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= Skyler Ditchfield = 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 as well as a member of the Federal Communications Commission's Broadband Deployment Advisory Committee. . 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.

Early Life
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.

Career as an Entrepreneur
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.

Awards
40 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

Best Entrepreneurial Companies in America – Entrepreneur Magazine 2018 and 2019

Entrepreneur of the Year 2018 – City of Camarillo

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

Innovations in Networking and Corporate Partnership Award - 2018

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

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

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

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

Great Place to Work Certified - 2018, 2019

Best Cloud Strategy 2017 - SMB Techfest

Top 10 Most Trusted Network Solutions Providers 2018 - Insights Success

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

FCC BDAC Disaster Response and Recovery Working Group

FCC BDAC Streamlining Federal Siting Working Group

FCC Advisory Board for WISPA

SHLB Strategic Advisory Committee & Fundraising Boards

Forbes Los Angeles Business Council

Ventura County’s Economic Development Collaboration (EDC)