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Paul Lamontagne will step down as president/CEO of Look Communications Inc. next month. He had been in the top job for nearly two years (NL, Sept. 11/01). Board chair Michael Cytrynbaum will act as interim CEO until a replacement can be found. Dave Rourke, the president/COO of MTS Media Inc., is the interim head of MTS subsidiary Qunara. Rourke, who joined MTS in 1998, replaces Jeff Rohne, who is retiring as president/COO. Navigata Communications Inc. has named Ellen Godfrey VP government sector and web services. She founded ISPs and worked in the e-learning field before joining the SaskTel subsidiary. Jim Hjartarson has been confirmed as president/CEO of Catena Networks Inc. The co-founder had been acting as interim chief executive of the Ottawa company for a year, following the resignation Bob Machlin. Hjartarson worked for Nortel Networks Corp. for 16 years and was VP/GM at Cadence Design Systems. One of the founders of Cygnal Technologies Corp. will soon be on the road. Jacques Kirouac, who co-founded the Oshawa ON network service provider in 1998, is retiring as president of its data network solutions group in Quebec, effective May 1. Brian McGill has resigned as CFO of Calgary software developer TCEnet Inc. He will continue to consult with the company as he devotes more time to his other business interests. UniLink Tele.Com Inc. has announced that Timo Vainionpaa has resigned from the board of directors. The move comes as the Toronto firm is about to restructure operations. Jean-Claude Villiard will transfer from his role as president of Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. to become deputy minister of Industry Canada on June 16. He will be succeeding Peter Harder, who moves to become DM of Foreign Affairs and International Trade on the same date. Former CRTC chair Françoise Bertrand is standing as one of three non-related directors at Quebecor Inc. The company’s AGM is scheduled for next month. Photonics players did well in the recent awards dinner held by the Ottawa Centre for Research and Innovation (OCRI). The Des Cunningham Award for business-to-education partnerships or government-industry interaction was presented to Gerard Lynch, president/CEO of Photonics Research Ontario. The National Capital Institute of Telecommunications Under 40 Award for researchers in photonics went to John Phillipe Poole of the National Research Council. The OCRI Award for promoting Ottawa’s international profile was given to software company Cognos. Verizon has appointed Peter Davidson as senior VP federal government relations in Washington DC. He has worked in government for the U.S. Trade Representative and for the majority leader in the House of Representatives and in private industry, most recently at Qwest. Qwest Communications has switched two senior executives. Pat Engels, who joined the company after working at Ameritech, SBC Communications and EDC, is now EVP products and pricing. She trades places with Teresa Taylor, who takes over Engels’ former position as EVP wholesale markets. Ameritech alumnus Michael Musa will be reporting to Taylor in his new role as VP wholesale international LD. John Riordan, president/CEO of Dutch telco United Pan-Europe Communications N.V., has been elected president of the European Cable Communications Association. He succeeds Henk de Goede, of the Dutch cableco Casema. Obituaries Anita Borg, the founder of the Institute for Women and Technology, died of brain cancer in Los Altos Hills CA on April 6. The 54-year-old is survived by her husband, sister and mother. Cecil Green, a founder of Texas Instruments, died in La Jolla CA on April 11 at the age of 102. Born in Whitefield UK, he lived in Halifax, Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver. He received his bachelor’s degree from the University of British Columbia, an institution he donated millions to following his success. There are no immediate survivors.

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News | April 22, 2003

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