Jay Cuthrell

Current

• Leader of the Pack, Speaker, Visionary, Consultant at cuthrell.com

Past

• CTO at Digitel
• VP & GM at Digitel
• CTO at NeoNova Network Services

• Infrastructure Architect at iXL/Scient
• Infrastructure Architect at Scient
• Head of Internet Application Development at Nortel Networks
• Systems Administrator at NCSU
• TCP/IP Benchmark Tester at IBM

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Education

• North Carolina State University
• East Carteret High School

Recommended

30 people have recommended Jay

Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Telecommunications

Websites

• My Company
• My Blog
• @qthrul on Twitter

Jay Cuthrell’s Summary

Cuthrell Consulting, LLC

We help your company navigate, reach, and exceed goals.

About Me....

I am a technology strategist and business leader possessing tactician chops to back it up... and the frequent flyer miles to show for it. My professional life is marked with senior roles at companies where I straddle the line of development, operations, and rewarding travel to both close business and revisit my customers.

It's been a great ride so far.

Most recently, I was CTO of Digitel and traveled all over the US with a strong focus in the Southeast. Previously, I was CTO for NeoNova (an Azure Capital Partners portfolio company) which took me to various trade events and RLEC customers all over the rural US. My years consulting at Scient (formerly iXL) gave me the chance to work both domestically and internationally with Fortune 500 companies and .com's.

Yes, I get around.

I have homes in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina and Missoula, Montana. I look for any excuse to visit them when I can :)

As you might imagine, I am also actively adding new clients that benefit from my expertise and strategic technology services.

Please feel free to contact me via InMail or through introduction.

Jay Cuthrell’s Specialties:

strategy, wireless mesh and bridging, fixed and mobile wireless, WIMAX, managed solutions, VoIP, RLEC, P&L, Operations, telecommunications, CALEA, FISA, ISP, infrastructure, vendor management, RAD, M&A, project turn around, SWOT assessments, technical diligence, security, privacy, consulting, IPTV, billing, provisioning, SLA, OSS/BSS, INFOSEC, integration, professional services, call centers, CRM, mobile, social networking, new media, emerging technology

Jay Cuthrell’s Experience

• Leader of the Pack, Speaker, Visionary, Consultant

  cuthrell.com

  (Telecommunications industry)

  May 1995 — Present (14 years 3 months)

  Cuthrell Consulting, LLC
  
  We help your company navigate, reach, and exceed goals.

• CTO

  Digitel

  (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Telecommunications industry)

  October 2007 — January 2009 (1 year 4 months)

  Technology leadership role. Catalyst for bridging gap of both business and technology concerns. Consulting role in matters relating to core business (Digitel on-premise and hosted IP-PBX solutions), network management considerations (Digitel Wireless), and emerging solutions (Digitel Hosted Network).
  
  Day to day management of hosted and managed services and data center initiatives.
  
  Provided sell-side support and consulting for the spinout of NeoNova Network Services from Digitel to Azure Capital Partners and Bridgescale Partners executed in early 2008.

• VP & GM

  Digitel

  (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Telecommunications industry)

  April 2007 — July 2008 (1 year 4 months)

  P&L responsibility for Hosted Network division of Digitel Corporation. Entrepreneurial role in FreedomPipe brand. Growth of IP Centrex via Genband M6 platform via net new sales and management of legacy IP keysystem and IP PBX via Cisco Linksys One platforms.

• CTO

  NeoNova Network Services

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

  August 2002 — December 2007 (5 years 5 months)

  Technology leadership role. Conducts sales engineering process and technical sales support. Represents NeoNova at trade events for rural ILEC, CLEC, and cable overbuilders. Manages professional services for NeoNova Affiliates. Responsible for various operations elements of the business.
  
  Transitioned to CTO of Digitel (then parent company of NeoNova) to provided sell-side support and consulting for the spinout of NeoNova from Digitel to Azure Capital Partners and Bridgescale Partners executed in early 2008.

• Infrastructure Architect

  iXL/Scient

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Internet industry)

  August 1999 — July 2002 (3 years)

  iXL and Scient merged

• Infrastructure Architect

  Scient

  (Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Internet industry)

  August 1999 — July 2002 (3 years)

  iXL and Scient merged

• Head of Internet Application Development

  Nortel Networks

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; NT; Internet industry)

  May 1996 — August 1999 (3 years 4 months)

  This was the department that allowed NeoNova Network Services to become a reality. The origin of this group is quite a good story in and of itself!

• Systems Administrator

  NCSU

  (Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Research industry)

  January 1996 — April 1996 (4 months)

  My first encounter with DEC Alpha 250/4-266's and SGI Indigo2-XZ's.

• TCP/IP Benchmark Tester

  IBM

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; IBM; Computer Networking industry)

  April 1995 — December 1995 (9 months)

  Ah... the good old days... benchmark testing TCP/IP stacks, dealing with OS/2 Warp Connect and AIX installs on Intel and PPC servers, Sniffer/Dataglance traces, data reduction and analysis, the TCP/IP lab... a simple life.

Jay Cuthrell’s Education

• North Carolina State University

  BS , Materials Science and Engineering , 1990 — 1995

• East Carteret High School

  Diploma , 1987 — 1990

  Department of Energy Summer Internship at Argonne National Lab 1990
  NASA Challenger Commander Michael J. Smith Scholarship 1990
  Office of Naval Research Summer Internship at Duke University Marine Lab 1989

  Activities and Societies:

  Football, Baseball, Quiz Bowl Team, Drama Team

Additional Information

Jay Cuthrell’s Websites:

• My Company
• My Blog
• @qthrul on Twitter

Jay Cuthrell’s Interests:

rural broadband, new technology, travel, live music, guitar

Jay Cuthrell’s Honors:

Speaker - NCTIA and TCI 2009, 2004
Speaker - IP Possibilities 2009, 2008, 2007
Speaker - TANE 2009
Speaker - SxSW Interactive 2009 "Core Conversations: Too Much Text"
Speaker - Atlanta Telecom Professionals 2009
Speaker - NTCA Wireless Symposium 2009
Speaker - Wireless Technology Forum (WTF SIGUC) 2008
Speaker - NeoNova Summit 2007, 2005, 2004, 2002
Speaker - EC-EXPO 2006
Speaker - Siemens/Myrio 2005 Conference
Speaker - NTCA 2005, 2004, 2003
Scient Golden Boot Award 2002
Scient delegate to HP Tech Symposium 2002, 2001
iXL host of Raleigh Chamber Economic Development Summit 2001
iXL Geeks @ The Beach 2000
iXL Carolinas All Star Award for Passion 1999
Presenter at Nortel Affiliate User Group 1998
Session Admin for Internet World Fall 1997
Presenter at Nortel Affiliate User Group 1997
CU-SeeMe Reflector for Nortel 1997
Nortel's NASA JPL Mars Pathfinder Reflector
IBM YEA Award
Member of CATT Program

Jay Cuthrell’s Contact Settings

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