Wireless Providers’ Group Names Business Leader Zumwalt as CEO

David M. Zumwalt, founder of ZHI Services in Dallas, has been named CEO of the Wireless Internet Service Providers Association (WISPA).

WISPA is composed of about 1,000 members including fixed wireless Internet service providers and businesses working with them.

“We are excited to have chosen David to lead WISPA,” said Todd Harpest, WISPA chairman, in a news release. “It is a crucial time in the industry, and his history of success in several different leadership roles will serve our members during this unprecedented time of broadband growth, government funding and increased private investment. David is simply the best person to guide our members to the tremendous opportunities at stake. We cannot wait to get started.”

Zumwalt has deep roots in the telecom industry and has led companies including Broadband VI in the U.S. Virgin Islands; served as executive director of the University of the Virgin Islands Research and Technology Park Corporation; founded CNet, a provider of radio frequency planning software and services; and has been associated with Go-Comm and Privacy, according to his LinkedIn profile.

“I am delighted to be joining WISPA and look forward to leading it as our membership, staff, and board work to advance our association’s mission,” Zumwalt said in the news release. “Broadband service continues to transform communities and markets, and all Americans deserve high-quality broadband no matter where they may live or work. WISPA’s members are, and have long been, the frontline responders delivering broadband without boundaries.”

Zumwalt holds an electrical engineering degree from Rice University in Houston and is a Texas licensed professional engineer and a fellow of the Radio Club of America.