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Prior to the formation of Eagle One, Ken spent 13 years
at Newbridge Networks (now Alcatel) in various senior
management roles. He was appointed Executive Vice
President and CFO of Newbridge in 1996, and was
instrumental in the successful $8 billion
Alcatel/Newbridge merger. As a member of senior
management throughout the history of Newbridge, Ken was
a key decision maker who helped the company grow through
the start-up phase to become a large, mature
multi-national company. Throughout his career at
Newbridge, he was involved in private financings, public
offerings, liaising with financial analysts,
institutions and funds throughout the world, and various
operational issues and strategies. Ken was also a member
of the Newbridge Investment Committee.
As CFO at Newbridge, Ken was a key player in the
creation, incubation and financing of 28 start-up
companies, including Tundra (a public company on the
TSX), Crosskeys (acquired by Orchestream; previously
public on the TSX and NASDAQ) and iMagic (a public
company on the TSE and NASDAQ). In addition, he was
actively involved with Cambrian (sold to Nortel), ACC
(sold to Ericsson), Vienna (sold to Nokia), Sonoma
Systems (sold to Nortel), Fastlane (sold to Quest
Software), Abatis (sold to Redback), Pixstream (sold to
Cisco), BNI (sold to Nortel), InSoft (sold to Netscape)
as well as Newbridge's early investment in Juniper
Networks (a public company on NASDAQ).
Ken earned his designation as a Chartered Accountant
from the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants in
1987. He was born on Prince Edward Island and now lives
in Kanata with his wife and three daughters. He enjoys
cottaging with his family in the summer, and is a
Founder and an avid fan of the Ottawa Senators hockey
team.
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