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Conrad has more than 25 years of operating experience with
Nortel, Mitel and Newbridge. An electrical engineer with 6
patents in digital communications, he has held senior
positions in R&D and Product Management, and has been General
Manager of several major product divisions. His most recent
assignment at Newbridge was as Executive Vice President,
Broadband Access and Network Management, where his primary
task was to build a billion dollar business for the company in
the "last mile." His main areas of focus were broadband
wireless, DSL and passive optical networking.
Conrad also has extensive experience in creating and growing
early stage companies as an operating executive, Board member
and advisor. His careers at Mitel and Newbridge each spanned
the range from early start-up to large, successful public
company. In the case of Newbridge, he was a member of the four
person executive team that drove the acquisition by Alcatel in
May 2000 for over $8 billion. In addition, as CTO at
Newbridge, he was an important player in the creation of 28
affiliated companies.
Prior to Newbridge, Mr. Lewis was Executive Vice President of
Research and Development at Mitel Corporation, where he led
the development of their original PBX product.
Conrad holds a Bachelor of Applied Science in Electrical
Engineering at Queen's University and has completed a variety
of post-graduate courses in both Electrical Engineering and
Computer Science at Carleton University and the University of
Ottawa.
On the business side, Conrad gets
his greatest pleasure from working with aggressive and
talented entrepreneurs. On the personal side, Conrad enjoys
aggressive sports such as mountain biking, mogul skiing,
slalom water skiing and competitive softball. He is married to
Susan Acheson and lives on the Ottawa River in Kanata,
Ontario.
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