Capabilities
Telecom engineering and broadband infrastructure support for enterprise clients, broadband grant subgrantees, federal construction primes, and integrators.
Core Competencies
- FTTH / OSP Fiber Network Design — greenfield, overbuild, and MDU. Build-ready construction prints, splice plans, fiber-pair assignments, pole-data verification, KMZ deliverables.
- Broadband Grant Engineering Support — cost models, technical narratives, permitting workflows, compliance documentation aligned to federal and state grant requirements.
- Technical Program Management — multi-region fiber expansion programs, vendor QA, WIP and 90-day reporting, change-order management, market-productivity tracking.
- Construction-Print & Splice-Plan Development — design QA across aerial, buried, and MDU OSP infrastructure.
- Fractional Engineering Leadership — embedded engineering capacity for resource-constrained or growing telecom teams.
Differentiators
- 12+ years of FTTH / OSP / HFC / broadband deployment experience across U.S. markets.
- Sole engineering lead on multi-region programs supporting 300,000+ homes passed.
- Engineering planning supporting $160M+ in approved Texas broadband grant funding across 3 of 5 counties.
- Solo-firm responsiveness — direct access to the principal engineer on every engagement.
Owner & Key Personnel
LaVerne Canady — Owner & Principal Engineer
12+ years FTTH / OSP / HFC / broadband deployment across U.S. markets. Most recent: Rise Internet, February 2023 – April 2026, OSP / FTTH Engineering & Program Lead. Prior: Global Technology Associates (DIA, Metro-E, GPON for enterprise + government clients), CHC Consulting (Google Fiber CAS-P deployment, Carlsbad CA), TEKsystems, TrueNet Communications, FTI Belman, Time Warner Cable.
Education: AAS Drafting & Design, ITT Technical Institute (2010). Organizational Leadership / Project Management coursework, Arizona State University.
Past Performance — Key Personnel Experience
The engagements below were performed by ODD LLC owner LaVerne Canady in W-2 / consulting roles prior to forming ODD LLC. They establish key personnel capacity for ODD LLC engagements.
Texas FTTH / Broadband Grant Engineering — Rise Internet (Feb 2023 – Apr 2026)
OSP / FTTH Engineering & Program Lead. Sole engineering lead supporting delivery of 300,000+ homes passed across multi-region U.S. fiber expansion programs. Engineering planning, cost models, and permitting workflows contributed to $160M+ in approved broadband grant funding across 3 of 5 Texas counties. Vendor QA program improvement; standardized engineering documentation; cross-functional coordination across operations, finance, construction, and vendor organizations.
Google Fiber CAS-P Deployment — CHC Consulting LLC (Dec 2015 – Sep 2016)
OSP Engineer, Carlsbad CA, on-site. Led design team executing Compact Active Site (CAS-P) fiber systems supporting FTTx residential and commercial deployments. Greenfield and subdivision fiber design, pole-data verification, fiber-pair assignment at splice enclosures, design-submittal QA from regional backbone interconnect down to customer-placed network equipment.
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Section 889 (FAR 52.204-25)
ODD LLC
pending — IRS application in progress
pending — SAM.gov entity registration in progress
pending — auto-issue with SAM.gov registration
541330 Engineering Services (primary); 237130 Power & Communication Line and Related Structures Construction; 517810 All Other Telecommunications
Texas single-member LLC; for-profit; formed 2025-07-03
Woman-Owned (WOSB self-certification pursuing); Minority-Owned (Black American)
ODD LLC does not provide or use covered telecommunications equipment or services.