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Mr. Tanner is responsible for the planning and quality assurance of KDL’s fiber optic network, as well as overseeing the circuit engineering/provisioning organization. Prior to joining KDL’s team, Mr. Tanner had 12+ years of experience in a variety of engineering, planning, architecture, and network development positions with McLeodUSA, MCI WorldCom, and WilTel. Most recently at McLeodUSA, he was in charge of the Transport Network Engineering organization, which had responsibility for all transmission systems, digital cross-connects, multiplexers, and network synchronization elements. While at MCI WorldCom and WilTel, Mr. Tanner had responsibility for planning dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) systems, transmission systems, digital cross-connects, and multiplexers. In addition, he also held positions in the Optics Engineering and Network Development organizations at WilTel. Mr. Tanner received a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri as well as a Bachelor of Arts in Physics and a Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics from William Jewell College in Liberty, Missouri. | 