Building the Foundation for Utility Communications Excellence

Industry experience and collaborative innovation driving reliable solutions

  • Our Mission

    To leverage our deep expertise in communications technologies to assist regional telecoms and utilities in North America with a particular focus on developing shared platforms and implementing best practices.

  • Our Vision

    Our vision is to support the utility industry to transform their communications networks and improve service and reliability through advisory services and shared communications infrastructure.

Our Journey

Heddian was founded with a clear purpose: to provide specialized communications technology solutions to the utility industry. In our founding year, we secured our first client partnership with NRTC, supporting rural electric cooperatives with smart grid communications infrastructure. This early success established our foundation as trusted advisors in the utility communications space and set us on the path to developing the shared platforms and best practices that define our work today.

History of the Heddian Name

The foundation of modern radio communications is a technique called frequency hopping. Few know that the approach was invented in the 40’s by Hedy Lamarr who is largely known as a glamorous Hollywood actress.

Despite her fame, Lamarr's intellectual pursuits were deeply rooted in her childhood. Her father, a bank director, often explained the mechanics of various technologies during their walks, sparking her interest in how things worked. This foundation of curiosity and problem-solving would later play a pivotal role in her groundbreaking invention.

During World War II, Lamarr became concerned about the vulnerability of Allied radio communications, particularly in guiding torpedoes. She collaborated with composer George Antheil, and together they devised a system called "frequency hopping." This innovation involved rapidly switching radio frequencies to prevent enemy interception or jamming. Inspired by Antheil's knowledge of player-piano mechanisms, they used a similar concept to synchronize the frequency changes between the transmitter and receiver. In 1942, they were granted a patent for their invention, though it was not immediately adopted by the military.

Lamarr's invention laid the groundwork for modern communication technologies, including cell phones, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and GPS. Despite her significant contribution, she received little recognition during her lifetime because her patent was classified during the war effort. It wasn't until decades later that her role as a pioneer in secure communications was acknowledged, earning her posthumous accolades and a place in the National Inventors Hall of Fame. Lamarr's journey from Hollywood starlet to innovative inventor is a testament to her multifaceted brilliance and determination.

The name Heddian pays homage to Hedy in our desire to provide foundational communications technology for our nation’s utilities. Our core values take inspiration from her with our customer obsession fueled by commitment to operational excellence and innovation brought together by an outstanding team.

Meet the Team

Our executive team brings decades of combined experience in telecommunications, technology implementation, and utility operations to help our clients succeed.

Joe Walsh
Chief Executive Officer

  • Joe Walsh is the president and co-founder of Heddian, Inc.

    Joe is a seasoned technology leader with over 30 years of experience in utility communications, technology, strategy, and entrepreneurship. Most recently he built and launched the smart grid advisory team at NRTC working with electric cooperatives to develop smart grid technology roadmaps and improve decision making and prioritization for grid activities. He also launched the smart grid communications practice and developed shared procurement contracts and infrastructure platforms to enable smaller utilities to deploy advanced communications capabilities necessary to manage the modern electric grid.

    Joe also has over 15 years as a strategy consultant focusing on the nexus of business, operational, and technology strategy. As a Managing Director of inCode Consulting, Joe led client engagements for leading telecommunications providers, auto manufacturers, and hyperscalers.

    An avid technologist, Joe has founded or been part of the startup team for several companies including kinkos.com (acquired by kinko’s Inc. and now part of FedEx kinkos), BnBFinder.com (now part of Savvy), and SquareLoop. 

    Joe graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from James Madison University and an Masters of Business Administration from the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia.

Paul Anuszkiewicz
Chief Technology Officer

  • Paul Anuszkiewicz is the Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder of Heddian, Inc. 

    Paul is a seasoned technology leader and board member with over 35 years of experience in telecom, wireless technology, and various other technologies. He has held senior roles in Network Engineering, Network Operations and as Chief Technical Officer. Previously, he served as the CEO of Caten McGuire, where he and his teams served most of the wireless carriers and satellite providers across the Americas.

    Paul has worked as a wireless expert with several IOUs and Co-Ops over the past several years.

     He is a founding member and served on the board of the Board of the Utility Broadband Alliance (UBBA) and continues as its Board Secretary, he also served on Boards of the CBRS Alliance and WinnForum. Paul has also advised the US Commerce Department as a past member of CSMAC (Commerce Spectrum Management Advisory Committee)

    Paul graduated with a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from California State University.  He received an MBA from the University of Dallas.

    He also serves as a board member and advisor to 4 technology based companies.

Michael Rosenthal
Chief Legal Officer


  • Michael Rosenthal is the President / Chief Legal Officer and co-founder of Heddian, Inc. 

    Michael’s background is as a legal and wireless expert having led legal and policy work for a utility-owned wireless carrier for over twenty years, and having served as a wireless-focused attorney at the Federal Communications Commission.

    Michael served on the board of the Utilities Technology Council (UTC) and led their Public Policy Division.  He also served as Chairman of the Board of the Utility Broadband Alliance (UBBA), and was a Board-member at the Enterprise Wireless Alliance (EWA).

    Michael graduated with a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Northwester University.  He received a juris doctorate and an MBA through the University of Pittsburgh’s School of Law and Katz Graduate School of Management joint degree program.  He went on to earn a Master of Laws in international and comparative law from Georgetown University Law Center.  His continuing executive education includes the Program on Negotiation for Senior Executives at Harvard Law School. 

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