Paul Barrett is VP of Engineering at NETSCOUT where his responsibilities include NETSCOUT’s service assurance and cybersecurity software application. Paul joined NETSCOUT with the acquisition of Psytechnics Ltd in 2011. Paul was Head of Engineering for most of his 10-year tenure at Psytechnics and was CTO when the company was acquired. Prior to that, Paul worked at BT Laboratories on voice transmission systems for GSM and 3G. Paul has 25 years of experience in the IT industry and has been actively involved in international standardization for much of that time. Paul holds a Master’s degree in Electronic Systems Engineering from the University of York in the United Kingdom and is a member of the IEEE, the IET, and is a Chartered Engineer.