Mr. Daniel Boisvert

Mr. Daniel Boisvert has close to 20 years of experience within the telecommunication sectors in areas such as strategy and management, marketing, finance and business development. He has occupied several senior management positions for fixed-line operators, mobile operators and internet service providers in different countries around the world and launched more than 85 products internationally.

Mr. Boisvert holds a Bachelor in Management from Université de Sherbrooke, Canada and a Master of Business Administration in Marketing & Strategy from University of Lausanne, Switzerland. Mr. Boisvert has also followed several major international trainings from the Harvard Business School, Boston, United States, from Harvard Law School, Cambridge, United States and from London Business School, United Kingdom.

Mr. Michel Bruyère

Mr. Michel Bruyère is the Chief Executive Officer of Neotelis. He has 15 years of experience in the telecommunications sector in the areas of sales & marketing, carrier relations, interconnection, and finance. This experience has been acquired with operators in Canada, United States, Italy, France, The Netherlands and the United Kingdom.

Mr. Bruyère holds a Bachelor of Engineering from the École Polytechnique de Montréal, Canada, a Master in Physics from the University of Ottawa, Canada and a Master of Business Administration from the Richard Ivey School of Business of the University of Western Ontario, London, Canada.

Mr. Jan Czech

Mr. Jan Czech has more than 25 years of experience in fast-growing and world-class high-technology companies. In the telecommunications sector, he has more than 25 years of experience in the areas of strategic and tactical planning, negotiations, forecasting, market analysis, rates and tariffs, development, regulatory and international affairs. He is the Past Chairman of the Board of the Computer Research Center of Montreal (CRIM), Director on the Board of the Québec Scientific Information Network (RISQ), Senior Business Advisor at Inno-centre and member of the Technical Advisory Board of Reflex Photonics Inc.

Mr. Czech holds a Bachelor and a Master of Science in Economics from the Université de Montréal, Canada.

Mr. Patrick Fernet

Mr. Patrick Fernet has 22 years of experience in the wireless industry on a global scale, specifically in business development, project management, applications and systems engineering and in the design, manufacturing and export of radio communications equipment.  Major accomplishments include planning, design and deployment of wireless cellular and data networks in Canada and in Asia. Mr. Fernet is currently a member of the John Molson School of Business Advisory Board of Concordia University and President of Conseil Consultatif de l'École Polytechnique.  He also served on the Radio Advisory Board of Canada as executive vice-president, lectured for ten years in engineering at Montreal's École Polytechnique and was Program Director at University of Sherbrooke, Canada.

Mr. Fernet holds a Bachelor of Engineering from École Polytechnique de Montréal, Canada.

Mr. Jean-Guy Frenette

Mr. Jean-Guy Frenette has more than 25 years of experience in the telecommunications industry in the areas of human resources management, administration, information technology, customer relationship management, operations and general management. He has occupied several senior management positions for large telecom multinational companies and Canadian fixed-line operator and Internet service provider. Mr. Frenette has worked in more than 20 countries around the world in Africa, China, Eastern Europe, India, Latin America and South East Asia.

Mr. Frenette holds a Diploma in Administrative Sciences and a Master in Business Administration from Montreal Business School (H.E.C), Canada, a Certificate in Law from Université de Montréal, Canada and a Bachelor in Management Sciences and Certificate in Economy of the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), Canada. He is a Certified Human Resource Professional (CHRP) and a Certified Management Consultant (CMC).

Mr. Wayne Hart

Mr. Wayne Hart has over 20 years of extensive commercial and technical experience in telecommunications in the areas of sales and marketing, service and business development, and product management.

Mr. Hart is a professional engineer (P.Eng.) in the province of Quebec. He graduated in Engineering Electronics at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada and completed the first-year courses of the Master of Business Administration (MBA) program at McGill University, Montreal, Canada.

Ms. Donna Malliff

Ms. Donna Malliff has over 25 years of experience in the areas of telecommunication regulation including the development of regulatory policy, management, process re-design, financial analysis and regulatory reporting. She has extensive working experience with Canadian telecom organizations, having worked with several Canadian fixed-line operators and the Canadian regulator.

Ms. Malliff holds a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from Université de Montréal, Canada, a Bachelor of Commerce from Université de Montréal, Canada and a Master of Business Administration from McGill University, Montreal, Canada.

Mr. David Hannan

Mr. David Hannan has more than 10 years of experience in telecommunications in the development of business plans, financial models and reports for shareholders, creditors, banks and governments. His fields of expertise are in financial planning, cost accounting, financial modeling and project valuation. Mr. Hannan has worked and consulted for many Canadian telecommunications operators and was involved in numerous large-scale projects in Canada, the United States, South America and Europe.

Mr. Hannan holds a Bachelor in Business Administration from Université de Moncton, Canada, a Certificate in Accounting Science from Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada, a Master of Business Administration from Université de Sherbrooke, Canada and is a Certified Management Accountant (CMA). He is also member of the ‘Ordre des Comptables en Management Accredités du Québec’ (Society of Management Accountants of Quebec).

Mrs. Lorna Mata

Mrs. Lorna Mata has 15 years of experience in international telecommunications in the areas of carrier relations, marketing, sales and business development. She has extensive working experience with Canadian telecom organizations, having worked for several Canadian fixed-line and mobile operators. She also has an extensive international experience having held several senior management positions working with operators in Africa, Asia Pacific, Europe and the Caribbean and Latin America.

Mrs. Mata holds a Bachelor of Commerce and a Master of Business Administration from McGill University, Montreal, Canada.

Ms. Wendy Swan

Ms. Wendy Swan is the Chief Operating Officer of Neotelis. She has more than 20 years experience in information technology and telecommunications. Ms. Swan has held positions in business development and sales, technical sales support, and marketing and product management with telecom operators and equipment manufacturers in Canada, the United States and in multiple European countries.

Ms. Swan holds a Bachelor of Engineering from the University of Waterloo in Waterloo, Canada and a Master of Business Administration from INSEAD in Fontainebleau, France.

Mrs. Joanne Kennedy

Mrs. Joanne Kennedy has over 15 years of experience in the telecommunications and broadcasting policy sectors in the areas of government policy development, international relations and corporate communications. Since 2001, Ms. Kennedy has focused on providing communications planning and marketing communications for the ICT industries. Ms. Kennedy also has extensive experience working with international organizations, including the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organization (CTO), the World Trade Organization (WTO), the Telecommunications Executives Management Institute of Canada (TEMIC) and the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

Ms. Kennedy holds a Masters in Public Administration from Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada and currently serves on the Board of the Quebec Public Relations Association (Société des relationnistes du Québec).

Ms. Louise Hussein

Ms. Louise Hussein has more than 10 years of experience in telecommunications in the areas of sales, customer service, call centers and human resources. She has also extensive experience in academic teaching as she led several courses at Dawson College, Montreal, Canada and John Abbott College, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Canada.

Ms. Hussein holds a Bachelor in Arts with a major in Human Resources and a minor in Adult Learning from Concordia University, Montreal, Canada. She also has a Certificate of Collegial Studies in Call Centers from Dawson College and a Diploma of Collegial Studies in Office System Management from John Abbott College.

Mr. Norman Rae

Mr. Norman Rae has 40 years of experience with established companies in the areas of engineering & development, operations and planning. He has occupied several senior management positions and possesses a significant international experience, having worked for more than 10 years in countries such as Bangladesh, Brazil, Holland, Indonesia, Italy, Russia, Tanzania and USA.

Mr. Rae holds a Bachelor in Electrical Engineering and a Diploma in Management from McGill University, Montreal, Canada.