Assured Communications is a company that brings decades of public and private sector experience to mission-critical advisory. And Assured offers strategic advisory services, project management, owner’s representation, and facility management and operations to deliver highly reliable, assured communications to its clients. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Assured Communications Chief Growth Officer Tim Parker to learn more about the company.
Tim Parker’s Background
What is Tim Parker’s background? Parker said:
“I am an Air Force veteran with over 30 years of leadership in the IT, Data Center, and Telecom. Previously, I served as Executive VP of Engineering for GigStreem, Senior VP of Network Strategy for Flexential, VP of Network Services for Viawest, Director of Network Engineering for GoDaddy.com, Manager of Network and Security Engineering for PayPal, Managing Director for Network and Telecom at Charles Schwab, and Manager of Network Engineering at Motorola. My leadership has been foundational to modern internet and e-commerce functionality, and instrumental in building several industry titans. I studied Computer Science at the University of Colorado.”
Formation Of The Company
How did the idea for the company come together? Parker shared:
“As Chief Growth Officer, my role is to lead the business development, sales, and growth of the company. I am focused on new strategies that tie hybrid data centers and subsea cable landing stations into a unified solution, connecting to terrestrial fiber opportunities, and expanding our existing satellite ground station capabilities.”
Favorite Memory
What has been your favorite memory working for the company so far? Parker reflected:
“During my first week at the company, we held our 2025 planning sessions at our Virginia office and stayed with Joel’s horse ranch in Virginia. Enjoying morning coffee with the team on the patio, really getting to know everyone, and feeling welcomed was a standout experience. Being part of that relationship building and sharing of ideas first-hand made the company culture real and authentic. It showed me this is how we actually work together–internally and with customers… It’s not just words.”
Core Products
What are the company’s core products and features? Parker explained:
— Development of hybrid data center and Cable Landing Station solutions
— Managed Cable Landing Stations as a service
— Advisory for subsea cable developers and data center operators who want to connect to subsea cables
— Managed Satellite Ground Stations
— Terrestrial fiber route development
Challenges Faced
Have you faced any challenges in your work sector recently? Parker acknowledged:
“The biggest challenge we face is educating others on the importance of the subsea cable landing station component of our business. To address this, we are planning initiatives like a whitepaper series, Subsea 101 sessions and panels, customer roundtables, and educational blogs.”
Evolution Of The Company’s Technology
How has the company’s technology evolved since its launch? Parker noted:
“As the increase for more data and for more compute power evolves, we have shifted to developing hybrid solutions that support HPC environments and dense power racks, high-capacity subsea cables, hybrid data center and CLS solutions and advanced improvements in the hardware make it an exciting time to shift focus to support wholistic solutions.”
Significant Milestones
What have been some of the company’s most significant milestones? Parker cited:
“The company has evolved in support of the industry since its founding in 2013. Initially founded as a consulting firm, within a few years Assured quickly developed a full turnkey service offering. This includes everything from initial feasibility and strategy, pre-construction activities (permitting, environmental, initial engineering & design, community outreach, DEP&C (Design, Engineering, Procurement and Construction), O&M (Operations & Maintenance), and sales capabilities.”
“In recent years, while continuing to serve a global customer base in the consulting and turnkey service solutions, we have shifted to an owner/operator model for cable landing stations to better support our partners and customers. This growth has enabled us to attract key talent of industry SME’s, further fueling the growth of the company into 2025 and beyond.”
Customer Success Stories
When asking Parker about customer stories, he highlighted:
“The first example of a full turnkey solution is represented by our partnership with a company called Toptana Technologies, a tribally owned business in the state of Washington. The Assured Team conducted an initial feasibility study to determine whether we could land subsea cables in the state of Washington.”
“Partnering with the Quinault Indian Nation was the key to this success. The Assured Team completed the initial feasibility study and developed a strategy that included both near term and long-term activities for consideration which has resulted in the development of a full turnkey subsea cable landing station.”
“We also developed a terrestrial fiber backhaul solution for this project since the Southwest corner of the state was highly underserved. Construction of the initial backhaul fiber solution, connecting Seattle, WA, to Hillsboro, OR was completed in Spring 2024. We refer to this as our “North/South” route. We are executing on the final 90 miles of construction from the cable landing station location in Ocean Shores, WA to connect to our North/South fiber route. This has been a great example of the Assured Teams experience in managing not only the technical solutions but also assisting and working with the local communities and the local county and state agencies to make sure this project aligns to the needs of the region and continues to have great support.”
“In our Satellite Ground Station line of business, we developed a ground entry point in the Nordic region to support several satellite operators. We established an Assured office in Stockholm, Sweden, and collaborated with the city of Boden to build a new ground station in northern Sweden. This site was quickly acquired and constructed into an operational satellite ground station asset, highlighting our expertise in developing and managing Satellite Ground Station as a Service capability.”
Funding
When asking Parker about the company’s funding details, he revealed:
“Having built a trusted market reputation as an advisor over the past 11 years, Assured is in negotiations with several private equity firms to accelerate the company’s growth through solution investment. It is fundamentally important that we demonstrate a financial commitment to our customers and the solutions we develop, putting our own capital at risk, and building a shared risk and mutual success model alongside our customers.”
Total Addressable Market
What total addressable market (TAM) size is the company pursuing? Parker assessed:
“Facts and Factors estimate that the global digital infrastructure market was worth USD 120.14 billion in 2022 and will rise to USD 655 billion by 2030 at a CAGR of 23.61%. Gartner predicts that the AI software market will be valued at $297.9 billion by 2027, up from $124 billion in 2022, growing at a compound annual rate of 19.1%.”
“In the big picture, worldwide IT spending is expected to total $5.26 trillion in 2024, an increase of 7.5% from 2023, according to Gartner.
— Cloud services: Infrastructure as a service (IaaS) is expected to see 22.4% growth, boosted by GPU-as-a-service and AI infrastructure offerings.
— Software: GenAI capabilities being integrated into existing applications will spur 12.6% growth in spending on software.
— IT services: With increased demand for AI implementation and consulting services, the services segment will see 7.1% growth.
— Devices: This category will experience 11.7% growth, partly driven by AI-ready smartphones and PCs.
— Productivity tools: The cloud email and authoring market is seeing 28.2% growth, largely attributed to AI features like Microsoft’s Copilot.
— Data Center: Power demands, driven AI, should push the Data Center market to double in the next 5 years.”
Differentiation From The Competition
What differentiates the company from its competition? Parker affirmed:
“We bring a fully managed turnkey CLS solution to the market coupled with diverse industry knowledge and deep experience. As the company continues to grow, I would love to co-develop an Assured managed services offering, the Hybrid CLaaS Model (cable landing as a service) to capture the convergence of digital infrastructure, compute, real estate, power, and connectivity.”
Future Company Goals
What are some of the future company goals? Parker emphasized:
— Develop a CLS practice that is programmatic and easy to duplicate in multiple global markets, coupled with HPC data center capabilities.
— Invest and develop a Hybrid HPC Data Center and CLS solution
— Develop a Satellite Ground Station as a service.
Additional Thoughts
Any other topics you would like to discuss? Parker concluded:
“These are exciting times in our industry. Even more exciting is being part of a company like Assured that invests in its future today—with a customer-first focus, a growing team of experts, and a foundation of industry credibility and trust. I am looking forward to our journey to make Assured Communications the next industry leader and household name in digital infrastructure.”
