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Mission Driven Two-Way Radio Communication – Your Mission is our Mission
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Since 1984, we have proudly served the Pacific Northwest as a trusted leader in mission-critical communications. What started as an equipment rental company supporting the audio/visual industry has evolved into a full-service communications provider delivering two-way radio system design, sales, integration, and ongoing support for public and private organizations across the region and beyond.
Headquartered in Milwaukie, Oregon, with additional offices in Bellingham and Kalama, Washington, and serving the greater Boise, Idaho area, we are strategically positioned to provide responsive service and reliable solutions wherever our customers operate.
What sets us apart is our people.
We bring real-world experience from law enforcement, fire service operations, military communications, technical project management, and public safety dispatch and 911 communications. We understand the environments our customers work in because we’ve worked in them ourselves. From the field to the dispatch center, we know that when communication fails, everything else does too.
We lead the industry in tower site development, connectivity design, and complete system build-out. Our factory-certified technicians bring decades of experience supporting public safety agencies, emergency communications centers, and publicly owned radio systems.
We design, integrate, install, and support comprehensive communications solutions, including LTE and two-way radio systems, dispatch solutions, mobile installations, certified tower services, FCC management, and event communications support. From procurement and engineering to training and long-term maintenance, we deliver end-to-end solutions built for reliability, performance, and longevity.
For more than four decades, our mission has remained the same:
to serve those who serve our communities.
Our commitment to customer service excellence
At Communications Northwest, customer service isn’t just a department — it’s our standard.
We are dedicated to delivering exceptional support and reliable solutions for every client we serve. Our team of trained professionals participates in continuous education to ensure we remain at the forefront of professional communication system service and support.
Guided by our core values — Commitment, Accountability, Respect, Excellence, and Success — we care deeply about the work we do, how we do it, and how it impacts you. We take ownership of every solution, treat every interaction with respect, and pursue the highest standards in performance and service. Your success is our success, and we are committed to achieving it together.
We welcome your questions, feedback, and conversations, and we look forward to serving you.
Management Team
Scott A. Reilly
President/CEO
Scott Reilly has 34 years in Management of various companies and assignments. He has more than 20 years in the Public Safety field including 10 years as a Police Officer and Chief of Police. Scott is a graduate of the Oregon Department of Public Safety Standards and Training Police Academy. During his tenure in Public Safety he was assigned as the Communications Officer and responsible for radio operations for his companies and agencies. In 2012, he was hired by Event Rental Communications/Communications Northwest as Project Manager. He was promoted to General Manager in 2013. In 2017 he bought Communications Northwest and has since opened 3 locations; establishing a presence throughout the Pacific Northwest and nationally, growing the business nearly 12 times its original size.
Pualani Pond
Vice President of Accounting and Administration
Pualani is a graduate of Warner Pacific University and has more than 20 years in Management. She is responsible for the Accounting and Administrative functions throughout our company. Through her leadership Communications Northwest has adopted an all-inclusive ERP program, a comprehensive Customer Care Program and most recently she is developing strategic strategies and a future growth model. She has been with Communications Northwest since 2017.
Steve Watson
Vice President/Director of Technical Services
Steve Watson is our Director of Technical Services. He has spent most of his career in public safety starting in 9-1-1 with the City of Portland in 1988. In 1991, he joined Columbia 9-1-1 Communications District in Columbia County, retiring in 2017 as the Executive Director. In October of 2017, Steve joined Communications Northwest. Steve has an Associates Degree in Fire Protection Technology from Clackamas Community College. Steve is also a graduate of the Oregon Police Academy and worked with the Clatskanie Police Dept in 1994-95. Steve’s experience in Communications is a significant advantage to our customers and the community.
James “Kevin” Farley
Technical Services Manager
Kevin has more than 35 years of technical sales, applications engineering and engineering experience with semiconductors, test equipment and communications equipment, including the last 20 years focused on the 2-way radio and 911 markets. Kevin’s industry qualifications include an FCC General Radiotelephone Operator License with Ship Radar Endorsement and advanced product training certifications from Avtec (VoIP radio consoles), Eventide (logging recorders), Kenwood (trunked radio systems) and Cambium (SCADA/IoT radio links). Kevin received a Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering-Biomedical Engineering from Carnegie-Mellon University.
John Clark
Director of Sales
John joined Communications Northwest in October of 2020 after gaining more than 25 years of experience in the radio communications industry offering sales and service advice to a broad range of customer types both public and private. During his tenure in the industry, he has gained experience working with customers with basic simplex radio communication needs, up to multi-channel trunked radio systems, wide area coverage systems, in-building signal amplification, and distributed antenna systems (DAS). John has represented many manufacturers over his years and continues to strive to provide the best solutions for his customers, based on their needs and fit. John received a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from Oregon State University.
Chad Lund, CPM
Director of Project Management
Chad began his career in wireless in 1984. He has served in many capacities during his 35+ years in the field. In 2013, Chad pursued opportunities in the LTE and Cellular industry. Chad was a construction manager for Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile. During this time directly managed construction of over 200 new cell sites, which were a mix of raw land sites, rooftop, and utility pole mounted. Managed technology upgrades for over 500 existing sites, and many site improvement projects. During this time also served as a project manager for T-Mobile 5G implementation, and was part of the team that helped developed AT&T’s standards and practices for the implementation of their 5G network in Oregon. Having a passion for public safety and commercial wireless communication joined Communications Northwest in 2021 as a project manager and system design engineer. The experience gained over many years working in wireless has provided unique insight into how to solve complex issues.
What out customers say
Outstanding Service
Our church has had the privilege of renting radios from Communications Northwest for over 20 years for our high school camp. They have always been great to work with, great people. Never did we have any problems with the equipment. They were wonderful when for two years we had to cancel camp and thus the radios due covid. I highly recommend them if you have communication needs.
Barbara C.
Amazing Work
I have worked with the team at CommNW for many years and have always received great service, care and attention to my communication needs. We engage with them on many levels, from rentals to sales, service and installs every project had met or exceed my expectations.
Mike G.
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