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Telus Business Solutions has named Mario Mannella VP marketing. He worked at Digital Equipment of Canada and Alcan Aluminum before joining Telus Advanced Communications in 1996 as VP sales & marketing. Gaston Germain has been appointed VP international development of Cogeco/SNC-Lavalin Broadband International. He brings 20 years of telecom experience to the new company. Dale Beeston has been promoted to the position of president of VoiceIQ Inc. Formerly VP global sales for the firm, she has worked at AT&T Canada Corp, Rogers AT&T Wireless and Bell Mobility. Kanatek Technologies Inc of Ottawa has promoted Terry Curtis to the job of COO. Until he joined Kanatek last January, Curtis spent 36 years at Nortel, most recently as VP information services. Tim Redpath, who has been with the company since 1998, has been named VP sales & marketing. Several appointments have been made at the Federal Communications Commission in Washington. Lauren Maxim Van Wazer is the new special counsel to the chief of the office of engineering and technology. She had been working for commissioner Michael Copps as interim legal advisor for wireless and international affairs. Copps has named Paul Margie to replace Van Wazer, with the title of spectrum and international legal advisor. He joins the FCC from the staff of Sen. John Rockefeller. Commissioner Kevin Martin has hired Ginger Clark as his confidential assistant. She has worked in a variety of positions at the commission, most recently for former commissioner Harold Furchtgott-Roth. Another longtime FCC employee, Dolly Johnson is the new staff assistant. Sam Feder is the interim senior legal advisor, moving over from the common carrier bureau. David Brown moves from the mass media bureau to become Martin’s interim legal advisor for mass media and cable issues. Monica Shah Desai, most recently with the FCC’s wireless telecommunications bureau, is the interim legal advisor for wireless and international issues. Jason Scism is now special assistant for intergovernmental and industry relations for commissioner Kathleen Abernathy. He also worked for Furchtgott-Roth.

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News | 08/13/2001 4:00 am EDT

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