Stratum Broadband

About Us

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Stratum Broadband LLC specializes in analyzing, designing, and deploying wireless broadband networks. In particular, they recognized the financial benefits and untapped potential for expanding or creating wireless broadband networks across university campuses, throughout large or small municipalities, and within health care complexes. They now employ a small, but experienced staff, and have succeeded in becoming a leader in this expanding area of wireless broadband network technology. To date, Stratum has participated in many successful wireless broadband deployments throughout the US. In describing services and related network management approaches, Stratum Broadband describes the end-to-end solution in a way that illustrates the total set of dependencies, rather than just the physical nature of the network infrastructure. This includes researching the required security, availability, capacity management, bandwidth management, and human interaction considerations for the wireless network. Stratum Broadband also illustrates the integrated revenue stream aspects of any new revenue bearing services.

Stratum Broadband is highly proficient in the following broadband technology areas:

Business Plans

Analyze the broadband market supply and demand.
Develop broadband integration strategies.
Develop and analyze broadband business plans
Formulate economic modeling (ROI analysis).
Create municipal asset inventories.
Oversee supplier management of wireless carriers.

Design/Build

Design broadband wide area networks (WANs).
Create hybrid WAN/wireless local area network (WLAN) designs.
Integrate fiber and wireless designs.
Analyze vendor and technology selections.
Conduct wireless site surveys.
Recommend appropriate spectrum availability and use.
Create bills of material (BOMs).

Implementation

Provide project management.
Manage process development for operations, administration, and maintenance (OA&M) systems.
Develop and integrate back office systems.
Conduct user training.

Management Team

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This team brings together experience in starting new companies, managing large existing companies, and engineering commercial solutions using cutting edge technology.

John Foresto — Wireline Technology

John Foresto, the managing partner of Stratum Broadband, heads up the overall consulting services teams. In addition to his strategic consulting role, he is responsible for designing and constructing all wireline and wireless networks, including the back office and operating support systems. Mr. Foresto also has extensive experience in carrier operations, administration, and maintenance (OA&M) systems. He also has first-hand knowledge of the business procedures used both to deliver service and to ensure the quality of that service.Prior to founding Stratum Broadband, Mr. Foresto had a successful 30-year career with a national telecommunications carrier, serving in several executive management roles. In his most recent position as vice president of engineering and planning he was responsible for building a new two billion dollar nationwide DSL network. Before that, he was a founding member of a subsidiary company charged with creating a new nation-wide, long distance telephone network. He was the principal network architect and supervised the planning and construction of the long distance network.

John Reynolds — Systems Integration

John Reynolds, partner in Stratum Broadband, is responsible for heading up the consulting services that focus on systems integration. Over the years, he has developed personal contacts with large numbers of telecommunications industry executives. His business and technical expertise have given him a unique insight into the structural changes affecting modern business and its effective use of technology. For many years Mr. Reynolds has been involved in systems engineering and marketing for several well-known US corporations. Recently, as president of a major systems integration company, he acted as chief architect and directed the launch of a facilities-based competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC) operations platform that included a full integration suite for both OA&M and back office functionality. He also oversaw the Operation Support System (OSS) integration, billing, and e-business planning for the same company. In other engagements Mr. Reynolds conducted audits of the convergent billing and consolidated Web services projects for several large carriers to determine the optimum systems integration methods and most cost-effective development strategies for their projects.

Eugene Currie — Network Engineering

Eugene Currie brings more than 32 years of telecommunications and project management experience to the company. He possesses a very strong understanding of operational processes and centers. He designed and implemented two switching control centers, as well as a network and a video operations center.Before joining Stratum Broadband, Mr. Currie was vice president of quality systems for an area wireless infrastructure services company. There, he developed and implemented company-wide quality processes and procedures for all aspects of the corporation. He has also held various management positions in several other area companies. He worked as a central office manager for the switching center of a major telecommunications company in Boston. He was recognized as one of their top technical managers and presented with the President's Circle Award, the company's highest honor. He was also a Senior SS7 network engineer for a prepaid cellular service provider, where he implemented a unique platform for providing SS7 services.As a former member of a regional Bell company, Mr. Currie worked as an area operations manager and technical support operations manager. During his tenure, he held various positions, including systems implementation manager, operations manager for network reliability, and director of video services operations.

Links of Interest

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Keep up with the latest in the wireless world, from technologies to implementations to applications.

Wimax Forum	Learn more about the WiMax standard and its backers.
municipal wireless	This is a must read if you are interested in what is going on in the world of municipal wireless.
Trends and technologies	A good source of information on many hot technologies and trends.
from the service provider view	This publication is particularly geared towards service providers, but is also a good source of information for those who have to deal with them.

Employment Opportunities

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New projects are continually emerging and bringing a need for qualified professionals. If you would like to submit a resume, please use the contact form.Jobs

Contact Us

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For more information about Stratum Broadband, please contact us through one of the methods listed below. A representative of Stratum Broadband will gladly answer your questions. Thank you.

Postal Address

Stratum Broadband
116 Main Street
Suite 207
Medway, MA 02053

Telephone or Fax

508-533-6830
508-533-6436 fax

Electronic Mail

info@stratumbroadband.com

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