Nortel Networks Corporation (Nortel), formerly Northern Telecom Limited, was a Canadian multinational telecommunications and data networking equipment manufacturer headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It was founded in Montreal, Quebec in 1895 as the Northern Electric and Manufacturing Company, or simply Northern Electric. Until an antitrust settlement in 1949, Northern Electric was owned mostly by Bell Canada and the Western Electric Company of the Bell System, producing large volumes of telecommunications equipment based on licensed Western Electric designs.
A chief marketing officer (CMO), also called a chief brand officer (CBO), is a C-suite corporate executive responsible for managing marketing activities in an organization. The CMO leads brand management, marketing communications (including advertising, promotions and public relations), market research, product marketing, distribution channel management, pricing, customer success, and customer service.
Ellen Mooney Hancock was a technology manager from the United States who worked for IBM and Apple, among others.
William Arthur Owens is a retired admiral of the United States Navy and who served as the third vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1994 to 1996. Since leaving the military in 1996, he served as an executive or as a member of the board of directors of various companies, including Nortel Networks Corporation.
James Moon Whitehurst is an American business executive. He has been interim chief executive officer and president of Unity Technologies since October 2023. He was previously the president at IBM, chair of the board and chief executive officer at Red Hat, and chief operating officer at Delta Air Lines. Prior to working at Delta in 2001, he was vice president and director of the Boston Consulting Group and held various management roles at its Chicago, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Atlanta offices.
Kollective Technology Inc, formerly Kontiki Inc, is a cloud-based, software-defined enterprise content delivery (SD-ECDN) company headquartered Bend, Oregon, in the United States. Operating in 190 countries with locations across America, Europe and APAC, it employs 117 people around the world and provides its services to over 135 customers.
Inna Anatolyevna Kuznetsova a Russian-American business executive who has served as the chief executive officer (CEO) of ToolsGroup since 2022. Formerly, she was CEO of 1010data, which she joined as COO in July 2019. Inna Kuznetsova also serves as Independent Non-Executive Director of Freightos (NASDAQ:CRGO). In the past she was the President & COO of INTTRA until its successful acquisition by E2open at the end of 2018; Chief Commercial Officer of CEVA Logistics; and before that, IBM vice president of sales and marketing, Systems Software. She previously served on boards of directors of Global Ports Investments PLC (LSE:GLPR) and Sage Group.
Louis J. D'Ambrosio is an American business executive and a partner at Goldman Sachs. He is the former CEO of Sears Holding Corporation and Avaya, and he also served as executive chairman of Sensus. D'Ambrosio also worked at IBM for 16 years and served on its worldwide management committee.
Kevin R. Johnson is an American businessman and software engineer who was the president and chief executive officer (CEO) of Starbucks Coffee Company from 2017 to 2022. Succeeding Howard Schultz as CEO, Johnson previously was the company's president and chief operating officer from 2015 to 2017. On March 16, 2022, Johnson announced that he was stepping down as CEO, Schultz would take over as CEO in the interim. Johnson joined the board of directors of Goldman Sachs in late 2022.
Michele E. Goins was the chief information officer and senior vice president of Juniper Networks, a multinational networking products company.
Elisa Steele is the former chief executive officer at Namely. Prior to being appointed to the role in August 2018, Steele sat on the company’s board of directors.
Gerri Elliott is an American business executive.
Robert Lord, is an American business executive, serving as a Senior Vice President at IBM. Lord oversees The Weather Company and Alliances, Watson Advertising and TradeLens. Prior to his current role, Lord served as Senior Vice President of IBM’s Worldwide Ecosystems business, where he transformed the ecosystem business, making it a core element of IBM’s go-to-market strategy. Kicking off his career at IBM, Lord served as the company’s first Chief Digital Officer in 2016.
Bruce Claflin is an American businessman and Corporate Director having served in the past on the boards of 3Com Corporation, Time Warner Telecom, and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) where he was Executive Chairman for 10 years. He is currently a director of Ciena Corp, a global supplier of telecommunications networking equipment, software, and services and IDEXX Laboratories a provider of Veterinary Diagnostic Systems and Software.
Richelle Parham is an American marketer, and the former vice president and chief marketing officer for eBay.
Ruth Gaviria is a Colombian businesswoman. She is known as the first chief marketing officer of the American media company Entercom and former executive vice president of corporate marketing at the Spanish-language broadcast television network Univision.
Joanne Bradford is an American businesswoman and financial technology executive, currently serving as the Chief Money Officer at Domain Money, a leading flat-fee financial planning platform that is changing the narrative on how Americans gain access to financial advice.
Lauren Hobart is an American businesswoman, and has been the president and CEO of Dick's Sporting Goods since February 2021.
Carla Hassan is an American business executive. She oversees marketing efforts, encompassing advertising, media, performance marketing, sponsorships and talent, customer insights and analytics for the Chase, J.P. Morgan and corporate brands.
Lindsay Kaplan is an American entrepreneur, business leader, and investor known for co-founding Chief, a network for senior executive women.
