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Protecting Your Sanctuary

The abundance of wireless devices creates a more virtual and convenient experience utilizing technology to make our homes more efficient. From smart thermostats to doorbells and appliances, we are more connected than ever. However, these devices can also create a non-secure gateway into our personal information.

The security features in GPC Whole Home WIFI allow you to protect your personal information and your home with elements ranging from motion detection to ad and malware blocking to halting suspicious activity and quarantining compromised devices.

Plume Adaptive WiFi™ Plume’s intuitive cloud-based technology acclimates to the needs of your family’s online patterns. Unlike other mesh network systems, our adaptive system learns from the habits of your home, adjusts and optimizes accordingly, allocating capacity to devices and areas that need it most.

Ensure the online safety of your family by activating parental controls that limit access to specific content by device. Monitor Internet usage and/or shut down service by device to ensure healthy online habits and enforce homework and family time.

Tell us more and a local account executive will reach out to you to determine the custom solutions that will fit your needs and help you reach your goals. We look forward to working with you.

Todd Foje, Chief Executive Officer | Great Plains Communications

Todd Foje is Chief Executive Officer of Great Plains Communications, LLC and Great Plains Underground Construction LLC. In this role, he leads the company by defining and implementing growth and business strategies. He became CEO in 2008 and has twenty years of telecommunications industry experience. Todd earned his Bachelor of Business Administration from Creighton University, his Juris Doctor degree from George Washington University and a Master of Law in Taxation (LLM) degree from Georgetown University. He has prior experience as both a certified public accountant and an attorney and also worked in executive roles in other industries prior to joining Great Plains Communications.

Janelle Allison, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer | Great Plains Communications

Janelle Allison, Chief Operating Officer | Great Plains Communications

Janelle Allison joined Great Plains Communications in 2005 and currently serves as the Chief Operating Officer and Treasurer. She is a Certified Public Accountant with over 30 years of accounting and finance experience. In addition, she has over a decade of experience in the telecommunications industry including software, telemarketing, underground utility locating, state one-call notifications systems and telephone, cable TV and Internet communications.

Josephine Bernson, Chief Revenue Officer | Great Plains Communications

Josephine Bernson serves as the Chief Revenue Officer for Great Plains Communications. In this role she is responsible for driving revenue generation efforts and identifying growth opportunities for the enterprise and carrier divisions of the company. She also leads and develops the sales and marketing teams and provides critical input into product development and customer experience strategies. Josephine has 15 years of experience producing high-revenue growth for telecommunications and media companies ranging from start-up to global Fortune 500.

Tony Thakur, Chief Technology Officer | Great Plains Communications

Tony Thakur is the Chief Technology Officer of Great Plains Communications where he guides the company’s technology vision and focuses on expanding and enhancing its robust fiber network. He also works to identify and implement new innovative technologies to expand the company product offerings, focuses on national geographic network expansion opportunities and introduces automation to drive efficiencies. He has over two decades of experience in C-level and senior executive roles in the telecommunications industry. Throughout his career he has demonstrated repeated success launching programs and developing services related to technology infrastructure development, networking and cloud connectivity services. Tony graduated with a Master of Science in Engineering Management from the Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Florida and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas, Arlington, Texas.

Ken Pfister, Vice President of Strategic Policy | Great Plains Communications

Ken Pfister is Vice President of Strategic Policy for Great Plains Communications. He is responsible for the company strategy and policies for inter-carrier compensation, interconnection, universal service and other regulatory issues. Ken has been with Great Plains Communications since 2000 and has over 25 years of experience in the telecommunications industry.

Kim Ptacnik, Vice President of Human Resources | Great Plains Communications

Kim Ptacnik is the Vice President of Human Resources (HR). She joined Great Plains Communications as an HR Assistant after graduating from the University of Nebraska at Omaha with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree in 1985. Over the years she has served in roles ranging from supervisor to senior director, playing an important part in developing and inspiring the culture that’s the backbone of Great Plains Communications: high-performing people.

Mark Kerns, Vice President of Accounting and Finance

Mark Kerns is the Vice President of Accounting and Finance. He directs the company’s financial management and growth strategy while overseeing all aspects of the accounting operations. Formerly with Lutz & Company, Pricewaterhouse Coopers and Coopers & Lybrand, Mark joined Great Plains Communications as a Senior Accounting Manager in 2012. He graduated from the University of Nebraska at Omaha with a Master of Business Administration and Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degrees in Accounting.

Todd Foje, Chief Executive Officer

Janelle Allison, Chief Operating Officer

Josephine Bernson, Chief Revenue Officer

Tony Thakur, Chief Technology Officer

Ken Pfister, Vice President of Strategic Policy

Kim Ptacnik, Vice President of Human Resources

Mark Kerns, Vice President of Accounting and Finance

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Todd Foje, Chief Executive Officer | Great Plains Communications

Janelle Allison, Chief Operating Officer | Great Plains Communications

Josephine Bernson, Chief Revenue Officer | Great Plains Communications

Tony Thakur, Chief Technology Officer | Great Plains Communications

Ken Pfister, Vice President of Strategic Policy | Great Plains Communications

Kim Ptacnik, Vice President of Human Resources | Great Plains Communications

Mark Kerns, Vice President of Accounting and Finance

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