Portland, Maine, December 17, 2024 – VETRO Inc, a leading provider of fiber mapping and network planning solutions, today announced a successful year marked by significant growth, strategic expansion, and industry-wide recognition. Throughout 2024, VETRO solidified its position as a key industry player by delivering innovative product updates, securing strategic partnerships, and achieving significant milestones.
“This year has been transformative for VETRO,” says Will Mitchell, CEO of VETRO. “Our commitment to innovation and customer success has fueled our growth and allowed us to deliver exceptional value to broadband providers across the globe.”
Strategic Hires: Strengthening the Team
VETRO continued to expand its team in 2024, adding key personnel to drive the company’s vision and growth. Talented professionals from diverse backgrounds joined the company, bolstering leadership, engineering, customer success, and sales teams. These new hires brought a wealth of experience from across the broadband, technology, and geospatial industries, enabling VETRO to better serve its customers and develop even more cutting-edge solutions.
A key highlight was the addition of John Edebol as Chief Revenue Officer. Edebol’s leadership and expertise are already making a significant impact. This hire, along with other key additions like Dion Nelson, Head of Sales West, has strengthened VETRO’s ability to execute on its ambitious goals for 2025 and beyond.
Awards and Industry Recognition
2024 was a year of recognition for VETRO, with the company receiving several prestigious awards that serve as a testament to the hard work, dedication, and commitment to innovation of its team.
These awards include:
ISE Innovators Award: VETRO cutting-edge VETRO Mobile capability was recognized among the best in the industry by the esteemed 2024 ISE Network Innovators’ Awards.
Inc. 5000 List of Fastest-Growing Companies: With three-year revenue growth, VETRO ranked No. 1982 among America’s fastest-growing private companies.
Winner – Best Places to Work in Maine 2024: Best Places to Work in ME is a research-driven program from Best Companies Group that examines a company’s practices, programs and benefits and surveys company employees for their perspective.
Winner- Best Remote and Hybrid Workplaces in America: this is a global program designed to recognize employers that are loved by their remote employees.
These awards highlight the tangible impact VETRO has had on enabling broadband providers to expand and improve their networks with greater efficiency and insight.
New Features and Product Enhancements
Innovation continued to be a driving force at VETRO. This year, the company launched several new features and enhancements, making the fiber network planning and management process even more powerful and user-friendly. Key product updates include:
VETRO Mobile: This groundbreaking capability provides offline access to fiber data for field staff and simplifies design walkouts and other crucial field tasks.
Expanded Automation Bundles: To enhance collaboration with existing tools, VETRO rolled out a new set of automations with relevant software partners. This feature allows users to seamlessly connect their fiber mapping data with other network management and design tools.
Attribute Table Enhancements: The Attribute Table was overhauled to make bulk selections and changes to attribute data faster and easier.
Advanced Reporting Capabilities: New reporting and analytics tools give customers deeper insights into their fiber networks.
Circuit Editing Improvements: VETRO streamlined the process of making changes to multiple saved fiber paths at once via Circuit Editing.
Straight Line Diagrams: Offering a simplified, topological view of network elements, SLDs complement traditional network maps, providing a fresh perspective on complex fiber networks.
Change Management: VETRO Change Sets gives you the control to manage redlines, photos, notes, and field sketches. Structured data such as splicing, equipment connections, and locations are automatically integrated with a single click.
These new capabilities reinforce VETRO’s commitment to delivering cutting-edge solutions.
Expanding Our Reach: Growth and Market Expansion
2024 was a year of significant growth for VETRO, as the company expanded its footprint in both existing and new markets. Its customer base grew, with notable expansions in rural broadband, urban fiber networks, and international deployments.
VETRO also broadened its partnerships with key players in the broadband ecosystem, collaborating with fiber network operators, municipalities, and service providers. These partnerships are laying the foundation for future growth and further innovation.
VETRO Poised for Continued Growth and Innovation in 2025
Looking ahead, VETRO is committed to further enhancing its platform and expanding its capabilities to meet the evolving needs of the broadband industry. The company will continue to invest in research and development, strategic partnerships, and customer success initiatives to drive further innovation and growth in 2025. “We are incredibly excited about the continued deployment of fiber infrastructure and the role VETRO will play in connecting people,” says Will Mitchell. “We are committed to empowering our customers with the tools they need to build the networks of tomorrow.”
About VETRO
At VETRO, we believe visualizing data unlocks hidden potential, radically simplifying the way businesses operate and digitizing the future of connectivity. We focus on empowering network operators with unparalleled clarity and control over their fiber networks, enabling them to move faster, better, and more efficiently than ever before. Our revolutionary platform isn’t just software – it’s the physical network asset system of record, offering unprecedented visibility and control from strategic planning to daily operations. We empower our customers to bridge the digital divide at a rapid pace, unlock unforeseen opportunities, and squeeze the maximum value from their networks. Let’s illuminate the unseen, digitize the way we connect, and shape the future of connectivity, together.
