Dave Irek

Dave is a seasoned veteran of the communications and networking industry with over 30 years of business development, sales management and engineering experience. Dave joined Netsync Fiber as the Managing Director & Head of Business Development and among driving the strategy for the business is focused on Netsync Fiber’s Development and Expansion. Prior to Netsync Fiber, Dave was the Practice Manager for the Optical, WAN and Service Provider Business for Netsync Network Solutions for the past four years. Dave previously was the Owner and Lead Consultant for Connected Consulting Group, LLC, based in Rockwall, Texas where he ran the consulting business both from a National and Global level with major Network Integration Organizations like Dimension Data, an NTT Company and Infinera an Optical OEM.
Formerly Dave was Senior Business Development Manager for Emerging Markets with Cisco Systems, Regional Sales Manager for Cerent Corporation, a private start up which was acquired by Cisco Systems in 1999, Sales Manager at Ciena Corporation and Engineering Manager at Fujitsu Network Communications.
Dave’s experience spans the Service Provider, Public Sector, Enterprise and Commercial markets Worldwide.

Business achievements include the following:
• Led the Netsync Optical/WAN Team to bring transformational solutions to 20+ Public Sector, K-12, Higher Education, Healthcare and Enterprise Solutions across the Southern States of Texas.
• Consulted for a Global Systems Integrator that realized a 7:1 Return on Investment for the client.
• Developed an Optical Business for a US Based National Systems Integrator that grew the business from zero to $10 Million+ in 12 Months.
• Key leader of the Emerging Markets organization for Cisco Systems driving the Core IPNGN business within the Middle East and African markets representing $1.2B in annual revenue.
Dave holds a BS in Engineering with specialization in Telecom from Texas A&M University.