Brad Hunstable
Encyclopedia
Brad Hunstable is co-founder and President of the popular San Francisco, California
-based live video microbroadcasting website Ustream.tv, one of the largest consumer live video sites on the Internet.
Ranked among 50 "Digital Power Players" by the Hollywood Reporter in 2010, Hunstable was announced on Variety (magazine)
Producers Guild of America's 2010 Digital 25: Visionaries, Innovators and Producers list for his work at Ustream.
Ustream.tv was selected as a PC Magazine
Editor's Choice. Notable investors include Softbank
, DCM, Frank J. Caufield
, and the Band Of Angels. General Wesley Clark serves Ustream.TV's board of advisors.
, 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 one of the largest Bulletin Board Systems (BBS) called the Dark Realms.
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.
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.
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.
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 brothers's band 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.
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.
Ustream.tv have hosted streamings from politicians Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama
, and John Edwards
and artists Tori Amos
and the Plain White T's
. The technology community has also adopted Ustream to include Robert Scoble
, Leo Laporte
, Chris Pirillo
, and Cali Lewis.
Ustream.tv has raised over $90 million in funding, most recently from Softbank.
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
-based live video microbroadcasting website Ustream.tv, one of the largest consumer live video sites on the Internet.
Ranked among 50 "Digital Power Players" by the Hollywood Reporter in 2010, Hunstable was announced on Variety (magazine)
Variety (magazine)
Variety is an American weekly entertainment-trade magazine founded in New York City, New York, in 1905 by Sime Silverman. With the rise of the importance of the motion-picture industry, Daily Variety, a daily edition based in Los Angeles, California, was founded by Silverman in 1933. In 1998, the...
Producers Guild of America's 2010 Digital 25: Visionaries, Innovators and Producers list for his work at Ustream.
Ustream.tv was selected as a PC Magazine
PC Magazine
PC Magazine is a computer magazine published by Ziff Davis Publishing Holdings Inc. A print edition was published from 1982 to January 2009...
Editor's Choice. Notable investors include Softbank
SoftBank
is a Japanese telecommunications and internet corporation, with operations in broadband, fixed-line telecommunications, e-Commerce, Internet, broadmedia, technology services, finance, media and marketing, and other businesses....
, DCM, Frank J. Caufield
Frank J. Caufield
Frank J. Caufield is best known as a co-founder of the venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, based in Menlo Park, California....
, and the Band Of Angels. General Wesley Clark serves Ustream.TV's board of advisors.
Early life
Fred Bradley Hunstable was born on September 26, 1978 in Tarrant County, Texas, and grew up near Fort Worth, TexasFort Worth, Texas
Fort Worth is the 16th-largest city in the United States of America and the fifth-largest city in the state of Texas. Located in North Central Texas, just southeast of the Texas Panhandle, the city is a cultural gateway into the American West and covers nearly in Tarrant, Parker, Denton, and...
, 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
Teacher
A teacher or schoolteacher is a person who provides education for pupils and students . The role of teacher is often formal and ongoing, carried out at a school or other place of formal education. In many countries, a person who wishes to become a teacher must first obtain specified professional...
. Since childhood, he has shown an interest in technology. At age 11, he started one of the largest Bulletin Board Systems (BBS) called the Dark Realms.
He graduated from Granbury High School, Granbury
Granbury, Texas
Granbury is a city in Hood County, Texas, in the United States. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 5,718. It is the county seat of Hood County and the principal city of the Micropolitan Statistical Area....
in 1997, where his mother still works. He went on to receive his Bachelor of Science
Bachelor of Science
A Bachelor of Science is an undergraduate academic degree awarded for completed courses that generally last three to five years .-Australia:In Australia, the BSc is a 3 year degree, offered from 1st year on...
degree in engineering management
Engineering management
Engineering Management or Management Engineering is a specialized form of management and engineering that is concerned with the application of engineering principles to business practice...
from the United States Military Academy
United States Military Academy
The United States Military Academy at West Point is a four-year coeducational federal service academy located at West Point, New York. The academy sits on scenic high ground overlooking the Hudson River, north of New York City...
in 2001. Upon graduation, he was commissioned as a second lieutenant
Second Lieutenant
Second lieutenant is a junior commissioned officer military rank in many armed forces.- United Kingdom and Commonwealth :The rank second lieutenant was introduced throughout the British Army in 1871 to replace the rank of ensign , although it had long been used in the Royal Artillery, Royal...
in the U.S. Army, working primarily as an operations officer. Later, through the Army, Hunstable attended the Ohio State University
Ohio State University
The Ohio State University, commonly referred to as Ohio State, is a public research university located in Columbus, Ohio. It was originally founded in 1870 as a land-grant university and is currently the third largest university campus in the United States...
's Fisher College of Business where he received his Master of Business Administration
Master of Business Administration
The Master of Business Administration is a :master's degree in business administration, which attracts people from a wide range of academic disciplines. The MBA designation originated in the United States, emerging from the late 19th century as the country industrialized and companies sought out...
degree in finance
Finance
"Finance" is often defined simply as the management of money or “funds” management Modern finance, however, is a family of business activity that includes the origination, marketing, and management of cash and money surrogates through a variety of capital accounts, instruments, and markets created...
and real estate
Real estate
In general use, esp. North American, 'real estate' is taken to mean "Property consisting of land and the buildings on it, along with its natural resources such as crops, minerals, or water; immovable property of this nature; an interest vested in this; an item of real property; buildings or...
in 2005.
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 DefenseUnited States Department of Defense
The United States Department of Defense is the U.S...
directly.
In 2005, he left the military to work for Hillwood Development, a real estate company owned by Ross Perot
Ross Perot
Henry Ross Perot is a U.S. businessman best known for running for President of the United States in 1992 and 1996. Perot founded Electronic Data Systems in 1962, sold the company to General Motors in 1984, and founded Perot Systems in 1988...
developing master planned communities in Dallas/Fort Worth.
Ustream
Ustream.tv 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 IraqIraq
Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
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.
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 brothers's band 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.
Launching their public beta in March 2007, Ustream.tv was the first of a series of live video sites include Justin.tv
Justin.tv
Justin.tv is a website created by Justin Kan, Emmett Shear, Michael Seibel and Kyle Vogt in 2007 that allows anyone to broadcast video online. Justin.tv user accounts are called "channels", and users are encouraged to broadcast a wide variety of user-generated live video content, called...
and Operator11.com. The company has seen "growth" in the political, entertainment, and technology fields.
Ustream.tv have hosted streamings from politicians Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama
Barack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in...
, and John Edwards
John Edwards
Johnny Reid "John" Edwards is an American politician, who served as a U.S. Senator from North Carolina. He was the Democratic nominee for Vice President in 2004, and was a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2004 and 2008.He defeated incumbent Republican Lauch Faircloth in...
and artists Tori Amos
Tori Amos
Tori Amos is an American pianist, singer-songwriter and composer. She was at the forefront of a number of female singer-songwriters in the early 1990s and was noteworthy early in her career as one of the few alternative rock performers to use a piano as her primary instrument...
and the Plain White T's
Plain White T's
Plain White T's is an American Pop rock band from Chicago, Illinois. Formed in 1997 by high school friends Tom Higgenson and Ken Fletcher, the group had a mostly underground following in Chicago basements, clubs, and bars in its early years, and underwent numerous personnel changes.The band is best...
. The technology community has also adopted Ustream to include Robert Scoble
Robert Scoble
Robert Scoble is an American blogger, technical evangelist, and author. Scoble is best known for his blog, Scobleizer, which came to prominence during his tenure as a technology evangelist at Microsoft. He is married to Maryam Ghaemmaghami Scoble. He has three children; one from a previous...
, Leo Laporte
Leo Laporte
Léo Gordon Laporte is an Emmy Award winning, American technology broadcaster, author, and entrepreneur. A former resident of Providence, Rhode Island, he now lives in Petaluma, California with his wife Jennifer and two children, Abby and Henry....
, Chris Pirillo
Chris Pirillo
Christopher Joseph Pirillo is the founder and maintainer of Lockergnome, which is a network of blogs, web forums, mailing lists, and online communities. He spent two years hosting the TechTV television program Call for Help, where he also hosted the first annual Call-for-Help-a-Thon...
, and Cali Lewis.
Ustream.tv has raised over $90 million in funding, most recently from Softbank.
External links
- Ustream.TV
- Mark Rizzn interviews Brad Hunstable on Politics and Ustream.TV audio
- Youtube and Ustream Go Political website
- Texas BBS List website
- Ustream Experiences Significant Growth website
- YearlyKos Convention 2007 on Ustream.TV website
- The Next Youtube: 56.com and Ustream.TV website
- Merry Christmas, Mom: Ustream links soldiers with home on CNET website
- Softbank Leads $75 Million Investment In Ustream website
- Brad Hunstable at Crunchbase