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Kevin Hamm has been appointed COO of DownEast Communications, a retailer recently acquired by Aliant Inc. He brings more than 20 years experienced to the position and will provide valuable leadership going forward. Alexander Adéyinka has been promoted to the position of VP regulatory affairs and strategic partnerships with Sprint Canada Inc. He was formerly director and senior regulatory counsel with the Call-Net Enterprises Inc. subsidiary. Fidus Systems has named Peter Connolly VP of business development. The company provides electronic engineering design services for the electronic devices market. Connolly joined Fidus’ sales team in 2002 and has more than 20 years experience in engineering and business development having held positions at Gandalf, Cemtech and Tality prior to coming to Fidus. Nortel Networks Corp., amid financial reporting difficulties, has appointed Clent Richardson as chief marketing officer (CMO), effective October 1. He will be charged with transforming the telecom equipment company into a marketing-centric company by overseeing brand development, advertising, public relations and more. Richardson will report directly to Bill Owen, president and CEO. He has more than 20 years in international sales and marketing experience with some of the best-known names in IT, telecommunications and retail industries. Richardson originally joined the company in April 2004 to lead enterprise global marketing activities. He came to Nortel from T-Mobile, where he was chief sales and marketing officer. Norman Betts has joined Minacs Worldwide Inc.’s board of directors. Betts is currently an associate professor at the University of New Brunswick’s Faculty of Administration. Circa Enterprises Inc. has announced that Ivan Smith has formally resigned as president of the company, but will remain in the interim until a new president assumes office. Smith will also continue to serve as a director and has agreed to advise the company after the appointment of a new president. Andrew Jackson has been appointed VP marketing at FreeBalance Inc., a software provider to the e-government market. He will be responsible for global market, product and alliance strategies going forward. Jackson has a number of years under his belt, most notably as chief marketing officer of InSystems, VP corporate marketing at MGI Software and senior VP marketing at JetForm. SSA Global has appointed Cory Eaves as CTO effectively immediately. He will be responsible for product life cycles of the company’s extended enterprise solutions, including architecture, solutions management, research, development and third-party technology. Eaves has been with SSA since it acquired Infinium in 2002 and has held increasingly important positions in the development of SSA’s product direction strategy. Call-Net Enterprises Inc. has announced an organizational restructuring that sees Duncan McEwan, currently COO, take on a new assignment as executive VP and chief strategy officer. All new product development, strategic marketing and planning activities will be consolidated under his leadership. The business solution and wholesale carrier services business units will be consolidated, and Eric Dobson will become senior VP of business and carrier services. Phil Hatling will become senior VP of consumer and small office home office. He was previously VP of customer service operations and strategy. George Malysheff, senior VP and chief legal counsel, and Greg McCamus, president of Sprint Canada business solutions, will both be leaving the organization at the end of the year after assisting with the transition.

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News | September 30, 2004

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