Lonnie Barrington

Lonnie Barrington is an experienced consultant in sales engineering, currently supporting sales for Research & Education, Enterprise Great Plains, and Mountain Regions at Ciena since April 2025. Previously, Lonnie served as a Senior Sales Engineer at DZS from April 2007 to March 2025, specializing in Fiber to the Home (FTTH) solutions, DWDM Optical Transport, Metro Ethernet, VoIP, IP Video, and Kubernetes-based SDN Orchestration. Lonnie's career includes roles as a Senior Sales Engineer at DZSi, a Post Sales Systems Engineer at Avaya focused on enterprise Voice over IP troubleshooting, and a Network Engineer at D+H U.S. Operations. Earlier experience includes a Pre Sales Systems Engineer role at Nokia and a Network Consultant position at Compuware. Lonnie began a professional career as a Systems Administrator at Applied Materials and holds a Bachelor of Science in Electronic Engineering Technology from DeVry University.