{"id":895,"date":"2022-06-24T10:57:29","date_gmt":"2022-06-24T10:57:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brooksnet.ca\/?p=895"},"modified":"2023-02-15T10:46:53","modified_gmt":"2023-02-15T10:46:53","slug":"calix-president-returns-home-to-brooks-ab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brooksnet.ca\/calix-president-returns-home-to-brooks-ab\/","title":{"rendered":"Calix President Returns Home to Brooks, AB"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"895\" class=\"elementor elementor-895\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b4b92cf elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b4b92cf\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4230747\" data-id=\"4230747\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b68e861 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b68e861\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.20.0 - 26-03-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Brooks<\/strong> \u2013 Michael Weening is currently the President and COO of Calix, a NY Stock Exchange company with a market cap that has been as high as $6B, and revenue approaching $1B annually. But before that, Michael was just a teenager living in Brooks, AB excited about graduating from Brooks Composite High School. He hasn\u2019t been back in Brooks since his 20-year highschool reunion but will be making a special trip to talk about BrooksNET, meet with stakeholders, and speak with students.<\/p><p>Calix, which is based in Silicon Valley, will be providing leading edge, essential hardware and software to BrooksNET, making operations efficient and streamlined. When he discovered that his company would be supplying integral components for BrooksNET, Weening knew he had to reach out and talk about his past in Brooks, and the future that Brooks is building for themselves. \u201cWe have to be involved with Brooks,\u201d said Weening, \u201cWhen I think about what Calix is doing across North America, you are <em>exactly<\/em> what our company aspires to do, which is help small communities completely transform.\u201d After working with communities of all sizes across the United States, Michael is confident that BrooksNET will create a unique opportunity to change the way the economy works, bring new residents and businesses to Brooks, and have a multi-generational impact.<\/p><p>While in Brooks, Michael will be meeting with the Mayor and CAO of the City of Brooks, plus representatives from BrooksNET co-owner Community Network Partners Inc. Thanks to a high school friendship with the now Superintendent of Grasslands Public Schools, Michael will also have an opportunity to meet with the graduating class at his very own high school, Brooks Composite High School. There will also be an event held for BrooksNET stakeholders and Economic Development organizations to talk about BrooksNET and opportunities for the future.<\/p><p>For more information about Michael Weening\u2019s visit to Brooks and Calix\u2019s role in the project, please contact:<\/p><p><strong>Lisa Tiffin<br \/><\/strong>Manager, Community Development<br \/><a href=\"mailto:ltiffin@brooks.ca\">ltiffin@brooks.ca<\/a><br \/>403-362-3333<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brooks \u2013 Michael Weening is currently the President and COO of Calix, a NY Stock Exchange company with a market cap that has been as high as $6B, and revenue approaching $1B 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