Founder, President, CTO at BlinkMind, Inc.
Houston, Texas Area
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- Chief Technology Officer at VoilaIP Communications
- Chief Technology Officer, Co-Founder at BroadVoice, Inc.
- Chief technology Officer at Exario Networks
- President, Founder at Tricetel Consulting
- President, CTO, Founder at NetRail, Inc.
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Nathan Stratton’s Summary
With over ten years of experience in the telecommunications/internet industry, I have a reputation for "doing the impossible." Such notoriety has come through consistently offering solutions to major telecommunications/internet problems, via my vast experience in detecting and resolving technical dilemmas, using cutting edge resources and equipment. I also have a unique ability to blend new technologies in such a way as to create a synergy that provides forward thrust and momentum in today's highly competitive telecommunications/internet environment. Being an "A type" personality, I am a self-starter who works well alone with little or no supervision. I do however enjoy collegial camaraderie and being part of a team. I am capable, dependable, flexible, and can easily assume any role necessary to the life cycle of a project.
Nathan Stratton’s Specialties:
IPTV, H.264, media-loopback, Video over IP, VoIP, SIP, MGCP, TDM, ATM, CLEC, telecom consulting, softswitch, network design, transcoding, SS7, internet, IP, peering, feature server, service creation, VoiceXML
Nathan Stratton’s Experience
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Chief Technology Officer
VoilaIP Communications
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Telecommunications industry)
August 2006 — September 2007 (1 year 2 months)
* Developed SIP Video Server and menu system allowing custom menus to be created in the core of the network and then dynamically displayed to users. System supports H.264 streaming, video overlay, and stream switching between sources.
* Developed IPTV platform supporting trick play (4 levels of ff/rw, play, pause, stop), progress bar and icon overlay, channel guide, live TV and network based DVR functionality. The system not only provides standard program title search, but allow allows users to search all of the closed caption on saved programs and play associated clips.
* Developed H.264 video conference system that dynamically adjusts grid size as participants add or drop supporting 2 - 16 displayed participants.
* Created technology utilizing next generation CODECs, transcoding, and dynamic network and CPE configuration to provide a much higher quality voice and video user experience then is currently offered. -
Chief Technology Officer, Co-Founder
BroadVoice, Inc.
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Telecommunications industry)
November 2003 — July 2005 (1 year 9 months)
As Co-Founder, CTO I was responsible for the complete technical side of the business from creating of the network, operations, to expansion of features and services.
* Selected key vendors such as BroadSoft core Feature Server and AcmePacket Session Border Controllers.
* Designed 6 POP global VoIP network serving customers in over 30 countries.
* First to directly interconnect via SIP with two major national US providers.
* First VoIP provider to allow users to bring your own device (BYOD), supported over 120 different SIP user agents on the network.
* First VoIP provider to launch a WiFi phone.
* First VoIP provider to expand local calling not just to the US, but to 21 countries.
* Designed custom services and features that extended our VoIP platform.
* Co-Authored IETF Draft (draft-ietf-mmusic-media-loopback
* Successfully won and completed major RBOC VoIP trial
* Designed cordless VoIP phone with major phone manufacture. -
Chief technology Officer
Exario Networks
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Telecommunications industry)
April 2000 — June 2002 (2 years 3 months)
As Chief Technology Officer at Exario I was responsible for all aspects of the Exario voice and data network. Responsibilities included serving on the board of directors, technical direction of the company, staff management, network expansion and operation of the Exario voice and data network.
· Participated in securing $48 million in equity/debt.
· Designed 11-city nationwide network to provide advanced IP and voice services.
· Provided vision and strategy for Exario’s advanced softswitch based voice services.
· Developed patent pending technology for the efficient delivery of voice and data services over 1 PVC broadband links as low as 192kbps. -
President, Founder
Tricetel Consulting
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Telecommunications industry)
January 1998 — January 2000 (2 years 1 month)
Founded Tricetel Consulting January 1998 for the purpose of providing telecommunications consulting services to the competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC) market. Through the course of Tricetel's existence I have single-handedly won and executed contracts to design and build foreign and domestic voice and data networks.
· Secured required codes including OCN, AOCNA, point, CLLI, NPA-NXX
· Work on several cases with clients who were in FCC mediation against ILECs regarding subtending NXXs, adjacent CO UNE access, and sub loop unbundling.
· Designed CLEC networks including collocation, interconnection, fiber build outs and datacenter design.
· Selected and negotiated switch contracts with vendors on behalf of clients.
· Negotiated interconnection agreements in 18 states with over 12 ILECs and incumbents.
· Provided business plan assistance and CLEC strategy for many clients -
President, CTO, Founder
NetRail, Inc.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Networking industry)
July 1994 — September 1997 (3 years 3 months)
Founded NetRail, Inc. July 5th 1994 for the purpose of providing Internet connectivity to the greater Washington, D.C. area. NetRail provided T1 - OC3 connectivity to business and government clients. Some of NetRail's customers included US Treasury, Secret Service, and Yahoo.
· Designed and built nationwide IP/Frame Relay/ATM linking Atlanta, Baltimore, Chicago, Miami, New York, San Francisco, and Washington DC.
· Designed and built telco grade data center/co-location facilities in Atlanta, GA. and Arlington, VA. Including HVAC, fire protection, rack systems, lighting, high-voltage/low-voltage electrical distribution, and layout.
· Designed Network Operations Network (NOC) to control and monitor the NetRail nationwide network including all customers' connections and peering sessions.
· Negotiated public peering with plus-forty ISPs, including AGIS, BBN, MCI, Netcom, PSI, Sprint, UUNet, and other major NSPs became the eighth transit free provider.
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Nathan Stratton’s Interests:
robotics, new technology, being with my family
