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Teleglobe president Charles Childers has resigned. The company has appointed John Brunette CEO as the company undertakes a massive restructuring. Previously, he was the company’s executive VP and chief administrative officer. Two weeks ago the company filed for bankruptcy protection. Teleglobe has also appointed former executive VP of voice Serge Fortin to the COO post. He will be pegged to lead the core voice and related data business operations. The executive shuffle continues at communications and media conglomerate BCE Inc. BCE Emergis chief executive Brian Edwards has resigned and been replaced by Pierre Blouin, currently executive VP at BCE and CEO of Bell Mobility. John Sheridan has added the role of COO of Bell Canada in addition to his responsibilities as president. Vice-chair at Bell Canada, Stephen Wetmore, has also been appointed executive VP at BCE. C-COM Satellite Systems Inc. has made several key additions to its management team. Mike Sangster has been appointed VP of sales, responsible for the development of all sales initiatives. He was already employed by the company and in his previous position, he was instrumental in the dramatic rise in revenue over the last few quarters. C-COM has also appointed Marco LaVecchia as director, government and corporate accounts. He will continue in his position as manager, channels sales. Additionally, Tula Edmunds has been named controller, responsible for finance, administration and human resources. The company has also appointed Terry Smith as senior account manager adding to his existing responsibility for the western Canada market. KSAT Satellite Networks Inc. has appointed Avi Shabtai to the company’s board of directors, replacing Ronen Avron who has resigned. Additionally, Wong Heang Tuck takes a seat at the board table replacing Ng Eng Ho who has resigned. Former corporate affairs director at SaskTel, Tim Kydd, has moved to the company’s mobility arm and takes over as customer service manager. Kydd has been replaced by Michelle Englot. Linda Hughes has been appointed to a three-year term on the board of directors of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. Hughes is a former journalist with the Victoria Daily Times and the Edmonton Journal. While at the Daily Times, she won awards for her coverage of education and provincial politics. Wireless Matrix Corp. has made a couple of significant board level changes. Dave Magnus has been appointed chair of the board of directors, replacing Jim Knight who has resigned to pursue other interests. John Herring, president and CEO of the company, has been elected to the board, as well. John Robertson has been named president and CEO of Infosat Telecommunications, a satellite telecommunications systems integrator and service provider. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Telesat Canada. Robertson, who has over 18 years of experience in the telecommunications industry, joins Infosat from Unity Wireless Corp. where he served as president and CEO. Previously, he was executive VP of Glentel Corp. and executive VP of Uniden Canada Corp.

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News | 05/27/2002 4:00 am EDT

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