About our Team

With an average of 15 years of industry experience, N-Com’s principals have a broad range of expertise in the planning, application and implementation of telecommunications and datacom technologies. 

Dennis Wisdom
President

Dennis Wisdom brings 29 years of technical and management experience to N-Com. Dennis promotes a client centered philosophy focusing on bringing innovative, cost effective solutions to N-Com’s diverse client base. Prior to joining N-Com he held top management positions at several public and private sector entities, where he was a “change catalyst” promoting new paradigms to bring value to the entities’ stakeholders. Dennis has extensive experience delivering technology solutions – strategic planning, budgeting, network feasibility studies, systems design, engineering, programming and integration, procurement, contract negotiations and implementation. He has proven experience completing projects on short time schedules and within budget.

At Texas Tech University he was responsible for consultants, technical writers and technicians who were instrumental in maintaining optimal network connectivity for the user community. After heading the Academic and Research Computing Services department, he established the Texas Tech Network Services department, providing network services to the administrative, academic and research community. He oversaw the design, implementation and operation of all network and data security systems at Texas Tech University. As head of Information Technology for a $1.2 billion retail chain, he was responsible for a large staff of systems analysts, programmers and support staff who provided technology solutions to all corporate offices, stores and warehouses. Dennis was able to use information technology to save literally millions of dollars per year in operational costs to the chain.  Dennis served as Vice President and General Manager for Hicks and Ragland Engineering and CHR Solutions, overseeing the Datacom consulting group. He was directly involved in or directed the planning, design and implementation for a large number of technology projects including Local and Wide Area Networks, voice over IP telephony, video over IP, video over fiber, wireless voice, video and data, high speed Internet access via xDSL, fiber, wireless and cable TV.

Dennis holds a Bachelor of Arts in Management, is involved in various community and church projects and is a graduate of Leadership Lubbock.

Jimmy Underwood
Chief Operations Officer

Mr. Underwood entered the telecommunications technology field in 1988 with Hicks & Ragland (H&R) Engineering.  While employed with H&R and its successor CHR Solutions he served as the Manager of Datacom System Design.  In this roll he oversaw the design and implementation of many diverse IT networks and systems ranging from small businesses to large corporate and government systems integrating elements from data, voice and video.  Mr. Underwood founded N-Com, a company whose goal was to not only provide advanced telecommunications consulting services to its clients but to partner with its clients and develop sound economical strategic plans that looked at both the future of technology and the clients future goals.  His responsibilities include working with clients to assess needs and develop project goals and scopes, and then produce design documents including project specifications, opinions of probable cost, design schematics and schedul es.  By working with clients from project inception thru construction and turn-up N-Com is able to help assure that the clients’ expectations are documented and realized at all phases of a project.  Mr. Underwood has extensive experience in IT projects ranging from disaster recovery to system upgrades to new construction projects of all types and sizes.  His experience in this specialized field includes numerous DDESS projects on military bases from West Point to Guantanamo Bay.

Rob Wilkinson
Vice President – Planning and Design

Rob Wilkinson, Vice President of Planning and Design for N-Com, is a West Texas native who has worked in the engineering consulting industry since 1991.  He has been involved in the telecommunications industry for the past 11 years, primarily focused in the initial plans and designs of the various communications networks.  Rob has been highly involved in preparing and directing telecommunication system designs, loan proposals and applications, cost analyses, engineering budgets , financial evaluations, and business plans for literally dozens of communication providers across the United States, including ILECs, CLECs, CATV providers, wireless providers, and high-capacity wholesale carriers.  Rob’s greatest asset is his ability to understand the “big picture” and combine his technical background with a sound understanding of financials and engineering economics.  This allows N-Com to not only provide quality design work, but also have the ability to suppo rt their design with the economical benefit of deploying and implementing their work.

Tom R. Lewis, P.E.
Vice President – Engineering

Tom Lewis serves as Vice President of Engineering at N-Com. Tom directs N-Com’s services in assisting service provider’s with their evaluation and deployment of telecommunications technologies.  His responsibilities include new technology assessments, equipment specifications, RFP development, vendor analysis and negotiation, and oversight of equipment deployment.  Tom has 14 years of telecommunications experience, including 7 years serving as Vice President – Network Engineering at CHR Solutions where he directed implementation projects involving class 4/5 switching, optical transport, NGDLCs, DSL, CATV, FTTP, and digital video/broadband systems.  Tom is a presenter and speaker at state and national telecom association events, and has published articles on telecom technologies.  Tom is a Licensed Professional Engineer and is a member of IEEE.

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