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Skyline Network Engineering, LLC Awarded Contract

The Board of Commissioners of Carroll County has awarded a $750,000 contract for Project Management & Network Operations Management Services of the Carroll County Public Network (CCPN) to Eldersburg-based Skyline Network Engineering, LLC. CCPN is a partnership between the Carroll County Government, Carroll County Public Schools, Carroll County Public Library, and Carroll Community College.

"Skyline Network Engineering, LLC will be helping Carroll County Public Network partners to make innovative use of today's technologies" stated Brian Holsonbake, Vice President. "We will obtain and manage the resources necessary to support the planning, engineering, construction, and operations of the Carroll County high-speed fiber optic public network."

Pictured top-left: Skyline Network Engineering, LLC (left to right): Wally Brown, Director of Administration; Brian Holsonbake, Vice President; Jason Ross, Director of Business Development
Pictured bottom-right: CCPN Partners (left to right): Dr. Robert Wack, Councilman, City of Westminster; Mark Ripper, Acting Administrator, Office of Information & Technology Services, Carroll County Government; Gary Davis, Chief Information Officer, Carroll County Public Schools; Rick Gould, Director Information Technology Services, Carroll Community College; (Not pictured Scott Reinhart, Assistant Director, Carroll County Public Library)

Gary Davis, Chief Information Officer of Carroll County Public Schools and CCPN Chairman added "At the completion of this project it is estimated that the CCPN will save over $900,000 a year in leased line costs and this public fiber optic network will enable all municipal and government partners to implement new technology applications, services, and resources to better serve the citizens of Carroll County."

Founded in 2004, Skyline Network Engineering, LLC is a dynamic Information Technology firm with fifteen employees. Skyline's network engineering services include design, installation and operational support of Local, Metropolitan and Wide Area Networks (LAN's, MANs, WAN's). Skyline specializes in large-scale networks for Federal, State and Local Government customers.

For more information about Skyline Network Engineering, LLC, see www.skylinenet.net. For more information about the Carroll County Public Network, see www.carr.org/ccpn.

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