Tim Bryan has served as CEO since 2011. In that time, he has transformed NRTC by strengthening, expanding and deepening the solutions we offer members and driven the organization to become our members’ trusted technology partner.
Through those efforts, the percentage of members who believe “NRTC has members’ best interest in mind” has increased from 32% to 85%. Tim will not rest until that number is 100%.
Prior to NRTC, Bryan served as the CEO of ICO Global Communications, a next generation satellite and terrestrial wireless company; the domestic portion of ICO was sold to DISH Networks for $1.4 billion. Prior to ICO, Bryan served as the chief financial officer of Craig McCaw’s Eagle River Holdings. Bryan also served as the president of United Pan Europe Communications (UPC)(now Liberty Global) which was the largest private cable/telecom provider in Europe and as chief financial officer of UnitedGlobalCom, also now Liberty Global. Before that, Bryan was the vice president/finance and treasurer of Jones Financial Group and Jones Intercable (now part of Comcast), at the time one of the ten largest domestic cable television operators. Bryan began his career in banking, including as the vice president and manager of the communications division at NationsBank Corp. (now Bank of America).
Bryan is currently on the board of TESSCO, a supplier to the wireless industry. Bryan served on the board of directors of Arris Group, a $5 billion public company engaged in the sale of telecommunications equipment and services to the broadband industries on a global basis, until the company’s sale to CommScope in April 2019 for $7.4 billion.
From August 2012 to August 2015, Bryan served on the board of directors of FirstNet (a national wireless network to be constructed for use by the nation’s first responders) after appointment by the secretary of the United States Department of Commerce. He chaired the finance Committee of the board for that FirstNet.
Bryan has also served on the board of directors of Nextel Communications, Clearwire Communications, OpenTV (a Liberty Media affiliate), Telekabel, ICO, A2000, and UPC. He has served on the boards of the Samaritan Institute and the Jekyll Island Foundation as well.
Bryan graduated from Duke University in 1983 and is married with three children.