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Leadership

Our leadership team

Wisconsin pride runs deep in our office. Most of us grew up and went to school here, and we are proud of the telecom legacy we’ve built for our home state through decades of dependability, adaptability and hard work.

Erik CaPaul

CEO

Erik is a Wisconsin native with two BAs and a Juris-Doctorate from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

With more than 20 years of experience in the telecommunications industry, comes to Access Wisconsin with a strong management record for major players like AT&T and TDS.

Sue Englund

Director of Finance

Another Wisconsin native, Sue obtained both a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting and a Master’s degree in Business from Lakeland College.

Sue joined Access Wisconsin in 2001 after gaining comprehensive accounting experience in both the medical and manufacturing industries.

Steve Schollmeyer

Director of Network Services

Steve provided engineering support on the State of Wisconsin Badgernet Network for over 20 years.

Before joining Access Wisconsin he worked on government, educational, medical and commercial accounts for both AT&T and Presidio.

Our board of directors

Solarus

Doug Wenzlaff
President

Mount Horeb Telephone Company

John Van Ooyen
CEO and General Manager

Cellcom and Nsight Telservices

Rick Brooks, Chief Technical Officer & Vice President – Engineering

Cirrinity

Scott Nyman
CEO

TDS Telecommunications, LLC

Ben Goth
Vice President of Network Services

Our members

This extraordinarily talented and dedicated group of more than 25 independent service providers have invested in us and we, in turn, have been investing in our communities.

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Solarus

Doug Wenzlaff, President

Douglas J. Wenzlaff is the President of Solarus. He started employment at Solarus in 1983, spending time in the Accounting, Central Office, and Plant Departments before becoming CEO and then President. He was responsible for technical implementation of the Internet deployment in 1995 and led the implementation of digital video service by his company in 1999.

He graduated from the University of Wisconsin – Whitewater with a degree in Business Administration, and also has a Master of Business Administration Degree from the University of Wisconsin – Oshkosh.

Doug is a past President of the Wisconsin State Telecommunications Association and the Wisconsin Locally Owned Telephone Association. He serves on the board of Access Wisconsin, and the Wisconsin State Telecommunications Foundation.

Doug is active locally in the Wisconsin Rapids Rotary club, and serves on the United Way board.

Mount Horeb Telephone Company (MHTC)

John Van Ooyen, Chief Executive Officer and General Manager

John provides strategic leadership across all areas of MHTC, including network operations, customer experience, financial performance, and community engagement. With more than a decade of executive experience in the telecommunications industry, Mr. Van Ooyen is dedicated to advancing reliable, high-quality connectivity and driving long-term value for both customers and stakeholders.

Before joining MHTC, Mr. Van Ooyen held senior leadership roles at Frontier Communications, where he led operational teams, guided workforce development initiatives, and implemented customer-centric solutions across diverse markets.

Under his leadership, MHTC continues to strengthen its commitment to innovation, service excellence, and community investment. Mr. Van Ooyen is known for cultivating high-performing teams and fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, and strategic growth.

 

John serves on the Wisconsin State Telephone Associations(WSTA) Board of Directors as well and currently sits as WSTA Vice President.  John is a veteran of the US Navy and he and his wife Paula have 5 daughters and 1 son and reside in the Mount Horeb area with their two English Bulldogs Hazel and Hondo.

Cellcom and Nsight Telservices

Rick Brooks, Chief Technical Officer & Vice President – Engineering

Rick Brooks serves as Nsight’s chief technology officer. In this role Rick is charged with the design and engineering of Nsight’s network, devices, software development, IT and security as well as overseeing construction, field operations, tower operations and the company’s network operation center.

Rick joined the Nsight family of companies in 2009 as a senior network transmission engineer and was promoted to network transmission manager in 2010 and senior network transmission manager in 2013. He became director of transport and routed networks in 2014, assuming responsibility of the engineering aspects of the network. In 2019 Rick was promoted to senior director of engineering, overseeing RF engineering, network transport and network engineering. In this role, Rick’s teams focused building a network with virtually unlimited capacity and maximizing network performance to meet the growing data needs of our customers and preparing our network for 5G.

Rick graduated from Milwaukee School of Engineering with a B.S. degree in electrical engineering and has been in the telecom industry since 2000.

Cirrinity

Scott Nyman, CEO

Scott Nyman is the CEO at Cirrinity formerly Wittenberg Telephone Company North Central Wisconsin. Scott is responsible for managing all aspects of operations and significant growth initiatives across three Counties. Prior to joining Cirrinity Scott served in progressing roles for more than 20 years beginning at a small Telephone Company in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and most recently Network Manager at Solarus in Wisconsin. Scott serves on the Wisconsin State Telephone Association(WSTA) Board of directors as well as taking on the role as WSTA president in 2023. He also serves on several local economic and chamber of commerce committees.

Scott has a degree in Business as well as a veteran of the US nuclear Submarine Service. He and his wife Kirsten have two daughters, and reside in the Wittenberg area with their Silver Labrador Belle.

TDS Telecommunications, LLC

Ben Goth, Vice President of Network Services

Ben was named Vice President of Network Services in January 2019. In this role, Ben oversees the planning, engineering, and implementation for TDS Telecom’s network build projects. This includes leading the teams responsible for executing fiber overbuilds and managing TDS’ Enhanced-ACAM project buildouts, and all network expansions nationwide. A-CAM project build-outs, and all network expansions nationwide.

Ben joined TDS Telecom in 1999 as a staff accountant. During his time with the company, he has taken on numerous advanced levels of management and responsibility across the marketing and networking operations.

Ben holds a Master of Business Administration from Edgewood College, a Bachelor of Science in accounting from Upper Iowa University (Madison, Wis.), and an associate degree in applied science in business middle management from Madison College

Ben is a 2022 Tech Talk presenter and has been featured in several ISE magazine articles. He also serves on the Access Wisconsin Board of Directors. In addition to his professional responsibilities, Ben has been a youth volunteer coach for more than a decade. He enjoys spending time outdoors hunting, fishing, boating, running, and camping. From 1991-1999, Ben served in the United State Marine Corps Reserve, serving as a Platoon Sergeant of a Weapons Platoon during the final years of his commitment.