Dr. Nettleton has been a leader in the telecommunications industry for some 40 years, as an entrepreneur, corporate officer, international businessperson and consultant, engineer, educator, author, lecturer and researcher.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
February 1994 Present: CONSULTANT; Clients ranging from Fortune 500 to nascent start-ups. Sample assignments:
Provided technology and network consulting to Velocom, a major CLEC in Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay
Advised Military Commercial Technologies (MILCOM) on two potential investments relating to the commercialization of military technology
Wrote Wireless Services research report for RHK, a Silicon Valley telecom consulting house
Advised Ball Wireless on future market strategy
Network and wireless link analysis for ISCO International
Investment advisor to Venture Capital Companies iSherpa (Denver) and Sequel (Boulder)
Exposed fatal flaws in MCIs proposed acquisition of NexTel stock and shut down the transaction
Advised MCI on the technology and economics of LMDS and LEO satellite systems
Created wireless local loop plan for Avantel de Mexico
Performed technical due diligence for United International Holdings on the acquisition of Wireless Ventures International of Brazil (later acquired by Nextel)
Wrote marketing plan Cellular base station receiver front ends for SCT
Re-wrote network design plan for Motorola iDEN system in Beijing, China
Wrote Smart Convolution fast computer algorithm to evaluate intermodulation products in a multi-tenant radio tower environment, for UniSite
Expert witness in intellectual property litigation (see appendix for public domain details.) Expert witness to Government wireless telecom-related hearings worldwide and at the FCC.
Consulting Affiliate of: The Councils of Advisors, eWitness.com, FindExperts.com, Experts.com, Global Technical Talent, LawFirmPro, Pensar, Round Table Group, eWork, Silicon Valley Expert Witness Group, and the Society of Industry Leaders
April 2002 Present: ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ADJUNCT, Interdisciplinary Telecommunications Program and College of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Colorado Boulder. The department offers a graduate degree in Interdisciplinary Telecommunications, combining instruction in the technical, economic, legal, regulatory and business aspects of the telecommunications industry. It also offers joint degrees with the College of Engineering, the Graduate School of Business, and the School of Law.
Teach courses in: local area networks, public networks, satellite and wireless communications technologies.
Perform research in: Ad Hoc Antenna Arrays and core network aspects of cellular / wi-fi handoff. Member of the Research and Engineering Center for Unmanned Vehicles (RECUV) sponsored by the Aerospace Engineering Sciences Department.
October 1996 December 2000: FOUNDER, SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT & CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER, Formus Communications Inc., a $1B international broadband connectivity and IP solutions company with license coverage of 200 million. Responsible for technology policy, selection of network vendors and architectures, advising national telecommunications regulators. Chief spokesman at conferences. Regular strategy advisor in Formus Board meetings.
One of three-executive team responsible for acquisition of Fixed Wireless Access Licenses in:
USA (through participation in the WNP consortium now sold to NextLink)
Argentina, Colombia, Peru, Uruguay (now owned by Velocom)
Ecuador (now sold)
Norway, Ireland, Finland, Denmark, Poland, Luxembourg, Belgium
Spain (through participation in the Abrared consortium)
Germany and Switzerland (through w holly owned subsidiary Callino)
New Zealand (sold to Clear Communications)
Also participated in planning for businesses in South Africa, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Korea, Taiwan and the Philippines.
April 1991 - February 1994: DIRECTOR & DISTINGUISHED MEMBER, TECHNICAL STAFF, U S WEST Advanced Technologies, Inc., the R&D arm of U S WEST Communications (now Qwest). Directed 50 professionals in engineering, mathematics, computer science, economics etc.
Directed creation of plans and new services to enter the wireless market at 1.9GHz
Produced plans for Wireless Local Loop to enter new markets abroad, to answer competitive threats at home, and to solve the "held-order" problems of unserved customers
Performed technical "due diligence" studies on wireless-related investment opportunities
April 1989 - April 1991: SENIOR ASSOCIATE, Booz Allen
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