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Thomas Tyler (he/him/his)

Founder
C207 Partners
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States

Thomas Tyler is the founder of C207 Partners, a boutique consultancy focused on the hardest parts of the BEAD post-award horizon — implementation, compliance, and accountability. Drawing on nearly five years leading one of the nation's most recognized state broadband programs, he provides strategic advisory, program support, and business development across the full broadband ecosystem. C207 works alongside leading firms in broadband location data, federal policy advisory, non-deployment program design, and full-service program management — offering states and subgrantees a coordinated set of capabilities across the full BEAD implementation lifecycle.
Most recently, Thomas served as Deputy Director of ConnectLA, Louisiana's Office of Broadband Development and Connectivity, where he played a central role in building what became one of the most nationally recognized state broadband programs in the country. Under his leadership, Louisiana became the first state in the nation to receive approvals across its federal broadband programs, and the office secured connectivity for nearly 200,000 locations across all 64 parishes through its GUMBO grant programs — generating an estimated $2–3 billion in economic impact and thousands of new jobs. The program identified more than $800 million in savings through efficient policy design and is on pace for statewide high-speed internet access years ahead of the federal deadline.

Thomas has provided advisory services to the U.S. Department of Commerce, Pew Charitable Trusts, the National Governors Association, and numerous leading broadband and technology organizations. He is a graduate of Louisiana State University and resides in Baton Rouge with his wife and three children.

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