Nortel

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Nortel

COMPANY

Phones, switching and transmission systems. Founded 1895 as Northern Electric and Manufacturing Company Limited, in 1914 it merged with Imperial Cable to become Northern Electric. In 1976 the name was changed to Northern Telecom, and changed again in 1995 to Nortel, in 1998 to Nortel Networks. Filed for bankruptcy protection in January 2009.

Official Website:
http://www.nortel.com/

Industry:
Network Equipment

Ticker:
NYSE:NT

Corporate headquarters:
Brampton, Ontario, Canada

Sales:
$10.9B (2007)

Employees:
37000 (2002)

EXECUTIVES

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Gary J. Daichendt Business c. 1951 EVP at Cisco, 1998-2000

James R. Long Business c. 1943 Former Nortel executive

Robert Mao Business c. 1944 CEO of 3Com

John S. McFarlane Business c. 1948 Former Sun Microsystems executive

William A. Owens Military 8-May-1940 Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs, 1994-96

David Rynne Business c. 1941 CFO of Tandem Computers, 1983-96

Mike S. Zafirovski Business c. 1954 CEO of Nortel

CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Jalynn H. Bennett Business 12-Mar-1943 Jalynn H. Bennett & Associates

Manfred Bischoff Business 22-Apr-1942 Chairman of EADS

James B. Hunt Politician 16-May-1937 Twice Governor of North Carolina

Kristina M. Johnson Educator c. 1958 Provost of Johns Hopkins University

John A. MacNaughton Business c. 1945 Canada Pension Plan Investment Board

John Manley Politician 5-Jan-1950 Canadian Deputy PM, 2002-03

Richard D. McCormick Business 4-Jul-1940 CEO of US West, 1992-98

Claude Mongeau Business c. 1962 CFO of Canadian National Railway

Harry J. Pearce Business 20-Aug-1942 Vice Chairman of GM, 1996-2001

John D. Watson Business c. 1946 CFO of EnCana Corporation, 2002-06

Mike S. Zafirovski Business c. 1954 CEO of Nortel

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Frank Carlucci Government 18-Oct-1930 US Secretary of Defense, 1987-89

John E. Cleghorn Business 7-Jul-1941 CEO of Royal Bank of Canada, 1995-2001

Robert A. Ingram Business 6-Dec-1942 Glaxo SmithKline executive

William A. Owens Military 8-May-1940 Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs, 1994-96

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