Eric Dunmire

Current

Sr. Manager of Network Engineering at Consolidated Communications

Past

Manager Strategic and Network Planning at North Pittsburgh Systems, Inc.
Sr. Planning Engineer at North Pittsburgh Telephone Company
Network Planner at North Pittsburgh Telephone Company

Network Engineer at North Pittsburgh Telephone Company
Technical Support Specialist at Black Box
Data Transport Engineer at Westinghouse Communications Corporation
Technical Writer at Westinghouse Process Control Division

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Education

University of Pittsburgh
Carnegie Mellon University
Burrell

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Industry

Telecommunications

Eric Dunmire’s Summary

To assume a challenging and rewarding leadership position with a successful organization whose mission and vision would be complemented by my experience and skills.

Eric Dunmire’s Specialties:

Engineering Management, Capital & Operating Budgets, Project Management, Vendor Management, Business Cases, Product Planning, Process Improvement, Strategic Thinking, Capacity Planning, IPTV, Telco TV, VOD, DSL, FTTN, FTTH, G-PON, MPLS, VoIP, Metro Ethernet

Eric Dunmire’s Experience

Sr. Manager of Network Engineering

Consolidated Communications

(Public Company; cnsl; Telecommunications industry)

January 2008 — Present (1 year 7 months)

- Manage the Network Engineering Department for ILEC & CLEC, as well as, manage a live IPTV digital video service.

- Lead Strategic Telecom Network Architecture and Planning across a three state network.
Manager Strategic and Network Planning

North Pittsburgh Systems, Inc.

(Telecommunications industry)

January 2007 — December 2007 (1 year)

Led the strategic planning and multi-vendor implementation of IPTV for a TelcoTV rollout in PA.
Sr. Planning Engineer

North Pittsburgh Telephone Company

(Public Company; NPSI; Telecommunications industry)

September 2002 — February 2007 (4 years 6 months)

· Prepared and administered the annual Capital and Operating budgets which total over $55MM
· Managed the employees, activities and projects of the Planning department
· Led strategic planning for joint projects across multiple departments in the design and implementation of new products
· Supervised an IPTV video research lab, where the planning and engineering groups tested a headend to assess MPEG encoders, various middleware products and CPE
· Led Network Engineering in the selection and implementation of an MPLS network for the delivery of VPLS (Virtual Private LAN Service) Ethernet Service
· Co-authored a Telco TV video business case proposal with several executive presentations
Network Planner

North Pittsburgh Telephone Company

(Public Company; NPSI; Telecommunications industry)

February 2000 — September 2002 (2 years 8 months)
Network Engineer

North Pittsburgh Telephone Company

(Public Company; 51-200 employees; NPSI; Telecommunications industry)

January 1999 — January 2000 (1 year 1 month)
Technical Support Specialist

Black Box

(Public Company; Telecommunications industry)

1998 — 1998 (less than a year)
Data Transport Engineer

Westinghouse Communications Corporation

(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Telecommunications industry)

January 1997 — February 1998 (1 year 2 months)
Technical Writer

Westinghouse Process Control Division

(Mechanical or Industrial Engineering industry)

May 1994 — December 1996 (2 years 8 months)

Eric Dunmire’s Education

University of Pittsburgh

MS , Telecommunications , 1996 — 2000
Carnegie Mellon University

BS , 1) Electrical and Computer Engineering 2) Engineering and Public Policy , 1991 — 1995

Activities and Societies:

Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Burrell