Kara Mullaley is the Community Broadband Market Development Manager with Corning Optical Communications. Kara has 25 years of experience in the telecommunications industry, primarily supporting major network operators in the deployment of broadband networks worldwide. She is a subject matter expert on best practices for fiber deployment, architecture, and solutions to address tough deployment challenges, including meeting today's rising bandwidth and application demands. She has delivered technical sessions at various FTTx conferences and has also been published in several trade publications.