
Chief Executive Officer

Chief of Staff

Vice President
Today, Ethan Summers and Zach Pena are joined by Scott Hagood to share key takeaways and insights from the Empirix team's experience at the 2025 Pacific Telecommunications Conference (PTC) in Honolulu, one of the largest gatherings of telecom and data center executives in the world.
In the recording, we’ll review:
Firsthand observations of the industry’s explosive growth, including reactions to the trillion-dollar announcements shaking up the market
The surprising mix of optimism and caution we encountered from industry leaders
Why new market entrants from aerospace to marine shipping are disrupting traditional supply chains, and how their higher performance standards could reshape industry expectations
What we learned about the critical challenges in construction labor and skilled trades
A comprehensive review of the PTC ’25 environment, from strategic deal-making locations to the unique energy that transformed Waikiki into a hub of industry innovation