Robert Hunt

Robert Hunt is GVTC's Vice President Customer Operations and Government Affairs, overseeing the company's customer operations, public policy strategy and business operations. Mr. Hunt leads the company’s Customer Experience program focusing on delivering superior customer service through excellent service installations and ongoing support. Mr. Hunt also manages the corporate safety program to ensure employees operate in a safety focused environment. Mr. Hunt serves as the executive sponsor and staff advisor of the GVTC Board of Directors Governance Committee and Safety and Security Committee.

In addition to his executive duties with GVTC, Mr. Hunt has held board positions with several prominent telecommunication organizations.

Mr. Hunt serves as a board member of the USTelecom Association and served as chairman in 2016 and 2017 while focusing on universal service funding for broadband in rural areas. He also served as board member of the Texas Department of Agriculture's Texas Broadband Taskforce, formed to focus on broadband deployment and adoption in Texas.

Mr. Hunt also served as a board member and past Chairman of the Board for the Texas Telephone Association (TTA). In 2011, the TTA recognized Mr. Hunt with the Neville Haynes Award — the highest honor given by the renowned association. The Haynes Award recognizes exceptional service by an individual to the TTA and the Texas telephone industry.

In addition, Mr. Hunt is a founding board member of the Texas Lone Star Network, a partnership of 38 Texas communications companies that provides wholesale telecommunications services throughout the United States.

Through his service to those organizations, Mr. Hunt advocates for policy changes that benefit GVTC and its customers.

Prior to joining GVTC in 1993, Mr. Hunt provided engineering and consulting services to the telecom industry.

In the community, Mr. Hunt has served on the Mckenna Foundation Board and is Treasurer of Oakwood Baptist Church.

A native of the Texas Hill Country, Mr. Hunt graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering.