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Rogers AT&T Wireless Inc has added another member to its government and inter-carrier relations department, appointing Ted Woodhead as director government relations. He will be responsible for a number of regulatory and government issues and will split his time between the Toronto and Ottawa offices. For the past nine years, he was at the CRTC in a number of roles of increasing responsibility. Most recently, he was director, convergence policy and infrastructure access. In this role, he analyzed and advised on issues relating to the industry structure and convergence in broadcasting, telecommunications and other media. Jeff Joseph has been appointed to the newly created position of director of sales and marketing, worldwide at Mitec Telecom Inc. He was rewarded with this promotion for his contribution to sales of Mitec’s wireless products during the past five years. Additionally, he helped in developing the satcom and terrestrial markets prior to joining the wireless group. Joseph will report directly to Myer Bentob, president and CEO at the company, where he will supervise and expand the sales and marketing team for both the wireless and satcom groups. OA Group Inc has announced that former Premier of Alberta Don Getty has joined the company in a special advisory role. Getty has served on the boards of a number of Canadian companies including Ipsco, Genstar Corp, Placer Development Ltd and the Royal Bank of Canada, among others. Alex Woo, president at OA Group, says Getty’s government and business experience will be invaluable to the company as it moves forward with its expansion plans. Brock Robertson has been named senior VP treasury and investor relations at AT&T Canada Inc, replacing Bruce Mann who assume duties as an advisor to the company. Robertson joins the company after more than eight years at Call-Net Enterprises where he served as VP treasury and investor relations. He brings 17 years experience in finance, competitive telecom, capital markets and public accounting to the company. Robertson will be located at AT&T Canada’s headquarters in Toronto. Don Reid has been appointed CEO at Atlantic Systems Group Inc, Fredericton NB. He will be based in the United States where he plans to expand the company’s resources. Reid was formerly president at VERSUS Capital.com, a subsidiary of VERSUS Technologies Inc, which was recently acquired by ETrade Group. Prior to that, he was managing director at Morgan Stanley Dean Witter and co-head of one of its largest investment banking industry groups. He has been a director of the company since March 10/00 and will remain on the board. Dennis Rendflesh has been appointed director of finance at Total Telecom Inc to assist in its corporate finance functions. Previously, he worked as an investment banker in a corporate finance capacity for a Canadian securities firm. There, he was responsible for underwriting equity financings. Rendflesh’s primary focus will be strategic business planning, implementation of management information systems, negotiating with underwriters and institutions for band and equity financings. He will also consult on mergers and acquisitions. Brant Scott, chief writer/editor telecommunications in the CRTC’s decisions division, left his post Nov 10 to become a senior consultant with National Public Relations in Ottawa. Scott got his start as a telecom journalist in 1994 as editor of Network Letter (an affiliate of Report on Wireless), a position he held for five years. He also worked for various members of Parliament, as a newspaper columnist and editor. Report on Wireless welcomes personnel notices. Please submit them to: newsdesk@decima.ca.

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News | November 13, 2000

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