MTS has named its senior team in the wake of its acquisition of Allstream. Bill Fraser will retain overall responsibility for the entire organization as CEO of Manitoba Telecom Services Inc. Two presidents will report directly to him: Cheryl Barker, president of MTS, and John MacDonald, president of Allstream. Other appointments include: Wayne Demkey as executive VP finance and CFO; Kelvin Shepherd, CTO; Nick Curry, CIO and responsible for business transformation and IT; Dave Lazzarato, chief corporate officer; Chris Peirce, senior VP government and regulatory affairs; Roger Ballance, executive VP, MTS; Peter Falk, executive VP business development, general counsel and corporate secretary; Bryan Luce, executive VP human resources; and, Bonnie Staples-Lyon, VP corporate relations and communications. MTS will be re-organized into three operating divisions – MTS Communications, of which Kelvin Shepherd will serve as COO, MTS Media, over which David Rourke will preside as president and COO, and AAA Alarms, headed by Randy Williams as GM. The Allstream division will see Tal Bevan serve as executive VP of sales, Ron Mckenzie as executive VP marketing, and Judy McLeod as executive VP of customer operations.

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