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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