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Klay Grows ItFounder and Principal
Oct. 2022Founded and lead a consulting practice specializing in community, external, and government affairs. Clients range from broadband firms to social justice organizations to local start-up businesses.
• Leverage expertise in government affairs, community investment, regulatory policy, and strategic communications for clients to achieve desired outcomes, including product launches, investment incentives, and favorable regulations and legislation.
• Design and execute community initiatives, strategic outreach campaigns, storytelling and advocacy campaigns to drive brand value, an understanding of complex issues, and political, regulatory, and community support for clients’ goals.
ComcastVice President of Government Affairs, Community Investment and Communications
Nov. 2002 - Sep. 2011South FloridaFennell was Comcast’s Regional Vice President of Government Affairs and Community Investment in South Florida. During that period, Fennell successfully led Comcast’s regional strategic communications, regulatory, policy and community impact efforts around: the integration of AT&T Broadband, Adelphia and Time Warner Cable systems; Comcast’s launch of High Speed Internet, Voice, HD, OnDemand and Business services; the company’s restoration and relief efforts during the unprecedented 2004 and 2005 hurricane seasons; and the launch of award winning programs to bridge the digital divide, including the Hearts of Our Parks program, the Comcast Digital Connectors program and Internet Essentials.
ComcastSenior Vice President of Government Affairs
May. 2001 - Oct. 2022PhiladelphiaKlayton Fennell was Senior Vice President of Government Affairs for Comcast at its Cable headquarters in Philadelphia, providing government and regulatory affairs support and guidance to Comcast’s field government affairs teams, and to the headquarter-based business and operations teams within Comcast including Xfinity, Comcast Business Services, and Comcast Advertising. Fennell's Local Government Affairs Operations and Policy portfolio included competitive strategies; network investments; network expansion; network performance; capacity management; speed performance; product launch and product support; public-private partnerships including subsidized services; Smart Cities; digital equity; broadband adoption; franchising and authorities to serve; Rights of Way (ROW) management; access management; mergers, acquisitions, and transactions; network and system integration; compliance; pricing initiatives; programming initiatives; workforce initiatives; emergency response; local legislation that is sector-specific but also impacting of our business operations or general business climate; political and regulatory escalations; drivers for economic development and impact; coordination with Community Impact, Diversity Equity & Inclusion, External and Internal Communications, Brand and Reputation, Legal, Influencer and Third Party Engagement; coordination with State and Federal Public Policy, Regulatory and Government Affairs; and coordination with other Comcast entities - NBCUniversal, Telemundo, and Sky. In addition to his Government Affairs duties, Fennell served as Comcast’s Principal for LGBTQ+ External Affairs, and an Executive Advisor to Comcast's Employee Resource Groups Mentorship Program. After twenty years in leadership at Comcast and thirty years within the broadband, communications, media, & technology sector, Fennell elected an early retirement - allowing him to focus on initiatives, campaigns, & organizations that drive community, progress, & social justice.
TESS Communications - A Facilities Based Competitive Communications ProviderHead of Regulatory, Government and External Affairs
Jan. 2000 - Apr. 2001Denver Metropolitan AreaServed as the Chief Regulatory, Government, and External Affairs leader for a start-up, facilities-based, communications provider that competed with the former US West and AT&T Broadband. Under my leadership, TESS secured the necessary regulatory authorities at the federal, state and local levels to provide voice, video, and high speed internet services in Colorado and Arizona with a focus on underserved areas. Also, negotiated and secured: interconnection agreements with other communications carriers; retransmission agreements with local broadcast stations; pole attachment and conduit usage agreements with investor owned and public owned utilities; and resale agreements with Sprint and DISH. Served as TESS's lead regulatory contact to the FCC, state public utility commissions, and with local franchising authorities.
AT&TLaw and Regulatory Affairs Manager, Analyst/Regulatory Witness, and Customer Relations
Jun. 1990 - Feb. 2000Denver, Colorado, United StatesHeld various positions of increasing responsibility at AT&T in Denver, Atlanta and Jacksonville, including:
* Network Access Manager (Denver, CO 1998-2000): tracked and analyzed AT&T's access costs in its West Region (AZ, CO, NM, MT, ID, OR, UT, WA, WY) and served as AT&T's expert witness to state regulatory commissions on access costs, high cost funds, and effective competition; * Law and Government Affairs Docket Manager (Denver, CO 1997-1998): supported AT&T's regulatory filings in its West Region - primarily dockets focused on US West providing competitive local exchange carriers with reasonable and fair access to unbundled network access elements, state high cost funds, and effective competition in the local telephone market; and
* Marketing, Sales and Care: (Atlanta, GA 1996-1997) and (Jacksonville, FL 1990-1993) - provided sales and service support for AT&T Consumer Services as it re-entered local services following the passage of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, and provided customer care support for AT&T Universal Card Services from its initial launch through its growth as one of the largest credit card issuers - during which time AT&T Universal Card Services received the Malcolm Baldridge National Quality Award. ***Note attended law school full time between 1993-1996.
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