Providing Start-to-Future Solutions.
What We Believe
Better infrastructure means better lives.
At Vantage Point Solutions, we believe that strong, secure, and reliable infrastructure is the foundation of thriving communities and successful businesses. Whether it’s broadband, energy, financial services, or serving businesses at the enterprise level, we partner with organizations that drive economic growth and improve quality of life.
Putting employees & clients first is the top priority.
Better business and infrastructure means better lives.
Proactively building solutions for applications that don’t exist yet.
Giving back to our local, industry, and global communities is imperative.
Our Vision
Empowering the industries that enable modern life.
Vantage Point Solutions delivers integrated expertise and unmatched technical capability to protect, connect, and empower the critical industries that keep the world running. From robust broadband networks to resilient power grids, sophisticated financial institutions, and modernized business operations, we help organizations rise to meet today’s challenges—strengthening communities, expanding economic opportunities, and enhancing the way people live and work.
What We Do
Building Solutions. Driving Success.
Our professional, multidisciplinary teams provide comprehensive engineering and consulting services to the broadband, energy, financial, agriculture, and business sectors. We work closely with our clients to support daily operations, strategic growth, and emerging opportunities—offering proactive solutions that address both immediate challenges and long-term objectives.
By taking a cross-functional approach, we don’t just solve problems—we engineer transformative solutions that position organizations for sustained success. Whether designing a next-generation broadband network, fortifying cybersecurity defenses, or optimizing power infrastructure, our team brings technical precision, regulatory expertise, and business acumen to every project.
Where We Are
Nationwide Reach. Local Commitment.
Headquartered in Mitchell, South Dakota, Vantage Point Solutions serves clients across the country, with additional offices and satellite locations nationwide. With half our team working remotely or on-site at client projects, we’re always local—no matter where you are.
Our Story: A Legacy of Innovation & Trust
Founded in 2002, Vantage Point Solutions was built on a simple yet powerful principle: putting people first—both our clients and our employees.
Our origins in rural telecommunications laid the groundwork for deep technical, regulatory, financial, and security expertise. Over time, our capabilities have expanded to meet the needs of critical industries, fostering innovation and cross-disciplinary collaboration that fuel our clients’ growth.
This controlled evolution has ignited the best of our team, inspiring connections across disciplines as we seek challenges worth rising to.
Why Vantage Point?
✔ Unmatched Expertise – Decades of experience in engineering, consulting, cybersecurity, and strategic planning.
✔ Client-First Approach – We don’t just provide services; we build partnerships that drive long-term success.
✔ Technical Precision & Business Insight – Holistic, solutions-driven strategies tailored to your industry’s needs.
From protecting operations and connecting communities to empowering businesses and rising above industry challenges, Vantage Point Solutions is your trusted partner for the future.
In 2020, we merged with GVNW Consulting, a leading consulting firm with decades of industry expertise. This merger united nearly 70 years of dedication to the industry and brought together several dozen top-tier consultants.
Industry leaders. Thought leaders. Company leaders.
Our senior team is more than just management – they’re vital innovators and trusted visionaries driving success across industries.
Professional Solutions With Integrity
Broadband providers are continually faced with many decisions to maximize network quality and functionality while minimizing costs. Each provider is unique in its infrastructure, member density, terrain, and goals. What works well for one deployment, may not be the best fit for the next. There is no single model, no “cookie-cutter” solution, that works for every situation.
For many of the decisions that must be made, you will likely rely on the advice and expertise of third-party consultants and engineers such as Vantage Point. You – and your customers or members – deserve professional, ethical guidance; as such, it is imperative to select an experienced and qualified partner that has no bias or hidden agenda that may taint their recommendations to your organization.
Vantage Point has been implementing rural broadband FTTP networks for decades and has the experience and knowledge to help guide you in implementing the unique solution that works best for you. We have built our company on a strong moral and ethical foundation by always doing what is best for our client’s long-term best interests. Our established, long-standing client list, built largely by referral, is a testament to this commitment.
Unlike others that may claim to be engineering firms, Vantage Point is a true engineering firm: Our team includes ten licensed Professional Engineers that are registered as such in every state we do business. As a true engineering firm with state registered Professional Engineers, not only do we meet the stringent educational and technical standards of this licensure, we are also bound by a code of ethics defined by the laws of the states in which we work.
Ethical business is simply our way of work. We do right by our clients, and we are not bringing hidden agendas to our business relationships.
Letter from the CEO
- 0% of Vantage Point is owned by any broadband contractor, vendor, supplier, or service provider. We are an employee-owned company.
- Vantage Point does not have ownership of any broadband contractor, vendor, supplier, or service provider.
- Vantage Point and our staff do not take kick-backs, finders fees, or commissions from vendors or contractors. Never have, never will. Our only compensation is what our client pays us for the project. Our recommendations to you will be based only on the best solution for your organization, not lining our pockets through back door agreements.
- Vantage Point does not use vendors or manufacturers to perform engineering tasks or designs in exchange for Vantage Point specifying the use of their products. At Vantage Point, all engineering and consulting is performed in house.
- We do not have a cookie cutter approach to design. We believe your project has unique characteristics that need to be taken into design consideration. Unlike other firms that will only use a network of suppliers, contractors and vendors that they have pre-negotiated arrangements with, Vantage Point will always be looking for the best solutions to fit your needs.
- Vantage Point believes that our success is based on the long-term success of our clients.
If you are seeking an experienced, qualified, ethical engineering firm, then we look forward to working with you. Thank you for considering Vantage Point Solutions.
Sincerely,
Larry D. Thompson, PE
CEO, Vantage Point Solutions
Public Policy & Advocacy
The best way to predict the future is to create it. For future-facing critical infrastructure, that means engaging with policy makers, regulatory bodies, and stakeholders to ensure reasonable expectations and sufficient resources.
As both a matter of principle and a matter of business, Vantage Point works closely with state, federal, and industry groups to provide technical insight on regulatory matters. We engage our clients in this work as well, filing comments alongside them, providing advocacy training, and translating dense policy language into actionable strategies.
Local, Industry, and Global Involvement
We build networks – but we’re part of them, too. In addition to numerous personal causes, Vantage Point staff frequently serve on industry committees, advisories, planning groups, commissions, and boards to contribute technical and regulatory expertise and leadership, including Larry Thompson’s two-time appointment to the FCC’s Broadband Deployment Advisory Committee. It’s an investment we believe in.
In 2014, Vantage Point transitioned to an employee-owned company. This was inspired by Vantage Point’s belief that an engaged, energetic staff is one of our biggest assets. Being an employee-owned company further increased our teams’ awareness of taking care of our clients and enhanced our level of commitment.
Our ownership structure also gives employees more control of their own success – a benefit to team members and to our clients. Client success is our own success, and our staff is rewarded when our clients excel. We hire employees who understand this culture of commitment and who are willing to dedicate their efforts toward the overall success of Vantage Point Solutions. This translates into a positive work environment and a high satisfaction level for both our employees and our clients.
