Jay Cuthrell

Current

• Managing Principal 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

41 people have recommended Jay

Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Telecommunications

Websites

• My Company
• My Blog
• My Website

Jay Cuthrell’s Summary

Cuthrell Consulting, LLC (cuthrell.com)

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 flier 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 and Bridgescale 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. (see my TripIt schedule for details)

Presently, I am based in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina in the East and Missoula, Montana in the West.

As you might imagine, I am also actively adding new clients for 2010 that benefit from my expertise and strategic technology services.

My typical roles are as follows: Interim CEO, Interim CIO, Interim CTO, Thought Leader, Technical PM, Strategy Consultant, Strategist, Evangelist, Technical Advisor

My ideal settings are as follows: Strategic leadership role in emerging technology or telecom oriented entrepreneurial setting. Location and travel terms are fully negotiable. Rate card available upon request.

Feel free to contact me via InMail or through introduction (preferred) and all opportunities are considered on a case by case basis.

Please visit my website to learn more.

Jay Cuthrell’s Specialties:

leadership, strategy, rural broadband, 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

• Managing Principal

  cuthrell.com

  (Telecommunications industry)

  May 1995 — Present (14 years 8 months)

  Cuthrell Consulting, LLC -- We help your company navigate, reach, and exceed goals.
  
  Areas of Focus:
  
  Strategic technology consulting services for telecommunications providers, infrastructure solution providers, and stealth mode startups.
  
  Private consultation services and subject matter expertise for decision-makers at investment firms and corporations.
  
  Angel investment and technical advisory roles for emerging technology companies.
  
  Recent and current startup activities:
  
  Advisor to PacketIsland (acquired by Broadsoft October 26, 2009)
  Advisor to ATL based Gomodo.me
  Advisor to PDX based TimeData
  Advisor to NYC based company (stealth mode - analytics)
  Advisor to NYC based company (ecommerce)
  Advisor to MSO based company (stealth mode - ecommerce)
  Advisor to RDU based company (ISP)
  Advisor to RDU based company (ecommerce)

• 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

Additional Information

Jay Cuthrell’s Websites:

• My Company
• My Blog
• My Website

Jay Cuthrell’s Interests:

rural broadband, new technology, travel, 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, IP Possibilities, Wireless Technology Forum

•    GLG Gerson Lehrman Group
•    iXL Alumni
•    iptv
•    GoScient Alumni
•    Atlanta Telecom Professionals (ATP)
•    North Carolina Telecommunciations Industry Association
•    Audience Conference

Jay Cuthrell’s Honors:

Speaker - OPASTCO 2010
Speaker - TelcoTV 2009
Speaker - IP Possibilities 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007
Speaker - NCTIA and TCI 2009, 2004
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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