Overview

October 8
10AM PT, 1PM ET

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K–12 districts are reimagining how they connect students, staff, and communities. With more devices, digital resources, and cloud-based tools than ever before, schools need networks that are fast, secure, and built to adapt. Traditional infrastructure simply can’t keep pace.

In this webinar, we’ll highlight how innovative districts are building resilient connectivity strategies to support learning anywhere it happens—on campus, on buses, and beyond. You’ll see how schools are expanding coverage, enhancing security, and achieving more with tight budgets.

You’ll walk away with insights on how to:

  • Extend secure connectivity to mobile and temporary learning environments
  • Streamline network management and safeguard data
  • Deliver uninterrupted access to support teaching, learning, and operations
  • Leverage E-Rate to stretch budgets

Join us to see how school districts are building smarter, more secure networks that power student success now and for the future. 

Speakers

 

Ben Moebes

Director of Public Sector, Ericsson

Ben currently leads a sales team that brings 5G connectivity to the Public Sector at Ericsson, He is an award-winning leader with a track record of successes in leading the continued growth of IT sales organizations such as Versa, Aerohive and Ruckus Networks. His background includes breaking new ground in global markets resulting in record-breaking revenue metrics and highly profitable new partnerships with major organizations.

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Jim Kerr

Principal E-Rate Consultant, KB & Associates, LLC

Jim Kerr’s technology and marketing experience spans more than 40 years. His skills and capabilities include project management in the area of voice/data communications systems design, selection, and implementation integration, as well as facilities and wiring design, systems integration, and financial analysis. He has placed particular emphasis over the last 25 years on the FCC’s E-rate program and the K-12 education vertical. Since 2009 Jim has been the Principal Consultant/Owner of KB & Assoc. KB & Assoc. provides E-Rate marketing and consulting services as well as access to its E-Rate SaaS ErateProfitWorks, to Service Providers and Manufacturers. His clients were awarded over $550,000,000 in E-Rate applications in 2025.

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Ronald Bergmann — Moderator

Senior Fellow, Center for Digital Education

Ronald M. Bergmann most recently served as Vice President for Information Technology and CIO at Lehman College/CUNY. At Lehman, Ron and his team pioneered the use of analytics, automated major business processes, enhanced classroom technology, and opened the first virtual reality lab in the region. Lehman was cited as an exemplar in the 2018 Horizon Report for its innovative Lehman 360 digital platform. Ron is a fellow of the EDUCAUSE/CLIR Frye (now Leading Change) Institute and was named in 2017 as one of the nation’s top technologists, transformers, and trailblazers by the Center for Digital Education. Ron previously served as first deputy commissioner of New York City's information technology agency where he was selected by Government Technology Magazine as one of the nation's leading individuals redefining and advancing technology's role in government.