Vice President, Site Development Services
SBA Communications
Nichole Thomas joined SBA Communications in 2023 and currently serves as Vice President, Site Development Services, leading the company’s new tower development and delivery of site development services for all major carriers. Ms. Thomas has over 25 years of experience as a telecommunications industry executive with a track record of success in network build strategy and execution and expertise building networks from the ground up. In previous site development leadership positions at Dish, Ericsson, SAC Wireless (a Nokia company), and Sprint, Ms. Thomas led large-scale programs and national site deployment efforts across all areas of the country. Before joining SBA, Ms. Thomas served as Regional Vice President of Network Deployment and Operations at Dish Wireless, spearheading the initial deployment of the first Open RAN, cloud-native 5G network in the United States. Ms. Thomas holds an Executive MBA from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.