David Hinnant

Current

• Director, Engineering at Cisco Systems

Past

• Vice President, Engineering at Triumfant, Inc.
• Sr. Director, Product Management and Marketing at Greenfield Networks, Inc.
• Director, Product Line Management at LVL7 Systems

• Director, Software Engineering at Hatteras Networks
• Director, Succession Solutions at Nortel Networks
• Senior Director, Product Development at Alcatel
• Sr. Manager, Software Engineering at Fujitsu Network Switching
• Software Analyst at UNCECS

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Education

• East Carolina University

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Industry

Computer Networking

David Hinnant’s Summary

Accomplished, passionate, networking software and hardware product business veteran. Direct experience providing technical and business management leadership in companies building, deploying, and supporting complex enterprise and carrier networking solutions.

David Hinnant’s Specialties:

software development management, product management, product marketing

David Hinnant’s Experience

• Director, Engineering

  Cisco Systems

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; CSCO; Computer Networking industry)

  November 2007 — Present (1 year 9 months)

  Responsible for development, delivery, and operation of Remote Operations Services IT products and services.

• Vice President, Engineering

  Triumfant, Inc.

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

  October 2006 — November 2007 (1 year 2 months)

  Responsible for development and delivery of a market-defining software product that provides IT organizations control over changes that occur (intentionally or unintentionally) on Microsoft Windows workstations and servers.

• Sr. Director, Product Management and Marketing

  Greenfield Networks, Inc.

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Telecommunications industry)

  March 2006 — October 2006 (8 months)

  Product Line Management and Marketing for an industry-leading Gigabit Ethernet silicon product family.

• Director, Product Line Management

  LVL7 Systems

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Networking industry)

  March 2004 — March 2006 (2 years 1 month)

• Director, Software Engineering

  Hatteras Networks

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Telecommunications industry)

  2001 — 2003 (2 years)

• Director, Succession Solutions

  Nortel Networks

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; NT; Telecommunications industry)

  1999 — 2001 (2 years)

• Senior Director, Product Development

  Alcatel

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; ALA; Telecommunications industry)

  1994 — 1999 (5 years)

• Sr. Manager, Software Engineering

  Fujitsu Network Switching

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; Telecommunications industry)

  1991 — 1994 (3 years)

• Software Analyst

  UNCECS

  (Computer Networking industry)

  1981 — 1983 (2 years)

David Hinnant’s Education

• East Carolina University

  BS , Physics , 1977 — 1981

  Activities and Societies:

  Sigma Pi Sigma

Additional Information

David Hinnant’s Groups:

•    CISCO
•    Eagle's Nest--Eagle Scout Award Recipients
•    East Carolina University Alumni Association
•    Sigma Pi Sigma Physics Honors Society
•    Philmont Scout Ranch Alumni

David Hinnant’s Contact Settings

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