Eric Toperzer is a Senior Partner Manager with Itron. He works with Itron’s developer community to enable new IoT sensors and devices that leverage Itron’s wireless technology. Eric worked with New Cosmos to deliver the industry’s first battery powered, wireless, methane detector that is being rolled out across the ConEd service territory. He has over 25 years of experience in networking technologies at companies including Nortel, Tellabs, Juniper Networks and Silver Spring Networks. Eric plugged some of the first cables into the MCI’s NSFNET which was the precursor to today’s Internet.