Jay Cuthrell

Current

• CTO at Digitel
• Leader of the Pack at Cuthrell Consulting, LLC (Sole Proprietorship)

Past

• Advisory Member at Bars For Us
• 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 Website
• My Blog

Jay Cuthrell’s Summary

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.

Presently, I am CTO at Digitel and travel 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 :)

Jay Cuthrell’s Specialties:

wireless mesh and bridging, fixed and mobile wireless, WIMAX, strategy, 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, Asterisk, OpenSER, Linux, mobile, social networking, new media, emerging technology

Jay Cuthrell’s Experience

• CTO

  Digitel

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

  October 2007 — Present (1 year 2 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.

• Leader of the Pack

  Cuthrell Consulting, LLC (Sole Proprietorship)

  (Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Information Technology and Services industry)

  May 1995 — Present (13 years 7 months)

  Cuthrell Consulting, LLC provides technology management services to Fortune 500 companies with a worldwide reach. As a trusted technology partner, we can help your company focus on business. With our experience in transforming technology solutions, we can help your company navigate, reach, and exceed goals.

• Advisory Member

  Bars For Us

  (Entertainment industry)

  July 2008 — August 2008 (2 months)

  Bars For Us, at barsforus.com, has created an easy way for people to find bars using the criteria most important to them. Bars For Us is a product of RTP Startup Weekend which is part of the Startup Weekend series.

• 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 Website
• My Blog

Jay Cuthrell’s Interests:

travel, new technology, live music, guitar

Jay Cuthrell’s Groups:

Bars For Us, at barsforus.com (RTP Startup Weekend) Advisory Member, CommuniGate Systems' Customer Advisory Board Member, Packet Island Technical Advisory Board Member, InfraGard, NTCA, NCTIA, OPASTCO, SXSW 2008, IP Possibilities, Wireless Technology Forum

•    The Greater IBM Connection: IBM's alumni program for past and present IBM employees
•    iXL Alumni
•    Nortel Connection
•    North Carolina State University Alumni Group
•    GoScient Alumni
•    Wireless Technology Forum
•    Ex Nortel Employees (5,700+ Members)
•    Scient Alumni (Onfired) Network
•    Linking Raleigh, NC
•    N.C. STATE UNIVERSITY ALUMNI
•    DIGITEL Corporation
•    Atlanta Telecom Professionals (ATP)
•    RTP Startup Weekend

Jay Cuthrell’s Honors:

Speaker at Wireless Technology Forum (WTF SIGUC) 2008
Speaker at IP Possibilities 2008
Speaker at NeoNova Summit 2007
Speaker at IP Possibilities 2007
Speaker at EC-EXPO 2006
Speaker at NeoNova Summit 2005
Speaker at Siemens/Myrio 2005 Conference
Speaker at NTCA 2005 Conference
Speaker at NeoNova Summit 2004
Speaker at NCTIA 2004 Conference
Speaker at NTCA 2004 Conference
Speaker at NTCA 2003 Conference
Scient Golden Boot Award
Scient delegate to HP Tech Symposium 2002
iXL delegate to HP Tech Symposium 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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