William Bradley Davis
President
Brad Davis is president of DukeNet, a business unit of Duke Energy that develops and manages fiber-optic communications systems.
A career employee, Davis has more than twenty years of experience with the company. He joined Duke Power, a former Duke Energy company, in 1982 as an instrumentation and controls engineer in the nuclear production department at Catawba Nuclear Station. After a series of promotions, he was named manager of information systems at McGuire Nuclear Station. After serving in several corporate leadership positions, Davis was named manager of customer support for information technology services in 1993, manager of telecommunications systems in 1994 and manager of generation business applications in 1997. In 2001, he was named vice president of engineering and operations for DukeNet. He was named president of DukeNet Communications in 2003 and continued in that role after Duke Energy’s merger with Cinergy in April 2006.
Davis received a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering from North Carolina State University and earned a master’s degree from Queens University.
Tony Cockerham
Vice President of Sales and Business Development
Tony Cockerham was named vice president of sales and business development of DukeNet Communications in May 2010. Prior to his current position, Cockerham served as vice president of wireless sales and business development (February 2009 through May 2010), vice president of sales and customer operations (April 2006 through February 2009), vice president of engineering and operations (October 2003 through April 2006), director of network planning and engineering (February 2001 through October 2003) and project manager (April 1999 through February 2001) for DukeNet Communications.
Before joining DukeNet in 1999, Cockerham spent three years in engineering and project management roles in Duke Energy’s Telecommunications department. Prior to that, he spent six years in various positions at BellSouth including network engineering, infrastructure planning, sales technical support, and project management.
Cockerham received a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (Magna Cum Laude) from NC State University. He received a Master of Science in Telecommunications Systems Management from Southern Methodist University.
Kevin Lane
Vice President of Engineering, Procurement and Construction
Kevin Lane was named vice president of engineering, procurement and construction of DukeNet Communications in March of 2006. Prior to his current position, Lane was responsible for business development at DukeNet. Prior to his DukeNet role, Lane worked for Duke Energy from 1997 through 2005. His first role at the new Duke Energy was overall responsibility for the implementation of PeopleSoft Financial system for the pipelines, power company and international business units of Duke Energy. As a division manager, Lane was responsible for the management of the workstation and enterprise database management services teams that provided this service corporate wide.
Before joining Duke Energy in 1997, Lane’s career spanned twenty years in various technical and managerial positions within information technology spanning application development, systems management and project management roles in the energy, aerospace and manufacturing business sectors. One of the key companies that Lane was a member of included Duquesne Light Company from 1990 to 1996 where he was responsible for the implementation of the integrated Customer Information system.
Lane is a graduate of the State University of New York where he received a B.S. in Computer Science.
David A. Fulmer
Vice President, Network & Customer Operations
David Fulmer has been vice president, Network & Customer Operations since May 2010 and leads the Planning, Architecture, and Network & Customer Operation functions. Prior to his current position, Fulmer served as both Engineering Manager for DukeNet Communications and Operations Manager supporting DukeNet.
He joined Duke Energy in 1984 as a Telecommunications Engineer. After a series of promotions he was named Engineering Manager for the Wireless Systems group in 1986 building numerous wireless systems throughout the Carolinas for the utility. He has held multiple Engineering and Operation Management roles designing, installing and operating various communication infrastructures and networks throughout his carrier.
A native of Columbia, S.C., Fulmer earned a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from the University of South Carolina. He is a registered Professional engineer in North and South Carolina.
