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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

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown 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

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown 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

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown 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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