Brian Snider is responsible for overseeing the overall business, ensuring the resources are in place to meet the needs of the company’s staff, investors, communities, customers, and partners. He also serves as a thought leader for Lit Communities, representing the firm in public-facing settings such as conferences, project meetings, and investor relations.Brian leads Lit’s Board of Directors and communicates with investors and counsel on any critical issues and corporate actions. He works closely, too, with the finance and business development teams to build broadband project budgets and assemble optimal capital stacks for funding. Brian founded the company in 2019 after more than 18 years of experience in wide-area network deployments, including leading the Southeast U.S. build-out of AT&T’s U-verse release; Google Fiber’s builds in Austin, Salt Lake City, San Antonio, and Huntsville; and Verizon’s network densification in Seattle, San Francisco, Cleveland, Nashville, and Knoxville.Brian and his wife have two children and live in the Birmingham area. He tries to golf when he can but spends most of his time away from the office running around to baseball, basketball, football, cheer, and whatever other activity the kids are doing.
“My business priorities center on setting our strategy and direction while engaging with our executive team to model our critical values, culture, and behavior. That’s what ensures we execute each project successfully for all our stakeholders, especially our municipal partners and the people they serve.” – Brian Snider, Chief Executive Officer
