VERSANT SOLUTIONS GROUP
ACCELERATE
NETWORK
DESIGN. DONE.
AUTOMATED NETWORK DESIGN SOFTWARE
Plan and design hybrid fiber-coax (HFC) and fiber-to-the-customer (FTTx) networks with our automated design optimization software that harnesses the power of advanced computing technologies and AI.

Plan. Design. Implement at high speed.
NETVERSANT EMPOWERS OPERATORS TO RUN MULTIPLE DESIGN AND UPGRADE SCENARIOS THAT PRODUCE TECHNICALLY COMPLIANT, COST- OPTIMIZED DESIGNS IN A FRACTION OF THE TIME.
AUTOMATED DESIGN SAVES TIME AND REDUCES PRODUCTION COSTS
Generate multiple detailed network architectures using AI automation at your fingertips with precision.
GENERATE ACCURATE LABOR AND MATERIAL COSTS WITH CONFIDENCE
Get instant cost estimates to plan out a job from start to finish. Know what materials you need to order.
ANALYZE, REFINE AND OPTIMIZE
Designed and
perfected by
broadband
industry
experts
NetVersant was built by network designers and engineers with decades of hands-on experience. The Versant team completely understands the operator’s environment. We particularly appreciate the challenges faced by industry leaders in allocating finite resources to building or upgrading their networks and achieving the best possible results for the business and their customers.
Versant Solutions Group melds this deep industry knowledge with decades of experience in developing powerful, pragmatic software tools to bring dramatic savings in both cost and time to network planning, design, and implementation.
LEADERSHIP

IAN D OLIVER
IAN D OLIVER
President
Ian has built a career on his ability to pull order out of chaos, to have a really good idea of what’s going to happen next, and to cut a trail for others to follow. He has developed and sharpened his abilities over a 35 year run in the television, broadband, and telecom industries in North America and overseas.
As co-founder and President of Versant Solutions Group, Ian leads a team of industry leaders possessing decades of experience in the design and implementation of broadband networks and in advanced computing technology, including AI, to deliver a suite of applications that allow network operators to build the right network, in the right place, at the right time, for the right cost.

JENNIFER HORWOOD
JENNIFER HORWOOD
Chief Strategy Officer
Jennifer has over 20 years of experience in complex solution and technical sales. Dedicated first to her client’s success, she knows that bringing value to the client is the root of her own and her organization’s success.
Jennifer always begins by developing a full understanding the client’s needs and objectives, then brings her own innovative and resourceful style to charting the best route to success. She is adept at working with multiple stakeholders to bring the right people and resources together to skillfully achieve the client’s goal.
Jennifer has held key sales and business development positions in organizations both large and small in the IT, Telecom, Aerospace and B2B Marketing industries. She has real-world experience working with corporate and technology enterprises effecting large-scale change in their technology infrastructure within built environments, including Data Centers, Trading Floors, and Advanced Workplaces.

MARK ZANGARI
MARK ZANGARI
Chief Scientist
Mark Zangari is a veteran of the software industry with more than 25 years’ experience, having held many research, development, and management positions in several countries. He is the former CTO of SpatialInfo, Inc. (now Synchronoss Inc.) where he launched the company’s US operations and led its growth into a leading provider of network modeling solutions for the telecommunications and utilities sectors. Mr. Zangari holds degrees in physics, philosophy, and computer science. In 1993, he was awarded the British Council Postgraduate Bursary for his research, leading to an advanced physics fellowship at Cambridge University.

BILL SCHEFFLER
BILL SCHEFFLER
Vice President, Business Development
Bill has over 40 years of engineering and management experience in the telecommunications industry. Since 2002, as a member of the SpatialInfo and then Synchronoss teams, he has focused on bringing network design, physical network inventory and GIS software solutions to communications service providers (CSPs) and cable services system operators (MSOs) to help them to more efficiently plan, design, build, and operate their physical communications networks. Bill has the distinction of being a Lifetime member of the SCTE-ISBE since 1985.
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Accelerating Network Planning into the 21st Century
The ability to holistically compare designs and cost estimates for different network architectures provides a level of comfort with the final network for all stakeholders both when construction is completed and in the years that follow.

Precision + Creativity = Quality
NetVersant empowers creativity for network engineers by giving them the freedom to work through multiple architectures and options in a fiber build.

NETVERSANT EMPOWERS CREATIVITY FOR NETWORK ENGINEERS BY GIVING THEM THE FREEDOM TO WORK THROUGH MULTIPLE ARCHITECTURES AND OPTIONS IN A FIBER BUILD.
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