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Skyler Ditchfield
Skyler Ditchfield
Born
Skyler Ditchfield

(1981-07-31) 31 July 1981 (age 42)
Ojai, California
Alma materNordhoff High School
Occupation(s)Co-Founder and CEO of GeoLinks
SpouseLindsey Ann Ditchfield
Parent(s)Mary Long, Bruce Ditchfield
Awards40 under 40 2019 - Pacific Coast Business Times

Most Influential Leaders 2018 and 2019 - San Fernando Valley Business Journal

30 Most Inspiring Entrepreneurs of 2019 – Insights Success
Websitehttps://geolinks.com

Skyler Ditchfield[edit]

Skyler Ditchfield is Co-Founder and CEO of GeoLinks, a Southern California based internet and phone provider. Skyler is a member of the prestigious Forbes Business Council [1] as well as a member of the Federal Communications Commission's Broadband Deployment Advisory Committee. [2] [3] . Skyler, a tech and computer networking wunderkind, who once worked as a Network Engineer at the Private Network Management Center (PNMC) of MCI Worldcom in Silicon Valley, started GeoLinks as a two-man operation with his cousin Ryan Hauf out of his weight room in 2011 with $550 in startup capital. Since then GeoLinks has become the fastest-growing fixed wireless ISP in the US and according to Inc. Magazine’s 2017 Inc. 5000 list the 5th fastest-growing Telecommunications Company in America. [4]

Early Life[edit]

Born in Ojai, California on 31st July 1981, Skyler was a born entrepreneur who since the age of six have been selling food, video games, lemonade, and basically anything else he thought people might buy, door-to-door and on the side of the road. It was due to the can-do attitude that he was hired as a Network Engineer at the Private Network Management Center (PNMC) of MCI Worldcom in Silicon Valley. When MCI Worldcom relocated its PNMC to East coast he decided to return to his hometown in Ojai, California, even though he was offered a position on the East Coast. [4]

Career as an Entrepreneur[edit]

After returning to his hometown, Skyler tried his hands as an entrepreneur. The first few years as an entrepreneur were hard for Skyler facing multiple business failures that caused him to amass massive debt and ended up ruining his credit. He even became homeless during this time. Along with the business failures, his life-long battle with Crohn’s disease landed him in the hospital frequently for multiple month-long stays. The doctors had predicted that he would only live a few more years. Luckily, he found an experimental course of treatment on the Internet that worked and restored his health. It took him a few more tries at startups before he founded GeoLinks with his cousin as a two-man operation. [4]

Awards[edit]

40 under 40 2019 - Pacific Coast Business Times [5]

Most Influential Leaders 2018 and 2019 - San Fernando Valley Business Journal [6]

30 Most Inspiring Entrepreneurs of 2019 – Insights Success [7]

Best Entrepreneurial Companies in America – Entrepreneur Magazine 2018 and 2019 [8]

Entrepreneur of the Year 2018 – City of Camarillo [9]

Most Disruptive Technology 2018 - Central Coast Innovation Awards

World’s Top 5 Best Businessmen of 2017

Top 100 Innovator in Diversity and Inclusion

Inc. 5000 2017, 2018, 2019 - Fastest Growing Telecom in California [10] [11] [12]

Innovations in Networking and Corporate Partnership Award - 2018 [13]

Christine Haska Distinguished Service Award for Ensuring Emergency Connectivity to Communities and Organizations during Wildfires - 2019 [14]

50 Fastest Growing Private Companies Pacific Coast Business Times - 2017,2018,2019 [15]

50 Fastest Growing Private Companies San Fernando Valley Business Journal - 2017,2018,2019 [16]

Recognized + Published Thought-leader in Closing the Digital Divide - Forbes [17]

Great Place to Work Certified - 2018, 2019

Best Cloud Strategy 2017 - SMB Techfest

Top 10 Most Trusted Network Solutions Providers 2018 - Insights Success [18]

Best Tech Startups 2019 - Tech Tribune

California Legislature Assembly Certificate of Recognition – Recognized in National Efforts to Close U.S. Digital Divide

2018 Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition – Outstanding and Invaluable Service to the Community

Certificate of Recognition for contribution to local economy - Ventura County and Camarillo Chamber of Commerce

Boards Membership[edit]

FCC Broadband Deployment Advisory Committee - 2 Year Appointment as Voting Member and Federal Employee [19]

FCC BDAC Disaster Response and Recovery Working Group [19]

FCC BDAC Streamlining Federal Siting Working Group [19]

FCC Advisory Board for WISPA [19]

SHLB Strategic Advisory Committee & Fundraising Boards

Forbes Los Angeles Business Council [1]

Ventura County’s Economic Development Collaboration (EDC) [20]

  1. ^ a b "Skyler Ditchfield, Official Member of Forbes Councils". Forbes Councils. Retrieved 2019-10-24.
  2. ^ "GeoLinks' CEO Skyler Ditchfield Appointed to the FCC's Broadband Deployment Advisory Committee". finance.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2019-10-24.
  3. ^ "GeoLinks' CEO Skyler Ditchfield Appointed to the FCC's Broadband Deployment Advisory Committee". www.businesswire.com. 2019-05-21. Retrieved 2019-10-24.
  4. ^ a b c "Meet Skyler Ditchfield: The Homeless Man Who Became A Multi-Millionaire Entrepreneur | StarCentral Magazine". www.starcentralmagazine.com. Retrieved 2019-10-26.
  5. ^ "skyler ditchfield | Pacific Coast Business Times". Retrieved 2019-10-26.
  6. ^ Smith, Lexie (2018-05-15). "SFVBJ Gold Coast Executive Forum - GeoLinks' CEO Skyler Ditchfield". GeoLinks. Retrieved 2019-10-26.
  7. ^ "To Watch The 30 Most Inspiring Entrepreneurs of 2019 | Insights Success". InsightsSuccess. Retrieved 2019-10-26.
  8. ^ "GeoLinks Named One of the "Best Entrepreneurial Companies in America" by Entrepreneur Magazine's Entrepreneur 360™ List". www.businesswire.com. 2018-12-19. Retrieved 2019-10-26.
  9. ^ January 18, wpeditor | on; 2019. "Entrepreneur mag honors Camarillo firm | Camarillo Acorn". www.thecamarilloacorn.com. Retrieved 2019-10-26. {{cite web}}: |last2= has numeric name (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  10. ^ "2019 Inc. 5000: The Most Successful Companies in America". Inc.com. 2019-08-14. Retrieved 2019-10-26.
  11. ^ "Inc. 5000 2018: The Complete Rankings". www.inc.com. Retrieved 2019-10-26.
  12. ^ "Inc. 5000 2017: The Complete Rankings". www.inc.com. Retrieved 2019-10-26.
  13. ^ "CENIC News: GeoLinks Recognized with CENIC Corporate Partnership Award". cenic.org. Retrieved 2019-10-26.
  14. ^ "CENIC Community Report 2019". Issuu. Retrieved 2019-10-26.
  15. ^ "GeoLinks Makes the Pacific Coast Business Times' 50 Fastest-Growing Companies List". PRWeb. Retrieved 2019-10-26.
  16. ^ "50 Fastest Growing Private Companies 2017: Geolinks | San Fernando Valley Business Journal". sfvbj.com. Retrieved 2019-10-26.
  17. ^ Ditchfield, Skyler. "Five Crucial Steps Needed To Close The U.S. Digital Divide". Forbes. Retrieved 2019-10-26.
  18. ^ "The 10 Most Trusted Networking Solution Providers 2018 June2018". InsightsSuccess. Retrieved 2019-10-26.
  19. ^ a b c d "Ajit Pai". AP NEWS. Retrieved 2019-10-26.
  20. ^ Jan 31; Buzz, 2018 | Biz; Camarillo; O'Neal, Chris; Kilea, Daphne Khalida; Moorpark; Ojai; Oxnard; Paula, Santa (2018-02-01). "BIZ BUZZ". VC Reporter | Times Media Group. Retrieved 2019-10-26.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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