Julie Kunstler is Chief Analyst within Omdia’s Broadband Access Intelligence Service. Julie has several decades of experience in the communications components, equipment, and software industry. She is responsible for market analysis of wireline and wireless broadband access technologies and networks, focusing on developing technologies such as next-gen PON.
Julie has worked as an executive, investor, and board member for communications companies. Having served in these numerous roles, she understands what it takes for new communications technologies to be deployed in large numbers, across multiple geographies, and for different applications and customer types. Julie brings her knowledge of the pressure on operators to support bandwidth-hungry applications along with the margin requirements of the ecosystem. She is a regular participant at industry events around the globe.
Prior to joining Omdia, Julie served as VP Business Development for Teknovus, focusing on FTTP deployments in Asia-Pacific, OEM agreements with major equipment vendors, corporate strategy, analyst relationships, business planning, and fund raising. Before Teknovus, Julie served as co-founder and general partner for Portview Communications Partners, a VC fund focusing on investments in early-stage communications technology companies.