Peter Allen brings 21 years of industry experience in Broadband Telecommunications. Prior to joining DragonWave, Peter was founder, President and CEO Innovance Networks. Prior to Innovance, Peter was the Vice-President of Business Development and General Manager of the Optoelectronics organization within Nortel Networks' Optical Networks division, where he had responsibilities for both the system and component businesses. Peter's experience in business leadership includes heading up a 5000-employee global operation spanning R&D, manufacturing as well as Sales & Marketing. Peter has extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions and has been involved in numerous multi-billion dollar transactions, as well as establishing business partnerships in North America, Europe and Japan. Peter has also held managerial positions at Ford Motor Company and Rothmans International, and has lived and worked in North America, Europe and Africa.
Gerry Spencer retired from BT in late 2000 where, as Senior Vice President he focused in his final year on the creation and launch of BT Ignite, following six years on the board of the International/Global Division.
He has since carried out consulting and advisory roles in international wholesale strategy and profitability (both switched minutes and IP streams), local networking, network equipment supply and business customer equipment and applications, including an advisory role in Wesley Clover, a private holding company with a technology group of companies specialising in technologies in the telecommunications and networking markets.
Sir Terence Matthews is Chairman of Wesley Clover and also serves as Chairman of Mitel and March Networks, two companies active in developing Internet Protocol (IP) systems for enterprise applications.
Prior to joining March Networks, he served as CEO and Chairman of Newbridge Networks Corporation, a company he founded in 1986. Providing leadership and vision for 14 years, Terry helped Newbridge become a leader in the worldwide data networking industry. When France-based Alcatel acquired Newbridge in May 2000, the company employed more than 6,500 employees and recorded FY 1999 revenue of $1.8 billion. In 1972, before launching Newbridge, Terry co-founded Mitel Corporation. Under his leadership Mitel grew quickly to become a world leader in the design and manufacture of enterprise voice systems and products. In 1985, British Telecom bought controlling interest in Mitel.
In 2001, Terry purchased the worldwide Communications Systems division of Mitel, and the Mitel name, and is now owner and non-executive Chairman of Mitel Corporation, a company focused on providing next generation IP telephony solutions for broadband networks. Terry also serves on the board of directors for a number of high technology companies and is Chairman or serves on the Board of Directors of Bridgewater Systems, Solace Systems and NewHeights Software.
In addition Terry holds an honours degree in electronics from the University of Wales, Swansea and is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical Engineers and of the Royal Academy of Engineering. He has been awarded honorary doctorates by several universities, including the University of Wales, Glamorgan and Swansea, and Carleton University in Ottawa. In 1994, he was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, and in the 2001 Queen's Birthday Honours, he was awarded a Knighthood.
Company Director Managing Director Enterprise Partners
Carl Eibl is a Managing Director with Enterprise Partners Venture Capital since 2003. Prior to joining Enterprise, Carl was the CEO of several high profile technology and life science companies in San Diego. As CEO of publicly-held Maxwell Technologies (MXWL), Carl led the recreation of Maxwell from an engineering and physics service organization for the U.S. military to a high-tech business that develops, manufactures and commercializes energy storage devices called ultracapacitors in the industrial, energy and transportation markets and single board computers and components in the satellite and space market.
Before joining Maxwell, Carl served as President of Stratagene Corporation (STGN), now a public company but then a privately-held biotechnology company selling DNA, RNA, biologicals and laboratory instruments in the pharmaceutical and university biotech research markets. Carl also served as CEO for Mycogen Corporation a publicly held agricultural, biotechnology company, which was sold to The Dow Chemical Company at the end of 1998 for $1.1 billion. Carl holds a J.D. from the Boston University School of Law in Boston, MA, and a B.A. from Cornell University in Ithaca, NY. He currently serves on the Boards of BMS, Breach Security, Enviance, Identrus, Maxwell Technologies, NP Photonics, Preventsys and Stratagene Corporation. Carl also is the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of The Burnham Institute, a life sciences research institution in La Jolla, CA.
Jean-Paul Cossart is an Associate Director of Infoteria of France, a company that provides technological coaching. He has held this position since 2004. Prior to this Jean-Paul was Vice President Strategy and Marketing of Cofratel since 2002, a company that provides PBX and LAN integration for the enterprise market and was a subsidiary of France Telecom. Jean-Paul also held several positions at Alcatel. Jean-Paul's experience has spanned carrier, corporate and consumer markets; telephony, data/internet and broadcast services; and international development, global sales and marketing. He is also a member of the executive committee of the French chapter of the Institute of Directors, United Kingdom. Jean-Paul has been an executive advisor to DragonWave since 2007. Jean-Paul is also on the board of directors of Mitel Networks Corporation. Jean-Paul holds an electronic engineering degree from Ecole Supérieure d'Electricité in Paris.
Claude Haw, B.Eng, P.Eng, became President and CEO of OCRI, Ottawa's lead economic development agency, in March 2009. Prior to OCRI, Claude was Managing Partner of Venture Coaches, a venture capital firm which he founded in 2000. Venture Coaches invested in thirteen technology companies with three having been sold, one merged with another company and DragonWave, which is traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange and NASDAQ.
Claude has been actively involved with more than 30 technology companies over the past two decades from start-up to acquisition and IPO. With more than 30 years of experience in a variety of technical, general management and venture investing roles in the technology sector Claude has been instrumental in the success of many Ottawa-based companies including Venture Coaches, DragonWave, Newbridge Networks and Mitel Corporation.
He is a director of the Ottawa Chamber of Commerce, charter member of TiE Ottawa, a global network of entrepreneurs and professionals, as well as a past board member of the Canadian Venture Capital Association (CVCA). Claude is also a founder of Mindtrust, an exclusive networking forum for technology company CEOs, and The Ottawa Network, an entrepreneurial group focused on enabling the next generation of technology companies in the Ottawa region and served as a long-standing member of the organizing committee of the annual Ottawa Venture and Technology Summit (OVTS).
While Vice-President of Corporate Business Development at Newbridge, he managed strategic investment programs, from start-up to exit, in more than 20 companies. As Vice-President and General Manager of the Newbridge ATMnet Business Unit, Claude grew the unit from inception to a $200-million-per-annum business. During his time at Newbridge, Claude managed a small investment fund, Severn Bridge Investments, which invested in 12 companies and returned more that three times invested capital. He also held senior management positions at Mitel Corporation and Leigh Instruments.
Claude holds a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering from Lakehead University, has completed the Canadian Securities Course and is a member of Professional Engineers of Ontario. He has been a guest lecturer at several universities speaking about entrepreneurship, business planning and venture investing.
Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary DragonWave Inc.
Russell brings over 20 years of financial and operational experience to the DragonWave team including raising venture capital, mergers and acquisitions transactions, and the management of small, high opportunity organizations.
Prior to joining DragonWave Russell was the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Wavesat Wireless Inc. based in Montreal. Previous to Wavesat Russell was the CFO of PRIOR Data Sciences Ltd. where he played a key role in the management buy out of the company and subsequent sale. Russell was also with Digital Equipment of Canada in various financial roles.
Russell holds a Masters of Business Administration degree in Finance as well as a Bachelor of Science degree.
Mr. Manley has over 25 years of financial management and general management experience in increasingly senior positions. Most recently, he was chief financial officer of Avaya Inc., a global telecommunications leader with $5.2 billion of revenue. From 2001 to 2008, he was chief financial officer and senior vice president of administration for Cognos Inc., until it was acquired by IBM Inc. From 1983 to 2001, Mr. Manley held a breadth of progressive management positions at Nortel Networks, including chief financial officer of the High Performance Optical Component Solutions group, senior vice president finance, and general manager of the Advanced Public Access Systems Division.
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