Pao Lo

About Pao Lo

A passionate, driven, and genuine individual, I believe that the most successful businesses have the strong ability to maximize their greatest assets; that starts with their human capital.This can be accomplished by creating a culture that is operationally nimble; fostering high performance teams; focusing on the customer experience; company financial performance; and technological advancements & investments.With over 25 years of dynamic experience; advanced education; and certification, I have successfully supported organizations in meeting its changing business needs and to distinguish its brand in this competitive landscape through my dedication and work as a highly motivated transformational leader.Specialties: • Cultivating business acumen within high-end engineering talent• Effective written and oral communication skills• Positive program and project management skills• Strong organizational skills• Effective change manager• Experienced in developing strategic plans• Excellent decision-making skills• Strong ability to mentor and develop others• Extensive and Practical finance, budgeting, & expense management• Results driven & customer focused• Good resource management & allocation

Experience

1. Chief Operations Officer

   Lightcurve Internet

   Dec 2025 — Present · Tacoma, WA, US

   Supporting engineering and operations teams to ensure Lightcurve provides the best service in the communities that we serve.

Education

• Wisconsin School of Business

  Six Sigma Black Belt (SSBB), Process Improvement

  2009 — 2011

• Cisco Certification

  Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP), Networking

  2001

• Pepperdine University

  Educational Doctorate in Organizational Leadership, Organizational Leadership

  2012 — 2015

• The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth

  SCTE Leadership Institute - Strategic Engineering and Operations Leadership Program

  2011 — 2011

• Project Management Institute

  Project Management Professional (PMP), Project Management

  2007

• North Carolina State University

  BS, Electrical Engineering

  1995 — 1999

• Wake Forest University School of Business

  MBA, Business Administration

  2003 — 2005

Skills

• Mso
• Network Design
• Budgets
• Routers
• Wan
• Ipv4
• Program Management
• Expense Management
• Telephony
• Qos
• Telecommunications
• Mpls
• Troubleshooting
• Cisco Routers
• Ip
• Network Engineering
• Ipv6
• Security
• Business Continuity Planning
• Cisco Nexus
• Voip
• Strategic Planning
• Change Management
• Broadband
• Switches
• Start-Ups
• Wireless
• Fiber Optics
• Networking
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Iptv
• Cisco Technologies
• Ethernet
• Business Continuity
• Leadership
• Leadership Development
• Docsis