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Northwood Appoints New Board MembersRichard Bertrand, President of Ottawa-based consultancy IThink Inc., has been elected Chairman of the Board. Mr. Bertrand sits on a number of boards in the corporate and volunteer sectors, and is currently Chair of the Board of Governors of the University of Ottawa, Canada. He has held a range of senior management positions in strategic communications, government relations as well as within the cable television industry. More recently, Mr. Bertrand was Vice- President of Marketing for SHL/MCI Systemhouse. Conrad Lewis has over 25 years of technology industry experience, including numerous executive R&D and product management positions with Mitel, Nortel Networks and Newbridge Networks (now part of Alcatel). As part of his extensive career at Newbridge, he was Executive Vice-President of the Access Product Group, which included the Newbridge broadband wireless products. An electrical engineer with six patents in digital communications, Mr. Lewis sits on numerous boards of Ottawa-based software and telecommunications companies. Dr. Alan Winter brings over 27 years of telecommunications industry experience to Northwood. Since 1996, he founded (with partners) a consulting and venture capital investment management company and was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer to three high-technology firms during this period. Prior to 1996, he was President and Chief Executive Officer at MPR Teltech, where he developed an incubation strategy to maximize shareholder value by spinning off five subsidiaries and affiliates including PMC-Sierra Inc. and Sierra Wireless Inc. Dr. Winter has served on the boards of directors for some 18 organizations, including the Communications Research Centre of Industry Canada, where he is Chair of the Board. Northwood Technologies Inc. is a leading developer and provider of location-based software solutions for the wireless telecommunications and GIS markets. More than 200 accredited partners distribute Northwood software products in over 45 countries. The company also sources, builds and markets specialized data sets that enhance the capabilities of its software products. Northwood is a Strategic Partner of MapInfo Corporation and the 1999 MapInfo Canadian Partner of the Year. The Northwood logo is a trademark of Northwood Technologies Inc. All other company and product names are trademarks of their respective owners. CONTACT: Jane Frarey Wark jfrareywark@northwooodtec.com |
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