RESUME

 

 

BARRY J. BUNIN Ph.D.                                                                    7 Hurlingham Club Road

                                                                                                            Far Hills, NJ 07931

           

                                                                                                            Office: 201 216 8216

                                                                                                            Home: 908 781 5575

                                                                                                            Cell:     908 229 0514

                                                                                                            E-mail :                                                                                                                                      bbunin@stevens.edu

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Professional Summary 

 

Dr. Bunin is the Chief Architect of the SINTEL Project at Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken NJ.  The mission of SINTEL  (for Secure Infrastructure Technology Laboratory) is to advance university research in the area of port security.

 

Prior to this, Dr. Bunin  had been teaching at Drexel University and consulting in the areas of Next Generation Internet technologies and operations, as well as assessing their application in corporate environments.  

 

Dr. Bunin has held senior network operations, customer services, regulatory planning, and R&D positions at AT&T, Bell Labs, and TELEGLOBE with responsibility for service development, network planning, engineering, business operations, and build-out activities on a global basis.  At Teleglobe, he was responsible for the engineering and deployment of the Global Teleglobe network.  This involved the coordinated design, development, and construction of fiber-optic networks simultaneously in Europe, Asia and North America.  He was Network Transition Officer leading TELEGLOBEŐs successful network transition through Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings in 2002.   This was successfully accomplished against rigorous budget and schedule constraints.  He has been an effective negotiator with regulatory bodies in the U.S., Canada, and at the European Commission.

 

He is a seasoned executive in the technology and telecommunications industries, including 20 years at AT&T Bell Laboratories and senior operations and technology positions in a variety of international venues, including Montreal (TELEGLOBE), Amsterdam (AT&T-Unisource), and London (ACC Telecom).

 

Dr. Bunin is skilled at developing and leading technology teams to achieve difficult goals and optimal performance in high-tech areas.

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

 

January, 2003- Present                            BJB Advisors, LLC                                  Far Hills, NJ

 

á       Recent consultative accomplishments include: analysis for a major telecom provider of Fiber-to-the Node Strategy including a comparison of that technology to Cable company technology (this analysis included the regulatory implications of the Communications Act, Telco IPTV verses Cable TV, etc.);  assessment of the reliability of the Common Channel Signaling network of a global telecommunications signaling services firm;  support of a VOIP firm in marketing to high end customers; support of the due diligence assessment of a second tier Japanese telecom firm targeted for acquisition: and an assessment of the application of Power Line Carrier for a rural power company.

 

Dr. Bunin is also an Adjunct professor at Drexel University. He is currently teaching Next Generation Internet, VOIP, and Broadband and Wireless Technologies.

 

 

July, 2001-December, 2002                      Teleglobe                                   Virginia and Montreal

 

á       Vice President – Network Planning and Implementation.  Managed the construction of a global voice and data network.  In 2002, managed the transition of the Teleglobe network from a Global network, to a UK/US/Canada-centric network, enabling Teleglobe to emerge successfully from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in a dramatically short time.

 

 

1997 – 2001                                           Ultrapro International, Inc.                        US, UK, and Canada

 

á       Managing Director of Ultrapro International, Inc., a New Jersey-based international management consulting firm with primary focuses on telecommunications and information technology.  While at Ultrapro, served as Vice President for Teleglobe in the areas of customer services, network management, provisioning and strategic operations from June 2000 to April 2001.  In this role, led TELEGLOBEŐs Operations team to dramatic improvement in results.

á       Prior to TELEGLOBE, provided services as Operations Director to ACC Telecom in the United Kingdom and led the evolution of that companyŐs error prone, UK-centric infrastructure to a highly reliable, failure-free network with switching entities in Germany, France, Italy, the U.S., and the U.K.

á       During this period, also provided program leadership to a major U.S. long distance company in its thrust to enter the Local Services marketplace.

 

                       

 

 

1995 – 1997                   Vice President, Customer Service                                      Netherlands

                                    AT&T Unisource

 

á       Established the AT&T Unisource Pan-European voice and data network in this start-up company. This position was located in the Netherlands, and involved managing engineering, operations, and customer service organizations in the Netherlands, Switzerland, France, and Sweden.

 

1992 – 1995                   Director, Network and Services Development                                   New Jersey

                                    AT&T Business Communication Services

 

á       Led the conception and development of new software-based intelligent network services for AT&TŐs network. 

 

1990 – 1992                   Director, International Switched Services Operations

                                    AT&T International

 

á       Led the creation of AT&TŐs International Switched Services Operations processes and managing its cable stations, international satellite earth stations and international trunk operations centers.   Led the introduction of AT&TŐs quality management processes, enabling significant service quality improvements.

 

1986 – 1990                   Director, Digital Services Development

                                    Bell Laboratories

 

á       Led the development of AT&TŐs new high speed digital services, including its self healing digital network, the federal governmentŐs FTS network; the US ArmyŐs DCTN satellite network

 

 

 

Prior assignments at AT&T and Bell Laboratories included application of information-theoretic concepts to the encoding of broadband and television signals, development of digital services, and regulatory planning.  In addition, headed the team that created AT&TŐs Intelligent Network architecture in response to the changes caused by the 1984 divestiture of the Regional Bell Operating Companies (RBOCs) from the Bell system, and in Regulatory Planning as the U.S. market became deregulated

 

 

EDUCATION

 

Ph.D. Systems Science (Digital Encoding Theory)

Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, New York

 

 

                        Master of Science Degree- Operations Research

                                    University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

 

                                    Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering

                                    The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, New York

 

 

 

MEMBERSHIPS AND AWARDS

 

                                    Eta Kappa Nu

Charter Member-Delta Chi Chapter

                                    National Electrical Engineering Honor Society

 

                                    Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

 

New Jersey Synergy In Action –Affirmative Action Award