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title: "Employee Spotlight: Alan Sears"
description: Alan is a co-founder and the COO of TBL Networks. Here he shares what he’d be doing if he hadn’t had co-founded TBL, what he wanted to be while growing up, a hidden talent and more!
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## Employee Spotlight: Alan Sears

By Lauren Bell | Feb 11, 2019 | Employee Spotlights

Alan is a co-founder and the COO of TBL Networks. Here he shares what he’d be doing if he hadn’t had co-founded TBL, what he wanted to be while growing up, a hidden talent and more!

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