Anterix announced that it has hired Ryan Gerbrandt as Chief Operating Officer. As COO, Gerbrandt will oversee Anterix's sales, product development, marketing, operations and technology & engineering, reporting to Anterix's President, Rob Schwartz. Gerbrandt joins Anterix from Trilliant Networks, a communications platforms and applications provider to utilities and smart cities, where he served for 13 years, most recently as Managing Director of Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), after successfully overseeing other significant operational activities. Gerbrandt has dedicated his career to addressing mission critical communications issues and, prior to Trilliant, he was responsible for utility communications and control systems at Manitoba Hydro, an electric power and natural gas provider.