Leadership

Mindlinx Technology Consultants was founded in 1988 as a partnership among entrepreneurial and experienced data and telecommunications engineers. Their work has shaped network design methodology used today. This work includes building the world’s first global VoIP network, they obtained Frost & Sullivan's 1999 Market Engineering Customer Focus Award for the Global IP Telephony Services Market.

Tony Houston
Chief Technology Consultant

Mr. Houston has maintained a leading edge position in systems integration for the past 18 years. Through those years he has worked in a consulting capacity with such names as Northern Telecom, Siemens, Oki Technologies, Standard Micro Systems, NASA, CDC in Atlanta, Emory University, Delta Airlines, Novell and Microsoft, both domestically and internationally.

Most recently, a member of Nortel Networks Global Professional Services Team as a Systems Engineer focusing on the integration and design of global IP Telephony networks and products. Prior to Nortel, Mr. Houston was Subject Matter Expert for Convergence Technology with Entex IT (a subsidiary of Siemens). Most notably as Director of Engineering with Rapid Link USA, where he lead the design and implementation of the first global VoIP network using both Public and Private IP. He and his engineering team received Frost & Sullivan's 1999 Market Engineering Customer Focus Award for the Global IP Telephony Services Market.

Mr. Houston uses his knowledge of data communications, systems integration and telecommunications to produce convergent network systems supporting data, fax, voice and video exchange over Private and Public Internet-based networks. This work has shaped the protocols and standards that the future generations of IP-based networks will use.

Mr. Houston is a highly regarded expert in his field, and he presents and publishes subject papers throughout the industry.