A pivotal event for both Carroll and ImOn was its acquisition by Goldman Sachs in 2022, a move that gave the company the needed capital to fuel its aggressive growth plans. A year and a half later, ImOn has added more than 60 new employees, expanded its reach to an additional 55,000 homes and businesses across Iowa—and completed two purchases, Comlec and FiberComm—which significantly added to its fiber assets and customers in Iowa, South Dakota and Nebraska.

Do you personally still have a traditional cable video package? Yes! I don’t watch TV often, but when I do I want to stay connected to our cable customers by sharing and understanding their experiences.

Favorite way to de-stress? Quiet time on my front porch.

Fast food guilty pleasure: My idea of fast food is cruising through a farmer’s market while munching on fresh cherry tomatoes.

Business speak phrase or buzzword I find most annoying: I would throw out “synergy” and “disruptive” and replace them with “focused” and “scrappy.”

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