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Brad Hunstable
BornSeptember 26, 1978 (age 37)
Tarrant County, Texas
Occupation(s)Co-Founder, CEO, Ustream, Inc.
Spouse
April Hunstable
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(m. 2003)​
Children3
Websitewww.ustream.tv

Brad Hunstable (born 1978) is co-founder and CEO of the popular San Francisco, California-based live video microbroadcasting website Ustream.tv, one of the largest consumer live video sites on the Internet.[1] In 2014, he was honored as one of the SF Business Times "40 Under 40" for the most influential young leaders across the spectrum of Bay Area businesses.

Ranked among 50 "Digital Power Players" by the Hollywood Reporter in 2010,Hunstable was announced on Variety Producers Guild of America's 2010 Digital 25: Visionaries, Innovators and Producers list for his work at Ustream.[2]

Ustream was selected as a PC Magazine Editor's Choice.[3] Notable investors include Softbank,[4] DCM,[4] Frank J. Caufield,[5] and the Band Of Angels.[6] General Wesley Clark[6] serves Ustream.TV's board of advisors.

Biography

Early life

Fred Bradley Hunstable was born on September 26, 1978 in Tarrant County, Texas, and grew up in Granbury, Texas, with a younger sister (Ashlee) and a younger brother (Nathan). His parents are Fred Eugene Hunstable, an electrical engineer, and Candace "Candy" Lee Cotter, a school teacher. Since childhood, he has shown an interest in technology. At age 11, he started a small Bulletin Board Systems (BBS) called the Dark Realms with cosysop James Gollehon.[7]

He graduated from Granbury High School, Granbury in 1997, where his mother still works. He went on to receive his Bachelor of Science degree in engineering management from the United States Military Academy in 2001. Upon graduation, he was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army, working primarily as an operations officer. Later, through the Army, Hunstable attended the Ohio State University's Fisher College of Business where he received his Master of Business Administration degree in finance and real estate in 2005.[8]

After West Point

Hunstable was required to serve five years in the U.S. Army. He served in various capacities around the world working jobs both for the Army and the Department of Defense directly.

In 2005, he left the military to work for Hillwood Development, a real estate company owned by Ross Perot developing master planned communities in Dallas/Fort Worth.[9]

Ustream

Ustream was born when the founders (John Ham, Brad Hunstable, and Dr. Gyula Feher) wanted a way for their friends in the Army, who were deployed overseas in Iraq during the war, to be able to communicate with their families back home. A product like Ustream would provide them with a way to talk to all of their relatives at once when free time in the war zone was limited.[10]

Previously, these three had worked together on an internet based event photo sharing website using technology created by Dr. Feher. In 2003, both Brad and John Ham were deployed to active duty, putting an end to this venture. After returning to civilian life, Brad and John discussed the idea of the general public using the Internet to share live video. Seeing this as a viable product, they contacted their former partner, Dr. Feher, in order to develop the technology required. Ustream.tv was founded in 2006, as experiments in broadcasting Brad's brother Nathan's band (Venture) proved successful. Early testing involved Brad in the audience with a camera wired to a laptop (with a cellular card) in his backpack, sending the stream back to their test server.[9]

Launching their public beta in March 2007, Ustream.tv was the first of a series of live video sites include Justin.tv and Operator11.com. The company has seen "growth" in the political, entertainment, and technology fields.[11]

Ustream.tv have hosted streamings from politicians Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, and John Edwards[12] and artists Tori Amos and the Plain White T's.[13] The technology community has also adopted Ustream to include Robert Scoble, Leo Laporte, Chris Pirillo, Scott Liberto and Cali Lewis.

Ustream.tv has raised over $60 million in funding, most recently from Softbank.[4]

Personal life

Hunstable is married to April Hunstable. They have three children together. Hunstable has 2 siblings, Nathan Hunstable (Former CEO and Founder of TheHelpDesk.com) and Ashlee Smith.

References

  1. ^ "Ustream Network". Quantcast. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
  2. ^ McNary, Dave (23 September 2010). "PGA announces Digital 25". Variety. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
  3. ^ Broida, Rick. "Ustream.tv". PC Magazine.
  4. ^ a b c Levy, Ari (2 February 2010). "Softbank Leads $75 Million Investment in Ustream (Update1)". Businessweek.com. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
  5. ^ Merry Christmas, Mom: Ustream links soldiers with home | Crave : The gadget blog
  6. ^ a b UStream.TV Gets Some Cash And General Wesley Clark
  7. ^ "817 Area Code BBSes Through History". Retrieved 4 May 2013.
  8. ^ "THR's 2010 Digital Power 50". The Hollywood Reporter. 7 June 2010. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
  9. ^ a b "Ustream Executive Bios" (PDF). Retrieved 4 May 2013.
  10. ^ Sandoval, Greg. "Merry Christmas, Mom: Ustream links soldiers with home". CNET.
  11. ^ Ustream.TV Experiences Significant Business Growth; Company Adds New CEO, Industry Partners and Thousands of Users
  12. ^ YouTube and UStream Go Political
  13. ^ The Ustream.TV Blog » Blog Archive » Plain White T’s Event Serves 130,000
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