler was also CEO and Founder of Reason, Inc., a wireless management services company which was acquired by InPhonic (formerly NASDAQ:INPC) in 2002. Furthermore, he held senior positions with AT&T Wireless and McCaw Cellular Communications.He currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Wireless Communications Association (WCA), the FCC Committee for the Wireless Internet Service Providers Association (WISPA), Co-Founder and Director of WISP PAC (wisp-pac.org) and is active in advocacy efforts with both the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) as well as the U.S. Congress.
