Thomas G. (Tom) Robinson is President of CBG Communications, Inc. He has worked with local governments and other public-sector entities across the United States on broadband, cable television, telecommunications and right-of-way (ROW) management projects. He is a frequent speaker at telecommunications, local government and technical conferences. Prior to joining CBG,

Mr. Robinson was Director of Technology Development for River Oaks Communications Corporation, and he also served for 10 years as Chief of the Cable Regulatory Division for Fairfax County, Virginia. He also worked as a System Designer and then in product management for Magnavox CATV Systems, Inc. (acquired by Arris), and began his career in radio and television in Baltimore, Maryland and Syracuse, New York. He is a graduate of Syracuse University and Towson University and now splits his time between the New York Metropolitan and Philadelphia Metropolitan area offices. Mr. Robinson brings to CBG extensive experience in telecommunications, cable television, broadband, technology review, analysis, survey and other project tasks; negotiating with industry providers; meeting and working with local elected and appointed officials and staff personnel; facilitating the activities of Advisory Committees (including both public and private sector representatives); and making presentations to City and County Councils, Commissions and Boards.

Richard (Dick) Nielsen is CBG's Senior Engineer and is based in the St. Paul, Minnesota office. He works as lead technical staff for CBG. Prior to joining CBG, Mr. Nielsen spent 19 years with AT&T Broadband and predecessor companies, including working as an Institutional Network (I-Net) Manager, where he maintained over 1,000 miles of network infrastructure carrying high-capacity video, voice and data communications. He was also a technical supervisor, supervising the work of 35 maintenance and service technicians, and he began in the industry as both a head and field technician. Mr. Nielsen is a member of the Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE) and received formal education at Dakota County Technical College in Minnesota.

Mr. Nielsen brings to CBG vast experience in cable, broadband and telecommunication system design, application development and review, as well as inspections and performance audits. He has performed system infrastructure inspections in cities, towns and counties across the United States and has helped develop remediation plans for providers to bring systems in line with pertinent requirements, standards and codes.

Krystene Rivers is the lead Research Associate for CBG, based in the Philadelphia Metropolitan area office. Prior to joining the firm, Mrs. Rivers worked in various financial management, operations, research, and analytical positions, performing a variety of diverse financial, technical and operational tasks. This includes work in both large and small business environments, which provides her with diverse expertise in research and accounting, project planning, statistical analysis and operational management.

Mrs. Rivers is responsible for multiple aspects of CBG’s research projects which include gathering key information associated with needs ascertainments, broadband studies, surveys, public meetings, focus groups and other research methodologies, as well as the development of research instruments, and compilation, analysis and reporting of the data.

Mrs. Rivers is a graduate of Pennsylvania State University and has done post-graduate work at Widener University.

Dr. Connie Book is President of Telecommunications Research Corporation, a woman-owned business that has partnered with CBG’s team since 1996. She is a researcher and academician in the fields of broadband, telecommunications, cable television, video communications and the Internet. Through her work over several decades, Dr. Book continues to explore the pivotal role that broadband, the Internet, video communications, television and cable television play in American society and public policy.

Dr. Book’s research has received dozens of awards and recognition from the United Nations Internet Governance Forum, the National Cable Telecommunications Association, the National Association of Broadcasters, the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication and the National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors. She is often invited to lecture and moderate discussions on telecommunications issues.

Dr. Book has undergraduate and graduate degrees from Louisiana State University, Northwestern State University and the University of Georgia. Dr. Book has worked on multiple projects with CBG since the firm’s inception and brings her broad-based expertise and research background to all of our needs assessment projects.

Carson Hamlin is a Media Integration Specialist/Audio-Video Engineer working with CBG on many Public, Educational and Governmental (PEG) Access television and multimedia projects. Mr. Hamlin is based in Fort Collins, Colorado, where he also serves as the Video/Media Manager for the City of Fort Collins and Larimer County, Colorado. Mr. Hamlin has also worked extensively as a television facility manager, technical director, editor, audio engineer and design engineer, including working as a videographer for HP's Interactive Division. He is a graduate of Colorado State University.

Mr. Hamlin brings extensive video facility and system design, evaluation and cost projections for equipment used in all types of video and multimedia production facilities, system integration and troubleshooting expertise to CBG, and he is integral to our projects regarding the technical aspects of PEG Access systems, facilities and equipment.