Speakers

Ron Blisset

Lead Credit Officer, Digital Infrastructure

CoBank

Biography

Ron Blissett is a credit professional with over 15 years of experience at CoBank, where he serves on the Digital Infrastructure Division’s credit team. This timeframe has been a period of considerable evolution for the sector, from technology advances driving exponential demand for connectivity and bandwidth, to the growing investment by equity sponsors and infrastructure funds, as well as the growth in government funding to help close the digital divide between more urban and rural areas in the U.S. As a deal team member, Ron has structured both syndicated and bilateral deals, manages new transactions through the underwriting and credit approval process and conducts ongoing portfolio monitoring across a wide range of CoBank borrowers who form the backbone of today’s digital economy.