Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Mankato, MN — NatraNet is a senior-led IT consulting firm serving federal agencies and enterprise businesses with expert-level infrastructure and security services.
Monty Natrakul founded NatraNet in 2009 with a clear mission: provide organizations with senior-level IT expertise and deliver results without compromise. With a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Maryland (1997) and over 25 years of hands-on experience, he brings technical depth that is rare in the consulting market.
Monty holds Cisco's highest industry certification — CCIE Voice #16417, earned in June 2006 — alongside active federal security clearances at both the High Risk Public Trust (6C) and DoD (Navy) Secret levels. His recent work spans Zero Trust architecture with Zscaler and Okta, multi-cloud IaC automation with Terraform and Vault, and emerging AI/LLM lab environments.
NatraNet has supported federal civilian agencies, Department of Defense programs, and Fortune 500 enterprises since 2009 — delivering senior-level expertise across UC, Zero Trust, multi-cloud, and infrastructure engagements. Active clearances at the High Risk Public Trust (6C) and DoD Secret levels enable work across the full spectrum of federal programs.
NatraNet holds active federal security clearances enabling work on sensitive government programs across civilian and defense agencies.
Monty begins his IT career, quickly moving into enterprise networking and infrastructure roles.
Achieves Cisco's most prestigious certification, establishing himself as a top-tier UC architect.
NatraNet established with a mission to deliver expert-level IT consulting. Initial focus: Unified Communications and infrastructure.
NatraNet broadens its practice with formal cybersecurity certification, supporting Zero Trust and Zscaler engagements for federal civilian and defense clients.
Formalizes multi-cloud IaC practice with back-to-back HashiCorp certifications.
Adds agile delivery capability and begins AI/LLM lab work with Ollama and RAG pipelines.