Overview

I lead the Solutions Marketing team at Adtran  I am passionate about helping the telecom industry succeed with open and multi-vendor disaggregation. I speak and write regularly in a variety of corporate and industry venues and sites.


I have a BSEE from Duke and an MS-ECE from NC State.  I am a named inventor on 9 US patents and am an author or editor of 5 IETF RFCs.

Contact Info:

LinkedIn:     http://www.linkedin.com/in/praysonpate/

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Blogspot:     Prayson's Prate - http://praysons-prate.blogspot.com/

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Work:           http://www.advaoptical.com

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