Our Professional Team
Allan H. Goodson
Co-Founder and CEO
Allan H. Goodson has been in the telecommunications industry since 1981. Prior to co-founding Next Solutions in 2013, he held multiple roles growing from the initial role of General Manager of a cable tv system / market to the level of Executive Vice President and Chief Operating officer of cable television companies as well as other large and small telecommunications companies.
Morgan McChesney
Co-Founder and President
Morgan is proud to be one of the two founders of Next Solutions, along with Allan Goodson. Next Solutions was founded in November, 2013 and has evolved through the changes in the industry and has been growing ever since. McChesney began his 40 year career in telecommunications May, 1981 at TCI where he spent 17 years with the last years serving as VP of Operations over TCI’s entry into telephony. Prior to that he served as a regional VP over multiple markets including TCI’s largest urban cable operation in Chicago. After TCI, he was a Regional VP of Operations of TCG a company that was acquired by AT&T. Next he was SVP and Chief of Staff for Covad Communications. He became entrepreneurial and was part owner and President of AerosatUSA, LLC a fulfillment company to DirecTV. He then co -founded and was President of Up Communications LLC a regional service provider for Dish Network. Morgan is a servant leader and has been responsible for revenue, operations, the customer experience and financial results throughout his career. His starting point in the telecommunications industry was as a cable television installer.
Michael Burleson
Director of Field operations
Michael is honored to be a part of the Next Solutions Team and has been with the company since it began in November of 2013. He started as a field technician and was promoted in the summer of 2014 to the role of Operations Manager for the Panama City, Florida market. As a Director of Operations for Next Solutions he is now charged with new markets, management training, metric performance...
Tyler Walter
Director of Field Operations
Tyler began his communications career in May of 2011. Originally starting as a technician with Multiband Corporation/Goodman Networks and soon after became a supervisor in both the Traverse City, MI, and Detroit, MI locations. Tyler moved from Goodman Networks to become a Regional Manager with Clearsky Technologies.
Robert McChesney
Director of Field operations
Robert spent the last seven years of his career with Next Solutions. He began his career in the communications industry in 2008 as a satellite technician working for one of the major Regional Service Providers (RSP) serving Dish Network. Robert spent several years as an installation technician before moving into a sales role for the IT startup, Up Tech Solutions.
Laurie Cody
Director of Operations Support
Laurie has been working with Next Solutions, shortly after their start, in March 2014. She started her career in the satellite television industry in 2005 as an HR Generalist working with multiple markets in the SE United States. In 2007, she moved into the operations division of the company as the DIRECTV Site Manager for the Chattanooga TN market and by 2012 had moved into the larger Atlanta GA market. During this tenure, Laurie maintained some of the highest customer service ratings throughout the DIRECTV network, was selected as an initial member of DIRECTV’s Strategic 360 Program and was 1 of 2 Site Managers chosen to assist in the creation of their currently used dispatching software program. Laurie wears multiple hats at Next Solutions… whether it’s managing a large fleet of vehicles, to processing payroll or leading our Operations Support team that serves as the daily general dispatch group for the organization. Her favorite quote is “management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.”
Honey Blair
Human Resources Coordinator
With almost 20 years of corporate experience in human resources, payroll, benefits, training, and administrative experience, Honey’s greatest asset is her keen ability to analyze problems and produce effective solutions. When looking for the most appropriate solution to resolving challenges, her well thought out ideas and exceptional thoroughness ensures that she has left no stone unturned. Her areas of subject matter include employee relations, HR compliance, organizing & maintaining personnel records, coordinating health enrollment plans, and address employee issues.
Culture
Next Solutions is the realization of the dreams
of Allan Goodson and Morgan McChesney, who
have worked together in a variety of capacities
for the past 30 years. They believed that with
their combined experience, differing strengths
and a solid vision, that they can reshape the
cable and satellite-delivery industries. They are
building a company that provides world-class
service to customers and is a challenging and
stimulating place for the employees.
At Next Solutions, our mission is to be different
in order to make a difference.
We believe that making a difference matters,
and we strive at all levels of the company to
make a profound difference in the satellite
installation industry, a difference in our
employees lives, and a difference in the
communities where we live and serve.
We believe that when people know they
matter, they will go the extra mile. Every
employee is part of defining the difference of
Next Solutions bringing new ideas to the industry, innovative solutions to
the company, or impactful ways of giving back
to the community.
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OUR VISION
We believe in excellent execution, and world-class
service. Every job. Every time. To Everyone.
We believe that work should be challenging AND fun, and
that we should enjoy the journey of getting to the
destination.
We believe that hard work should be recognized,
appreciated and rewarded.
We believe that we should be proud of who we are, what
we do, what we accomplish as a team.
We believe that Next Solutions is the next solution for
our employees, their families and our customers in the
ever changing world of telecommunications.
