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John Quinn has been named marketing communications manager at SAS Institute (Canada) Inc. He will be responsible for public relations, advertising, e-marketing, direct marketing, event planning and similar activities. He was previously a marketing strategist with the company. SAS is a data warehousing software company. Stratos Global Corp has appointed Carmen Lloyd as president and CEO while naming David Oake as interim CFO. Lloyd is the former president and CEO of Canadian Marconi Co. Oake is finishing up his term as VP corporate development at Aliant Inc. Aliant, a division of BCE Inc, is the majority shareholder in Stratos. Evan Baergen has been promoted to CFO of SUMmedia.com Inc. He previously was VP emerging technologies. SUMmedia.com is a developer of web-based, mobile and wireless marketing. André Dragon has stepped down as the firm’s COO. Cedric Ritchie has been named chair of the board of the Business Development Bank of Canada. He joined the Bank of Nova Scotia as a clerk in 1945 and retired as chair and CEO 50 years later. The BDC is a government-owned financial institution, which pays particular interest to the tech and exporting industry. Several changes have taken place at AOL Canada Inc. Steven McArthur, currently president and COO, is promoted to CEO, replacing Stephen Bartkiw. Catherine Pearce, an alumna of Infotriever Inc and Procter & Gamble Inc, is now VP marketing. Ian Hembery, who had been serving as VP marketing and VP government relations, is now operating under the title of VP government relations & communications. Patricia Mathis has joined the board of directors of COM DEV International Ltd. She is the CEO of Webley Systems Inc and president of Mathis. The Washington DC-based consultant has worked in various Democratic administrations. COM DEV is a wireless infrastructure producer. Vertigo Multimedia has appointed Thomas Cantwell as co-chair. He will share the title with David Wilkins, CEO and president of the company. Cantwell is past chair of Paradigm Entertainment. Vertigo develops and provides content for wireless devices, TV broadcasts, enhanced TV and broadband Internet. Craig McLennan is the new VP community strategy for Cannect Communications Inc. He is a veteran of ACC TelEnterprises, AT&T Canada and Bell Mobility. He will be responsible for managing Cannect’s expansion into many Canadian cities. Cannect is a data and voice service provider serving small and medium businesses. Louis Morin has been appointed VP sales and marketing at QuebecTel. He will be charged with reinforcing the company’s presence in the Montreal market. Morin has 17 years experience in the telecom industry.

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