Bill Maguire serves as Executive Director for Save our Wi-Fi (www.saveourwifi.org), a project of the WifiForward Coalition. WifiForward’s broad-based membership includes technologies companies, communications providers, trade associations and public interest groups. WifiForward works showcase the value of unlicensed spectrum and alleviate the Wi-Fi spectrum crunch. www.wififorward.org
In addition to his work with WifiForward, Bill is a Partner in Reluminati, LLC, where he heads the consulting firm’s public private partnership practice. Formerly, Bill served as Chief of Staff for the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP) at the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA). Through the $4.7 billion BTOP program, NTIA supported the deployment of 100,000 new and upgraded fiber network miles connecting 20,000 anchor institutions, including more than 10,000 K-12 schools.
Bill is a graduate of Reed College and of Union Theological Seminary in New York.
