Keely Lane

Keely loves establishing good connections and friendships with all people from different walks of life. She is very amiable and enjoys working on projects with people, whether it’s working with clients, doing puzzles with friends, or participating in civil meetings.

Education

B.S. Environmental Engineering NC State

Favorite Social Activity

Playing board games with friends

First Concert

All American Rejects and Something Corporate

Fiber Engineering Manager

Moving Essentia Forward

Keely spends her time day to day managing the Fiber Team, troubleshooting engineering challenges, and working with clients to maintain a healthy and professional relationship.

She has taken her experiences with management, combined with her knowledge of fiber engineering, and applied it to Essentia’s Fiber Engineering Team.

Career Highlights

Keely got started with the telecommunications industry right out of college. She went to work for UC Synergetic, which did work for AT&T. There she learned a lot of her base knowledge involving fiber, copper, and splicing. She went from being a Drafter I to a Drafter II/Quality Manager within a year, where she designed large-scale fiber designs and oversaw other drafters’ work.

Keely then went on to work for American Tower and learned the macro side of telecommunications. She worked as a Civil Engineer I/II and workload manager. Keely designed new tower locations and created maintenance fixes for sites that were damaged by water, landslides, etc. She worked with a team of drafters, Q/Cing their construction drawings.

Keely has earned her Professional Engineering Certification in more than 15 states

Connecting Everyone, Everywhere to a Better Way of Life

Keely is a member of the Society for Women Engineers.