April Emerging Leaders Speaker Event at Figlio with Mr. Rick Tangeman

Rick Tangeman is the Co-Founder, Owner and President of HarborLink Network, Ltd, which he and his brother founded in 1999. Under his leadership, HarborLink has been recognized by the Gartner Group as a “pioneer” in the Wi-Fi industry for developing one of the first free-to-user wireless networks incorporating the first advertising-based model.

HarborLink has grown from its early days of designing, deploying and operating over 1,200 high-speed wireless internet access hotspots, to being a full service wireless network solutions provider with an emphasis on customized applications, next-level analytics, security and location insight.

Mr. Tangeman has had the privilege of sitting on numerous boards and professional panels as a subject matter expert and been a consultant/reference for several wireless manufacturers; namely Juniper Mist Systems, Cisco, Airspace, Aruba Networks, Ruckus Wireless, and Proxim. His latest passion is working directly with commercial and non-commercial customers to bring next generation solutions via the convergence of newly available Private 5G technology and the latest in Wi-Fi networking tools.