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Michel Allard has been named director of insurer relations at Vigil Locations Systems, a Montreal-based provider of telematics services. Allard will be responsible for introducing Vigil’s technology to insurance companies throughout Canada. He will also hold a supervisory role in charge of commercial agreements with brokers. Allard has more than 25 years experience in the insurance industry, and for the past six years promoted the Boomerang vehicle theft recovering system. Sylvain Gelinas, president and CEO of Vigil, said in a news release that Allard will be a key player in developing the company’s marketing strategy and his assets will be invaluable. TenXc Wireless has officially named Joe Hickey CEO of the Ottawa-based company. He has been leading the company since joining in 2003. During that time, he has helped TenXc secure $2.5 million in financing. Hickey has also played an instrumental role in landing customer trials for its innovative smart and adaptive antenna technology with wireless operators. The company inked an agreement with Mitec Telecom Inc. earlier this year. Infowave Software Inc. has named Al Rivero, team leader control systems at ChevronTexaco Pipe Line, to its recently created advisory board. The Vancouver-based company says this appointment signals its commitment to the oil and gas industry vertical (see article in this issue for more on Infowave). “The combination of Infowave’s experience with production deployments at both Shell and ChevronTexaco, and Mr. Rovero’s vast experience, uniquely position Infowave to drive additional value for our customers in the petrochemical market,” Infowave president and CEO Jerry Meerkatz said in a news release. AirIQ Inc. has appoionted Ki Nam, founder of Aircept, a company recently purchased by AirIQ, to its board of directors. Nam is currently senior VP of business development for REMEC, a company specializing in the design and manufacture of electronic subsystems used to transmit voice, video and data traffic over wireless networks. “AirIQ endeavours to bring unique value propositions to our Board that will contribute to a well-balanced, informed direction,” AirIQ president and CEO Don Simmonds said in a news release.

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News | December 2, 2004

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