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Brian Hamilton, executive VP and CFO of CSI Wireless Inc., has resigned from the company. Cameron Olson, VP of finance for the company’s wireless business unit, has been tapped as the new CFO. Voice Mobility International Inc. has announced that Bob Neal has rejoined the company’s board of directors after a seven-month absence. During his previous tenure, he sat on the board as Aliant Telecom’s representative. James Skippen is leaving MOSAID Technologies Inc. as senior VP, patent licensing and general counsel to head up McCarthy Tétrault’s technology law practice in Ottawa. Skippen played a key role in the defence of MOSAID’s intellectual property rights where it secured key technology licensing agreements with many of the world’s chip manufacturers. He will maintain his role in patent licensing negotiations for the firm, continuing to provide assistance in the ongoing litigation with Samsung and Infineon. MOSAID’s senior corporate counsel William Middleton will assume the positions of general counsel and corporate secretary. Peter van der Gracht, CEO of Ignition Point Technologies Corp., has taken over as COO following the departure of Malcolm Collins. Collins joined the company in June 2001 and will remain available to Ignition Point in a consulting and advisory capacity. Michael Cytrynbaum, chair of the board of directors of Look Communications Inc. since May 1996, has been appointed president and CEO. He has been acting in the position since the resignation of Paul Lamontagne on May 14. Janet Yale, formerly president and CEO of the Canadian Cable Television Association (CCTA), has been appointed as executive VP government and regulatory affairs for Telus Corp. She left the CCTA on September 24 and was named to her new position on the same day. Yale will officially take over the position on October 14. She replaces Jim Peters, who has served in that capacity since 1999. Peters will remain in Ottawa to assist with the transition and then return to Vancouver where he will continue to work as chief general counsel and corporate secretary.

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News | October 7, 2003

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